diff --git a/src/consumer/engine.rs b/src/consumer/engine.rs
index 7f8f93d..b9979a5 100644
--- a/src/consumer/engine.rs
+++ b/src/consumer/engine.rs
@@ -484,34 +484,30 @@ impl<Exe: Executor> ConsumerEngine<Exe> {
             }
         };
 
-        match payload.metadata.num_messages_in_batch {
-            Some(_) => {
-                let it = BatchedMessageIterator::new(message.message_id, payload)?;
-                for (id, payload) in it {
-                    // TODO: Dead letter policy for batched messages
-                    self.send_to_consumer(id, payload).await?;
-                }
-            }
-            None => match (message.redelivery_count, self.dead_letter_policy.as_ref()) {
-                (Some(redelivery_count), Some(dead_letter_policy)) => {
+        let payloads = if payload.metadata.num_messages_in_batch.is_some() {
+            BatchedMessageIterator::new(message.message_id, payload)?.collect()
+        } else {
+            vec![(message.message_id, payload)]
+        };
+        for (message_id, payload) in payloads {
+            match (message.redelivery_count, &self.dead_letter_policy) {
+                (Some(redelivery_count), Some(dead_letter_policy))
+                    if redelivery_count as usize >= dead_letter_policy.max_redeliver_count =>
+                {
                     // Send message to Dead Letter Topic and ack message in original topic
-                    if redelivery_count as usize >= dead_letter_policy.max_redeliver_count {
-                        self.client
-                            .send(&dead_letter_policy.dead_letter_topic, payload.data)
-                            .await?
-                            .await
-                            .map_err(|e| {
-                                error!("One shot cancelled {:?}", e);
-                                Error::Custom("DLQ send error".to_string())
-                            })?;
-
-                        self.ack(message.message_id, false);
-                    } else {
-                        self.send_to_consumer(message.message_id, payload).await?
-                    }
+                    self.client
+                        .send(&dead_letter_policy.dead_letter_topic, payload.data)
+                        .await?
+                        .await
+                        .map_err(|e| {
+                            error!("One shot cancelled {:?}", e);
+                            Error::Custom("DLQ send error".to_string())
+                        })?;
+
+                    self.ack(message_id, false);
                 }
-                _ => self.send_to_consumer(message.message_id, payload).await?,
-            },
+                _ => self.send_to_consumer(message_id, payload).await?,
+            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/consumer/mod.rs b/src/consumer/mod.rs
index 849071d..b850a8c 100644
--- a/src/consumer/mod.rs
+++ b/src/consumer/mod.rs
@@ -737,6 +737,101 @@ mod tests {
         dlq_consumer.ack(&dlq_msg).await.unwrap();
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "tokio-runtime", feature = "tokio-rustls-runtime"))]
+    async fn dead_letter_queue_batched() {
+        use crate::ProducerOptions;
+
+        let _result = log::set_logger(&TEST_LOGGER);
+        log::set_max_level(LevelFilter::Debug);
+        let addr = "pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650";
+
+        let test_id: u16 = rand::random();
+        let topic = format!("dead_letter_queue_batched_test_{test_id}");
+
+        let dead_letter_topic = format!("{topic}_dlq");
+
+        let dead_letter_policy = DeadLetterPolicy {
+            max_redeliver_count: 1,
+            dead_letter_topic: dead_letter_topic.clone(),
+        };
+
+        let client: Pulsar<_> = Pulsar::builder(addr, TokioExecutor).build().await.unwrap();
+
+        println!("creating consumer");
+        let mut consumer: Consumer<TestData, _> = client
+            .consumer()
+            .with_topic(topic.clone())
+            .with_subscription("nack")
+            .with_subscription_type(SubType::Shared)
+            .with_dead_letter_policy(dead_letter_policy)
+            .build()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        println!("created consumer");
+
+        println!("creating second consumer that consumes from the DLQ");
+        let mut dlq_consumer: Consumer<TestData, _> = client
+            .clone()
+            .consumer()
+            .with_topic(dead_letter_topic)
+            .with_subscription("dead_letter_topic")
+            .with_subscription_type(SubType::Shared)
+            .build()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        println!("created second consumer");
+
+        let mut producer = client
+            .producer()
+            .with_topic(&topic)
+            .with_options(ProducerOptions {
+                batch_size: Some(2),
+                ..Default::default()
+            })
+            .build()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let messages = vec![
+            TestData {
+                topic: topic.clone(),
+                msg: rand::random(),
+            },
+            TestData {
+                topic: topic.clone(),
+                msg: rand::random(),
+            },
+        ];
+        let receipts = producer.send_all(&messages).await.unwrap();
+        producer.send_batch().await.unwrap();
+        try_join_all(receipts).await.unwrap();
+        println!("producer sends done");
+
+        for message in messages {
+            let msg = consumer.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+            println!("got message: {:?}", msg.payload);
+            assert_eq!(
+                message,
+                msg.deserialize().unwrap(),
+                "we probably received a message from a previous run of the test"
+            );
+            // Nacking message to send it to DLQ
+            consumer.nack(&msg).await.unwrap();
+
+            let dlq_msg = dlq_consumer.next().await.unwrap().unwrap();
+            println!("got message: {:?}", dlq_msg.payload);
+            assert_eq!(
+                message,
+                dlq_msg.deserialize().unwrap(),
+                "we probably received a message from a previous run of the test"
+            );
+            dlq_consumer.ack(&dlq_msg).await.unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     #[cfg(any(feature = "tokio-runtime", feature = "tokio-rustls-runtime"))]
     async fn failover() {