diff --git a/cmd/publish.go b/cmd/publish.go
index 1b22599f..f687c37e 100644
--- a/cmd/publish.go
+++ b/cmd/publish.go
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ import (
 
 var publishTopic string
 var publishPayload string
+var pubsubName string
 
 var PublishCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "publish",
 	Short: "Publish an event to multiple consumers",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		err := publish.SendPayloadToTopic(publishTopic, publishPayload)
+		err := publish.SendPayloadToTopic(publishTopic, publishPayload, pubsubName)
 		if err != nil {
 			print.FailureStatusEvent(os.Stdout, fmt.Sprintf("Error publishing topic %s: %s", publishTopic, err))
 			return
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@ var PublishCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	PublishCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&publishTopic, "topic", "t", "", "the topic the app is listening on")
 	PublishCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&publishPayload, "data", "d", "", "(optional) a json serialized string")
+	PublishCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&pubsubName, "pubsub", "", "", "name of the pub/sub component")
 	PublishCmd.MarkFlagRequired("app-id")
 	PublishCmd.MarkFlagRequired("topic")
+	PublishCmd.MarkFlagRequired("pubsub")
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(PublishCmd)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/publish/publish.go b/pkg/publish/publish.go
index 6682fec8..4a16555b 100644
--- a/pkg/publish/publish.go
+++ b/pkg/publish/publish.go
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 // SendPayloadToTopic publishes the topic
-func SendPayloadToTopic(topic, payload string) error {
+func SendPayloadToTopic(topic, payload, pubsubName string) error {
 	if topic == "" {
 		return errors.New("topic is missing")
 	}
+	if pubsubName == "" {
+		return errors.New("pubsubName is missing")
+	}
 
 	l, err := standalone.List()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ func SendPayloadToTopic(topic, payload string) error {
 		b = []byte(payload)
 	}
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s/v%s/publish/%s", fmt.Sprintf("%v", app.HTTPPort), api.RuntimeAPIVersion, topic)
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:%s/v%s/publish/%s/%s", fmt.Sprintf("%v", app.HTTPPort), api.RuntimeAPIVersion, pubsubName, topic)
 	// nolint: gosec
 	r, err := http.Post(url, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(b))