diff --git a/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/PublishException.java b/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/PublishException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fbde985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/PublishException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.dna.mqtt.moquette;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author andrea
+ */
+public class PublishException extends ConnectionException {
+
+    public PublishException(String msg) {
+        super(msg);
+    }
+
+    public PublishException(Throwable e) {
+        super(e);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/client/Client.java b/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/client/Client.java
index 34a63e6f..1e3e9cc1 100644
--- a/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/client/Client.java
+++ b/parser/src/main/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/client/Client.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.apache.mina.core.RuntimeIoException;
 import org.apache.mina.core.future.ConnectFuture;
+import org.apache.mina.core.future.WriteFuture;
 import org.apache.mina.core.service.IoConnector;
 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IdleStatus;
 import org.apache.mina.core.session.IoSession;
@@ -17,12 +18,14 @@ import org.apache.mina.filter.logging.LoggingFilter;
 import org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.NioSocketConnector;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.ConnectionException;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.MQTTException;
+import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.PublishException;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.ConnAckDecoder;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.ConnectEncoder;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.DisconnectEncoder;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.ConnAckMessage;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.ConnectMessage;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.DisconnectMessage;
+import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.proto.messages.PublishMessage;
 import org.dna.mqtt.moquette.server.Server;
 
 /**
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ public final class Client {
     public void connect() throws MQTTException {
         int retries = 0;
         
-        //TODO perhapsh by proto deinifinition should be an implicit retry policy
+        //TODO perhaps by proto deinifinition should be an implicit retry policy
         for (; retries < m_connectRetries; retries++) {
             try {
                 ConnectFuture future = m_connector.connect(new InetSocketAddress(m_hostname, m_port));
@@ -148,6 +151,29 @@ public final class Client {
         }
     }
     
+    /**
+     * Publish to the connected server the payload message to the given topic.
+     * It's admitted to publish a 0 -length payload.
+     */
+    public void publish(String topic, byte[] payload) throws PublishException{
+        PublishMessage msg = new PublishMessage();
+        msg.setTopicName(topic);
+        msg.setPayload(payload);
+        
+        WriteFuture wf = m_session.write(msg);
+        try {
+            wf.await();
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+            LOG.log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+            throw new PublishException(ex);
+        }
+        
+        Throwable ex = wf.getException();
+        if (ex != null) {
+            throw new PublishException(ex);
+        }
+    }
+    
     
     /**
      *  TODO extract this SPI method in a SPI
diff --git a/parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/server/ServerIntegrationTest.java b/parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/server/ServerIntegrationTest.java
index 98d066ff..6bf26994 100644
--- a/parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/server/ServerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/parser/src/test/java/org/dna/mqtt/moquette/server/ServerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public class ServerIntegrationTest {
         Client client = new Client("localhost", Server.PORT);
         client.connect();
         
-        //TODO client.publish("/topic", what)
+        client.publish("/topic", "Test my payload".getBytes());
         //TODO client.subscribe("/topic", callback)
         
         client.close();