diff --git a/reader.go b/reader.go
index 349d8d4c..20350c7e 100644
--- a/reader.go
+++ b/reader.go
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ type Reader struct {
 	DeflateLevel int  // the compression level to negotiate for Deflate
 	Snappy       bool // negotiate enabling Snappy compression
 
+	SampleRate int32 // set the sampleRate of the client's messagePump (requires nsqd 0.2.25+)
+
 	// internal variables
 	maxBackoffDuration   time.Duration
 	maxBackoffCount      int32
@@ -361,6 +363,15 @@ func (q *Reader) Configure(option string, value interface{}) error {
 			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid %s ! 1 <= %d <= 9", option, err))
 		}
 		q.DeflateLevel = int(v)
+	case "sample_rate":
+		v, err := getInt64(value)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid %s - %s", option, err))
+		}
+		if v < 0 || v > 99 {
+			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid %s ! 0 <= %d <= 99", option, err))
+		}
+		q.SampleRate = int32(v)
 	case "snappy":
 		v, err := getBool(value)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -623,6 +634,7 @@ func (q *Reader) ConnectToNSQ(addr string) error {
 	ci["deflate_level"] = q.DeflateLevel
 	ci["snappy"] = q.Snappy
 	ci["feature_negotiation"] = true
+	ci["sample_rate"] = q.SampleRate
 	cmd, err := Identify(ci)
 	if err != nil {
 		cleanupConnection()
@@ -648,6 +660,7 @@ func (q *Reader) ConnectToNSQ(addr string) error {
 			TLSv1       bool  `json:"tls_v1"`
 			Deflate     bool  `json:"deflate"`
 			Snappy      bool  `json:"snappy"`
+			SampleRate  int32 `json:"sample_rate"`
 		}{}
 		err := json.Unmarshal(data, &resp)
 		if err != nil {