diff --git a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar/__init__.py b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar/__init__.py
index 74d301117ff9b..76b08cd7b7c9e 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar/__init__.py
@@ -801,6 +801,20 @@ def redeliver_unacknowledged_messages(self):
         """
         self._consumer.redeliver_unacknowledged_messages()
 
+    def seek(self, messageid):
+        """
+        Reset the subscription associated with this consumer to a specific message id.
+        The message id can either be a specific message or represent the first or last messages in the topic.
+        Note: this operation can only be done on non-partitioned topics. For these, one can rather perform the
+        seek() on the individual partitions.
+
+        **Args**
+
+        * `message`:
+          The message id for seek.
+        """
+        self._consumer.seek(messageid)
+
     def close(self):
         """
         Close the consumer.
diff --git a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar_test.py b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar_test.py
index 8f80f4494f10b..2572557070efc 100755
--- a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar_test.py
+++ b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/pulsar_test.py
@@ -488,6 +488,28 @@ def test_publish_compact_and_consume(self):
         consumer2.close()
         client.close()
 
+    def test_seek(self):
+        client = Client(self.serviceUrl)
+        consumer = client.subscribe('persistent://sample/standalone/ns/my-python-topic-seek',
+                                    'my-sub',
+                                    consumer_type=ConsumerType.Shared)
+        producer = client.create_producer('persistent://sample/standalone/ns/my-python-topic-seek')
+
+        for i in range(100):
+            producer.send('hello-%d' % i)
+
+        for i in range(100):
+            msg = consumer.receive()
+            self.assertEqual(msg.data(), b'hello-%d' % i)
+            consumer.acknowledge(msg)
+
+        # seek, and after reconnect, expected receive first message.
+        consumer.seek(MessageId.earliest)
+        time.sleep(0.5)
+        msg = consumer.receive()
+        self.assertEqual(msg.data(), b'hello-0')
+        client.close()
+
     def _check_value_error(self, fun):
         try:
             fun()
diff --git a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/consumer.cc b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/consumer.cc
index 557536aabb456..f4379f789a323 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/consumer.cc
+++ b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/consumer.cc
@@ -119,6 +119,15 @@ void Consumer_resumeMessageListener(Consumer& consumer) {
     CHECK_RESULT(consumer.resumeMessageListener());
 }
 
+void Consumer_seek(Consumer& consumer, const MessageId& msgId) {
+    Result res;
+    Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+    res = consumer.seek(msgId);
+    Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+
+    CHECK_RESULT(res);
+}
+
 void export_consumer() {
     using namespace boost::python;
 
@@ -137,5 +146,6 @@ void export_consumer() {
             .def("pause_message_listener", &Consumer_pauseMessageListener)
             .def("resume_message_listener", &Consumer_resumeMessageListener)
             .def("redeliver_unacknowledged_messages", &Consumer::redeliverUnacknowledgedMessages)
+            .def("seek", &Consumer_seek)
             ;
 }