diff --git a/osm_common/msgkafka.py b/osm_common/msgkafka.py
index 91775f2..4d02024 100644
--- a/osm_common/msgkafka.py
+++ b/osm_common/msgkafka.py
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@
         finally:
             await self.producer.stop()
 
-    async def aioread(self, topic, loop=None, callback=None, aiocallback=None, group_id=None, **kwargs):
+    async def aioread(self, topic, loop=None, callback=None, aiocallback=None, group_id=None, from_beginning=None,
+                      **kwargs):
         """
         Asyncio read from one or several topics.
         :param topic: can be str: single topic; or str list: several topics
@@ -118,6 +119,9 @@
         :param aiocallback: async callback function that will handle the message in kafka bus
         :param group_id: kafka group_id to use. Can be False (set group_id to None), None (use general group_id provided
                          at connect inside config), or a group_id string
+        :param from_beginning: if True, messages will be obtained from beginning instead of only new ones.
+                               If group_id is supplied, only the not processed messages by other worker are obtained.
+                               If group_id is None, all messages stored at kafka are obtained.
         :param kwargs: optional keyword arguments for callback function
         :return: If no callback defined, it returns (topic, key, message)
         """
@@ -133,8 +137,8 @@
                 topic_list = topic
             else:
                 topic_list = (topic,)
-
-            self.consumer = AIOKafkaConsumer(loop=loop, bootstrap_servers=self.broker, group_id=group_id)
+            self.consumer = AIOKafkaConsumer(loop=loop, bootstrap_servers=self.broker, group_id=group_id,
+                                             auto_offset_reset="earliest" if from_beginning else "latest")
             await self.consumer.start()
             self.consumer.subscribe(topic_list)