diff --git a/jetstream/consumer.ts b/jetstream/consumer.ts
index e39b283a..e0974f55 100644
--- a/jetstream/consumer.ts
+++ b/jetstream/consumer.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
 } from "../nats-base-client/util.ts";
 import { ConsumerAPI, ConsumerAPIImpl } from "./jsmconsumer_api.ts";
 import { nuid } from "../nats-base-client/nuid.ts";
-import { isHeartbeatMsg } from "./jsutil.ts";
+import { isHeartbeatMsg, minValidation } from "./jsutil.ts";
 import { QueuedIteratorImpl } from "../nats-base-client/queued_iterator.ts";
 import {
   createInbox,
@@ -948,6 +948,7 @@ export class PullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
  * {@link ConsumerUpdateConfig}
  */
 export type OrderedConsumerOptions = {
+  name_prefix: string;
   filterSubjects: string[] | string;
   deliver_policy: DeliverPolicy;
   opt_start_seq: number;
@@ -981,6 +982,11 @@ export class OrderedPullConsumerImpl implements Consumer {
     this.stream = stream;
     this.cursor = { stream_seq: 1, deliver_seq: 0 };
     this.namePrefix = nuid.next();
+    if (typeof opts.name_prefix === "string") {
+      // make sure the prefix is valid
+      minValidation("name_prefix", opts.name_prefix);
+      this.namePrefix = opts.name_prefix + this.namePrefix;
+    }
     this.serial = 0;
     this.currentConsumer = null;
     this.userCallback = null;
diff --git a/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts b/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts
index bfe80942..1d44a3f6 100644
--- a/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts
+++ b/jetstream/tests/consumers_ordered_test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import { initStream } from "./jstest_util.ts";
 import {
+  assert,
   assertEquals,
   assertExists,
   assertRejects,
@@ -947,3 +948,33 @@ Deno.test("ordered consumers - bind is rejected", async () => {
 
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
+
+Deno.test("ordered consumers - name prefix", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf());
+
+  const jsm = await nc.jetstreamManager();
+  await jsm.streams.add({ name: "A", subjects: ["a"] });
+
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  const c = await js.consumers.get("A", { name_prefix: "hello" });
+  const ci = await c.info(true);
+  assert(ci.name.startsWith("hello"));
+
+  await assertRejects(
+    () => {
+      return js.consumers.get("A", { name_prefix: "" });
+    },
+    Error,
+    "name_prefix name required",
+  );
+
+  await assertRejects(
+    () => {
+      return js.consumers.get("A", { name_prefix: "one.two" });
+    },
+    Error,
+    "invalid name_prefix name - name_prefix name cannot contain '.'",
+  );
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});