diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 63d9a8f..5b82864 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "kafka-settings"
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.3.2"
 authors = ["Sebastian Rollen <seb@overmu.se>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 rdkafka = "0.26"
 serde = "1.0"
+uuid = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 config = "0.11.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8deaac..d4630f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Environment variables need to be prefixed with `KAFKA__`. The following settings
   - `SASL_USERNAME`
   - `SASL_PASSWORD`
 - `GROUP_ID` (optional): The group id for consumers.
+- `UNIQUE_ID` (optional): Append a unique identifier to the end of `GROUP_ID`.
 - `INPUT_TOPICS` (optional): A CSV list of kafka topics for consumers to subscribe to.
 - `ACKS` (optional): The number of acknowledgements needed from the brokers before committing a message.
 - `RETRIES` (optional): The number of times to retry sending a message to the brokers.
diff --git a/src/kafka.rs b/src/kafka.rs
index aa9e18c..50cb05e 100644
--- a/src/kafka.rs
+++ b/src/kafka.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use rdkafka::{
     producer::FutureProducer,
     ClientConfig,
 };
+use uuid::Uuid;
 
 pub fn consumer(settings: &KafkaSettings) -> Result<StreamConsumer, KafkaError> {
     let mut config = ClientConfig::new();
@@ -13,8 +14,18 @@ pub fn consumer(settings: &KafkaSettings) -> Result<StreamConsumer, KafkaError>
         .consumer
         .clone()
         .expect("Consumer settings not specified");
+    let group_id = if consumer_settings.unique_id {
+        format!(
+            "{}_{}",
+            consumer_settings.group_id,
+            Uuid::new_v4().to_string(),
+        )
+    } else {
+        consumer_settings.group_id
+    };
+
     let consumer: StreamConsumer = config
-        .set("group.id", &consumer_settings.group_id)
+        .set("group.id", &group_id)
         // TODO: Figure out how to remove this setting
         .set("enable.ssl.certificate.verification", "false")
         .create()?;
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index dbb450f..f1a9da1 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ pub enum SecurityProtocol {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ConsumerSettings {
     pub group_id: String,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub unique_id: bool,
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "vec_from_str")]
     pub input_topics: Vec<String>,
 }
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ mod test {
         let settings: Test = s.try_into().unwrap();
         let consumer_settings = settings.kafka.consumer.unwrap();
         assert_eq!(consumer_settings.group_id, "group".to_string());
+        assert!(!consumer_settings.unique_id);
         assert_eq!(
             consumer_settings.input_topics,
             vec!["A".to_string(), "B".to_string(), "C".to_string()]