diff --git a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
index d21ffaf..be7c7de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
+++ b/src/main/java/redis/clients/jedis/Jedis.java
@@ -633,8 +633,9 @@ public class Jedis {
 	client.rollbackTimeout();
     }
 
-    public void publish(String channel, String message) {
+    public int publish(String channel, String message) {
 	client.publish(channel, message);
+	return client.getIntegerReply();
     }
 
     public void psubscribe(JedisPubSub jedisPubSub, String... patterns) {