diff --git a/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.cpp b/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.cpp
index 27f37a6..fcfd86d 100755
--- a/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 PubSubClient::PubSubClient() {
    this->_client = NULL;
+   this->stream = NULL;
 }
 
 PubSubClient::PubSubClient(uint8_t *ip, uint16_t port, void (*callback)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int), Client& client) {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ PubSubClient::PubSubClient(uint8_t *ip, uint16_t port, void (*callback)(char*,ui
    this->ip = ip;
    this->port = port;
    this->domain = NULL;
+   this->stream = NULL;
 }
 
 PubSubClient::PubSubClient(char* domain, uint16_t port, void (*callback)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int), Client& client) {
@@ -24,6 +26,24 @@ PubSubClient::PubSubClient(char* domain, uint16_t port, void (*callback)(char*,u
    this->callback = callback;
    this->domain = domain;
    this->port = port;
+   this->stream = NULL;
+}
+
+PubSubClient::PubSubClient(uint8_t *ip, uint16_t port, void (*callback)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int), Client& client, Stream *stream) {
+   this->_client = &client;
+   this->callback = callback;
+   this->ip = ip;
+   this->port = port;
+   this->domain = NULL;
+   this->stream = stream;
+}
+
+PubSubClient::PubSubClient(char* domain, uint16_t port, void (*callback)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int), Client& client, Stream *stream) {
+   this->_client = &client;
+   this->callback = callback;
+   this->domain = domain;
+   this->port = port;
+   this->stream = stream;
 }
 
 boolean PubSubClient::connect(char *id) {
@@ -134,16 +154,32 @@ uint16_t PubSubClient::readPacket(uint8_t* lengthLength) {
       multiplier *= 128;
    } while ((digit & 128) != 0);
    *lengthLength = len-1;
-   for (uint16_t i = 0;i<length;i++)
+
+   // Read in topic length to calculate bytes to skip over for Stream writing
+   buffer[len++] = readByte();
+   buffer[len++] = readByte();
+   uint16_t skip = (buffer[*lengthLength+1]<<8)+buffer[*lengthLength+2];
+
+   if (buffer[0]&MQTTQOS1) {
+     // skip message id
+     skip += 2;
+   }
+
+   for (uint16_t i = 2;i<length;i++)
    {
+      digit = readByte();
+      if(this->stream && ((buffer[0]&0xF0) == MQTTPUBLISH) && len-*lengthLength-2>skip) {
+        this->stream->write(digit);
+      }
       if (len < MQTT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE) {
-         buffer[len++] = readByte();
+         buffer[len++] = digit;
       } else {
-         readByte();
-         len = 0; // This will cause the packet to be ignored.
+         if(!this->stream) len = 0; // This will cause the packet to be ignored.
       }
    }
 
+   // If a stream has been provided, indicate that we wrote the whole length,
+   // else return 0 if the length exceed the max packet size
    return len;
 }
 
diff --git a/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.h b/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.h
index f87d5c1..6d7b1f2 100755
--- a/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.h
+++ b/PubSubClient/PubSubClient.h
@@ -53,10 +53,13 @@ private:
    uint8_t *ip;
    char* domain;
    uint16_t port;
+   Stream* stream;
 public:
    PubSubClient();
    PubSubClient(uint8_t *, uint16_t, void(*)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int),Client& client);
+   PubSubClient(uint8_t *, uint16_t, void(*)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int),Client& client, Stream*);
    PubSubClient(char*, uint16_t, void(*)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int),Client& client);
+   PubSubClient(char*, uint16_t, void(*)(char*,uint8_t*,unsigned int),Client& client, Stream*);
    boolean connect(char *);
    boolean connect(char *, char *, char *);
    boolean connect(char *, char *, uint8_t, uint8_t, char *);
diff --git a/PubSubClient/examples/mqtt_stream/mqtt_stream.ino b/PubSubClient/examples/mqtt_stream/mqtt_stream.ino
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bc4279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PubSubClient/examples/mqtt_stream/mqtt_stream.ino
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ Example of using a Stream object to store the message payload
+
+ Uses SRAM library: https://github.com/ennui2342/arduino-sram
+ but could use any Stream based class such as SD
+
+  - connects to an MQTT server
+  - publishes "hello world" to the topic "outTopic"
+  - subscribes to the topic "inTopic"
+*/
+
+#include <SPI.h>
+#include <Ethernet.h>
+#include <PubSubClient.h>
+#include <SRAM.h>
+
+// Update these with values suitable for your network.
+byte mac[]    = {  0xDE, 0xED, 0xBA, 0xFE, 0xFE, 0xED };
+byte server[] = { 172, 16, 0, 2 };
+byte ip[]     = { 172, 16, 0, 100 };
+
+SRAM sram(4, SRAM_1024);
+
+void callback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length) {
+  sram.seek(1);
+
+  // do something with the message
+  for(uint8_t i=0; i<length; i++) {
+    Serial.write(sram.read());
+  }
+  Serial.println();
+  
+  // Reset position for the next message to be stored
+  sram.seek(1);
+}
+
+EthernetClient ethClient;
+PubSubClient client(server, 1883, callback, ethClient, &sram);
+
+void setup()
+{
+  Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
+  if (client.connect("arduinoClient")) {
+    client.publish("outTopic","hello world");
+    client.subscribe("inTopic");
+  }
+
+  sram.begin();
+  sram.seek(1);
+  
+  Serial.begin(9600);
+}
+
+void loop()
+{
+  client.loop();
+}
+