diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 52bdc4fba..2a063f543 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [flake8]
 ignore = E226,E302,E41,W503
 max-line-length = 160
-max-complexity = 10
+max-complexity = 15
 exclude = .git,venv,.venv,.tox,.pytest_cache,.direnv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pact/broker.py b/pact/broker.py
index c67b63275..644453361 100644
--- a/pact/broker.py
+++ b/pact/broker.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def _normalize_consumer_name(name):
         return name.lower().replace(' ', '_')
 
     def publish(self, consumer_name, version, pact_dir=None,
-                tag_with_git_branch=None, consumer_tags=None):
+                tag_with_git_branch=None, consumer_tags=None, branch=None, build_url=None, auto_detect_version_properties=None):
         """Publish the generated pact files to the specified pact broker."""
         if self.broker_base_url is None \
                 and "PACT_BROKER_BASE_URL" not in os.environ:
@@ -85,6 +85,15 @@ def publish(self, consumer_name, version, pact_dir=None,
             for tag in consumer_tags:
                 command.extend(['-t', tag])
 
+        if branch:
+            command.extend(['--branch={}'.format(branch)])
+
+        if build_url:
+            command.extend(['--build-url={}'.format(build_url)])
+
+        if auto_detect_version_properties is True:
+            command.append('--auto-detect-version-properties')
+
         log.debug(f"PactBroker publish command: {command}")
 
         publish_process = Popen(command)
diff --git a/pact/consumer.py b/pact/consumer.py
index a2d60d3ca..e2357a024 100644
--- a/pact/consumer.py
+++ b/pact/consumer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Consumer(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, name, service_cls=Pact, tags=None,
-                 tag_with_git_branch=False, version='0.0.0'):
+                 tag_with_git_branch=False, version='0.0.0', branch=None, build_url=None, auto_detect_version_properties=False):
         """
         Create the Consumer class.
 
@@ -37,12 +37,24 @@ def __init__(self, name, service_cls=Pact, tags=None,
         :type tag_with_git_branch: bool
         :param version: The version of this Consumer. This will be used when
             publishing pacts to a pact broker. Defaults to '0.0.0'
+        :param branch: The branch of this Consumer.
+        :type branch: str
+        :param build_url: The build URL that created the pact.
+        :type build_url: str
+        :param auto_detect_version_properties: Automatically detect the repository branch from known CI,
+            environment variables or git CLI. Supports Buildkite, Circle CI, Travis CI, GitHub Actions,
+            Jenkins, Hudson, AppVeyor, GitLab, CodeShip, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps.'.
+            Defaults to False.
+        :type auto_detect_version_properties: bool
         """
         self.name = name
         self.service_cls = service_cls
         self.tags = tags
         self.tag_with_git_branch = tag_with_git_branch
         self.version = version
+        self.branch = branch
+        self.build_url = build_url
+        self.auto_detect_version_properties = auto_detect_version_properties
 
     def has_pact_with(self, provider, host_name='localhost', port=1234,
                       log_dir=None, ssl=False, sslcert=None, sslkey=None,
diff --git a/pact/message_consumer.py b/pact/message_consumer.py
index ae230f2a4..97f1718b3 100644
--- a/pact/message_consumer.py
+++ b/pact/message_consumer.py
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ def __init__(
         tags=None,
         tag_with_git_branch=False,
         version="0.0.0",
+        branch=None,
+        build_url=None,
+        auto_detect_version_properties=False
     ):
         """
         Create the Message Consumer class.
@@ -43,12 +46,24 @@ def __init__(
         :type tag_with_git_branch: bool
         :param version: The version of this Consumer. This will be used when
             publishing pacts to a pact broker. Defaults to '0.0.0'
+        :param branch: The branch of this Consumer.
+        :type branch: str
+        :param build_url: The build URL that created the pact.
+        :type build_url: str
+        :param auto_detect_version_properties: Automatically detect the repository branch from known CI,
+            environment variables or git CLI. Supports Buildkite, Circle CI, Travis CI, GitHub Actions,
+            Jenkins, Hudson, AppVeyor, GitLab, CodeShip, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps.'.
+            Defaults to False.
+        :type auto_detect_version_properties: bool
         """
         self.name = name
         self.service_cls = service_cls
         self.tags = tags
         self.tag_with_git_branch = tag_with_git_branch
         self.version = version
+        self.branch = branch
+        self.build_url = build_url
+        self.auto_detect_version_properties = auto_detect_version_properties
 
     def has_pact_with(
         self,
diff --git a/pact/message_pact.py b/pact/message_pact.py
index c12cece8f..b25673511 100644
--- a/pact/message_pact.py
+++ b/pact/message_pact.py
@@ -208,4 +208,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
                 pact_dir=self.pact_dir,
                 tag_with_git_branch=self.consumer.tag_with_git_branch,
                 consumer_tags=self.consumer.tags,
+                branch=self.consumer.branch,
+                build_url=self.consumer.build_url,
+                auto_detect_version_properties=self.consumer.auto_detect_version_properties
             )
diff --git a/pact/pact.py b/pact/pact.py
index bc9af31a0..638d9de78 100644
--- a/pact/pact.py
+++ b/pact/pact.py
@@ -245,7 +245,10 @@ def stop_service(self):
                 self.consumer.version,
                 tag_with_git_branch=self.consumer.tag_with_git_branch,
                 consumer_tags=self.consumer.tags,
-                pact_dir=self.pact_dir
+                branch=self.consumer.branch,
+                pact_dir=self.pact_dir,
+                build_url=self.consumer.build_url,
+                auto_detect_version_properties=self.consumer.auto_detect_version_properties
             )
 
     def upon_receiving(self, scenario):
diff --git a/tests/test_broker.py b/tests/test_broker.py
index 2659ab118..0cbdc3566 100644
--- a/tests/test_broker.py
+++ b/tests/test_broker.py
@@ -137,3 +137,48 @@ def test_manual_tagged_publish(self):
             './TestConsumer-TestProvider.json',
             '-t', 'tag1',
             '-t', 'tag2'])
+
+    def test_branch_publish(self):
+        broker = Broker(broker_base_url="http://localhost")
+
+        broker.publish("TestConsumer",
+                       "2.0.1",
+                       branch='consumer-branch',
+                       pact_dir='.')
+
+        self.mock_Popen.assert_called_once_with([
+            BROKER_CLIENT_PATH, 'publish',
+            '--consumer-app-version=2.0.1',
+            '--broker-base-url=http://localhost',
+            './TestConsumer-TestProvider.json',
+            '--branch=consumer-branch'])
+
+    def test_build_url_publish(self):
+        broker = Broker(broker_base_url="http://localhost")
+
+        broker.publish("TestConsumer",
+                       "2.0.1",
+                       build_url='http://ci',
+                       pact_dir='.')
+
+        self.mock_Popen.assert_called_once_with([
+            BROKER_CLIENT_PATH, 'publish',
+            '--consumer-app-version=2.0.1',
+            '--broker-base-url=http://localhost',
+            './TestConsumer-TestProvider.json',
+            '--build-url=http://ci'])
+
+    def test_auto_detect_version_properties_publish(self):
+        broker = Broker(broker_base_url="http://localhost")
+
+        broker.publish("TestConsumer",
+                       "2.0.1",
+                       auto_detect_version_properties=True,
+                       pact_dir='.')
+
+        self.mock_Popen.assert_called_once_with([
+            BROKER_CLIENT_PATH, 'publish',
+            '--consumer-app-version=2.0.1',
+            '--broker-base-url=http://localhost',
+            './TestConsumer-TestProvider.json',
+            '--auto-detect-version-properties'])
diff --git a/tests/test_message_pact.py b/tests/test_message_pact.py
index 3d8e7bf6b..598a1d969 100644
--- a/tests/test_message_pact.py
+++ b/tests/test_message_pact.py
@@ -146,13 +146,24 @@ def setUp(self):
     def test_successful(self):
         pact = MessagePact(
             self.consumer, self.provider, publish_to_broker=True,
-            broker_base_url='http://localhost', broker_username='username', broker_password='password')
+            broker_base_url='http://localhost', broker_username='username', broker_password='password',
+            pact_dir='some_dir')
 
         with pact:
             pass
 
         self.write_to_pact_file.assert_called_once()
-        self.mock_publish.assert_called_once()
+        self.mock_publish.assert_called_once_with(
+            pact,
+            'TestConsumer',
+            '0.0.0',
+            auto_detect_version_properties=False,
+            branch=None,
+            build_url=None,
+            consumer_tags=None,
+            pact_dir='some_dir',
+            tag_with_git_branch=False
+        )
 
     def test_context_raises_error(self):
         pact = MessagePact(
diff --git a/tests/test_pact.py b/tests/test_pact.py
index af642c523..76e1e7059 100644
--- a/tests/test_pact.py
+++ b/tests/test_pact.py
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ def test_stop_windows(self):
             'abc',
             consumer_tags=None,
             tag_with_git_branch=False,
-            pact_dir='some_dir')
+            pact_dir='some_dir',
+            branch=None,
+            build_url=None,
+            auto_detect_version_properties=False)
 
     def test_stop_fails_posix(self):
         self.mock_platform.return_value = 'Linux'