diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a88b56f..37748a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ tracing = { version = "^0.1.37", optional = true }
 async-trait = "^0.1.72"
 data-url = { version = "^0.3.0", optional = true }
 uuid = { version = "^1.4.1", features = ["v4", "fast-rng"] }
+apache-avro = "0.16.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde = { version = "^1.0.175", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/examples/consumer_avro.rs b/examples/consumer_avro.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc6bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/consumer_avro.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde;
+use futures::TryStreamExt;
+use pulsar::{
+    Authentication, Consumer, DeserializeMessage, Payload, Pulsar, SubType, TokioExecutor,
+};
+use std::env;
+use std::io::Cursor;
+use apache_avro::{AvroSchema, from_avro_datum, from_value, Schema};
+use pulsar::authentication::oauth2::{OAuth2Authentication};
+
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct TestData {
+    number: i32,
+    data: String
+}
+impl DeserializeMessage for TestData {
+    type Output = Result<TestData, apache_avro::Error>;
+
+    fn deserialize_message(payload: &Payload) -> Self::Output {
+        let data = &payload.data;
+        let v = from_avro_datum(&TestData::get_schema(), &mut Cursor::new(data), None).unwrap();
+        from_value(&v)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AvroSchema for TestData {
+    // You can get the schema through the pulsar-admin command.
+    // Example: pulsar-admin schema get <topic-name>
+    // Then paste the schema section here.
+    fn get_schema() -> Schema {
+        let raw_schema = r#"{
+      "type": "record",
+      "name": "TestData",
+      "namespace": "org.example.RustConsumeExample",
+      "fields": [
+        {
+          "name": "data",
+          "type": [
+            "null",
+            "string"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "number",
+          "type": "int"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+        "#;
+        Schema::parse_str(raw_schema).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<(), pulsar::Error> {
+    env_logger::init();
+
+    let addr = env::var("PULSAR_ADDRESS")
+        .ok()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "pulsar://127.0.0.1:6650".to_string());
+    let topic = env::var("PULSAR_TOPIC")
+        .ok()
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "persistent://public/default/test".to_string());
+
+    let mut builder = Pulsar::builder(addr, TokioExecutor);
+
+    if let Ok(token) = env::var("PULSAR_TOKEN") {
+        let authentication = Authentication {
+            name: "token".to_string(),
+            data: token.into_bytes(),
+        };
+
+        builder = builder.with_auth(authentication);
+    } else if let Ok(oauth2_cfg) = env::var("PULSAR_OAUTH2") {
+        builder = builder.with_auth_provider(OAuth2Authentication::client_credentials(
+            serde_json::from_str(oauth2_cfg.as_str())
+                .expect(format!("invalid oauth2 config [{}]", oauth2_cfg.as_str()).as_str())));
+    }
+
+    let pulsar: Pulsar<_> = builder.build().await?;
+
+    let mut consumer: Consumer<TestData, _> = pulsar
+        .consumer()
+        .with_topic(topic)
+        .with_consumer_name("test_consumer")
+        .with_subscription_type(SubType::Exclusive)
+        .with_subscription("test_subscription")
+        .build()
+        .await?;
+
+    let mut counter = 0usize;
+    while let Some(msg) = consumer.try_next().await? {
+        consumer.ack(&msg).await?;
+        log::info!("metadata: {:?}", msg.metadata());
+        log::info!("id: {:?}", msg.message_id());
+        let data = match msg.deserialize() {
+            Ok(data) => data,
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("could not deserialize message: {:?}", e);
+                break;
+            }
+        };
+
+        println!("{} : {}", data.data, data.number);
+        counter += 1;
+        log::info!("got {} messages", counter);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}