diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 8bca1ec4..5202ddab 100755
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+2.3
+   * Add publish(topic,payload,retained) function
+
 2.2
    * Change code layout to match Arduino Library reqs
+
 2.1
    * Add MAX_TRANSFER_SIZE def to chunk messages if needed
    * Reject topic/payloads that exceed MQTT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE
diff --git a/library.properties b/library.properties
index e0a39401..1e555f1a 100644
--- a/library.properties
+++ b/library.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name=PubSubClient
-version=2.2
+version=2.3
 author=Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
 maintainer=Nick O'Leary <nick.oleary@gmail.com>
 sentence=A client library for MQTT messaging.
diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.cpp b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
index d089742d..1a502366 100755
--- a/src/PubSubClient.cpp
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ boolean PubSubClient::publish(const char* topic, const char* payload) {
     return publish(topic,(const uint8_t*)payload,strlen(payload),false);
 }
 
+boolean PubSubClient::publish(const char* topic, const char* payload, boolean retained) {
+    return publish(topic,(const uint8_t*)payload,strlen(payload),retained);
+}
+
 boolean PubSubClient::publish(const char* topic, const uint8_t* payload, unsigned int plength) {
     return publish(topic, payload, plength, false);
 }
diff --git a/src/PubSubClient.h b/src/PubSubClient.h
index 6a967c7c..ece2d4be 100755
--- a/src/PubSubClient.h
+++ b/src/PubSubClient.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class PubSubClient {
    boolean connect(const char* id, const char* user, const char* pass, const char* willTopic, uint8_t willQos, boolean willRetain, const char* willMessage);
    void disconnect();
    boolean publish(const char* topic, const char* payload);
+   boolean publish(const char* topic, const char* payload, boolean retained);
    boolean publish(const char* topic, const uint8_t * payload, unsigned int plength);
    boolean publish(const char* topic, const uint8_t * payload, unsigned int plength, boolean retained);
    boolean publish_P(const char* topic, const uint8_t * payload, unsigned int plength, boolean retained);
diff --git a/tests/src/publish_spec.cpp b/tests/src/publish_spec.cpp
index e7b9da28..232df0d3 100644
--- a/tests/src/publish_spec.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/publish_spec.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int test_publish_bytes() {
 
 
 int test_publish_retained() {
-    IT("publishes retained");
+    IT("publishes retained - 1");
     ShimClient shimClient;
     shimClient.setAllowConnect(true);
 
@@ -88,6 +88,29 @@ int test_publish_retained() {
     END_IT
 }
 
+int test_publish_retained_2() {
+    IT("publishes retained - 2");
+    ShimClient shimClient;
+    shimClient.setAllowConnect(true);
+
+    byte connack[] = { 0x20, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00 };
+    shimClient.respond(connack,4);
+
+    PubSubClient client(server, 1883, callback, shimClient);
+    int rc = client.connect((char*)"client_test1");
+    IS_TRUE(rc);
+
+    byte publish[] = {0x31,0xc,0x0,0x5,0x74,0x6f,0x70,0x69,0x63,'A','B','C','D','E'};
+    shimClient.expect(publish,14);
+
+    rc = client.publish((char*)"topic",(char*)"ABCDE",true);
+    IS_TRUE(rc);
+
+    IS_FALSE(shimClient.error());
+
+    END_IT
+}
+
 int test_publish_not_connected() {
     IT("publish fails when not connected");
     ShimClient shimClient;
@@ -158,6 +181,7 @@ int main()
     test_publish();
     test_publish_bytes();
     test_publish_retained();
+    test_publish_retained_2();
     test_publish_not_connected();
     test_publish_too_long();
     test_publish_P();