diff --git a/js.go b/js.go
index 23f10b1f3..b84d79343 100644
--- a/js.go
+++ b/js.go
@@ -1085,9 +1085,10 @@ type SequencePair struct {
 
 // nextRequest is for getting next messages for pull based consumers from JetStream.
 type nextRequest struct {
-	Expires time.Duration `json:"expires,omitempty"`
-	Batch   int           `json:"batch,omitempty"`
-	NoWait  bool          `json:"no_wait,omitempty"`
+	Expires  time.Duration `json:"expires,omitempty"`
+	Batch    int           `json:"batch,omitempty"`
+	NoWait   bool          `json:"no_wait,omitempty"`
+	MaxBytes int           `json:"max_bytes,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // jsSub includes JetStream subscription info.
@@ -2495,8 +2496,9 @@ func (sub *Subscription) ConsumerInfo() (*ConsumerInfo, error) {
 }
 
 type pullOpts struct {
-	ttl time.Duration
-	ctx context.Context
+	maxBytes int
+	ttl      time.Duration
+	ctx      context.Context
 }
 
 // PullOpt are the options that can be passed when pulling a batch of messages.
@@ -2512,6 +2514,14 @@ func PullMaxWaiting(n int) SubOpt {
 	})
 }
 
+// PullMaxBytes defines the max bytes allowed for a fetch request.
+type PullMaxBytes int
+
+func (n PullMaxBytes) configurePull(opts *pullOpts) error {
+	opts.maxBytes = int(n)
+	return nil
+}
+
 var (
 	// errNoMessages is an error that a Fetch request using no_wait can receive to signal
 	// that there are no more messages available.
@@ -2687,6 +2697,7 @@ func (sub *Subscription) Fetch(batch int, opts ...PullOpt) ([]*Msg, error) {
 		// For batch real size of 1, it does not make sense to set no_wait in
 		// the request.
 		noWait := batch-len(msgs) > 1
+
 		var nr nextRequest
 
 		sendReq := func() error {
@@ -2711,6 +2722,7 @@ func (sub *Subscription) Fetch(batch int, opts ...PullOpt) ([]*Msg, error) {
 			nr.Batch = batch - len(msgs)
 			nr.Expires = expires
 			nr.NoWait = noWait
+			nr.MaxBytes = o.maxBytes
 			req, _ := json.Marshal(nr)
 			return nc.PublishRequest(nms, rply, req)
 		}
diff --git a/test/js_test.go b/test/js_test.go
index 0b3e4e321..43d9bcffa 100644
--- a/test/js_test.go
+++ b/test/js_test.go
@@ -5880,7 +5880,8 @@ func testJetStreamFetchOptions(t *testing.T, srvs ...*jsServer) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		defer sub.Unsubscribe()
-		if _, err := sub.Fetch(10); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "MaxRequestMaxBytes of 100") {
+
+		if _, err := sub.Fetch(10, nats.PullMaxBytes(200)); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "MaxRequestMaxBytes of 100") {
 			t.Fatalf("Expected error about max request max bytes, got %v", err)
 		}
 	})