diff --git a/tqdm/rich.py b/tqdm/rich.py
index 00e1ddf26..be98b6b79 100644
--- a/tqdm/rich.py
+++ b/tqdm/rich.py
@@ -9,14 +9,17 @@
 from warnings import warn
 
 from rich.progress import (
-    BarColumn, Progress, ProgressColumn, Text, TimeElapsedColumn, TimeRemainingColumn, filesize)
+    BarColumn, Progress, ProgressColumn, Text, TimeElapsedColumn, TimeRemainingColumn,
+    filesize, TextColumn)
 
 from .std import TqdmExperimentalWarning
 from .std import tqdm as std_tqdm
+from typing import TypeAlias
 
 __author__ = {"github.com/": ["casperdcl"]}
 __all__ = ['tqdm_rich', 'trrange', 'tqdm', 'trange']
 
+PostfixColumn: TypeAlias = TextColumn
 
 class FractionColumn(ProgressColumn):
     """Renders completed/total, e.g. '0.5/2.3 G'."""
@@ -97,8 +100,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         warn("rich is experimental/alpha", TqdmExperimentalWarning, stacklevel=2)
         d = self.format_dict
+        postfix = TextColumn(self.postfix) if self.postfix is not None else None
         if progress is None:
-            progress = (
+            progress = [
                 "[progress.description]{task.description}"
                 "[progress.percentage]{task.percentage:>4.0f}%",
                 BarColumn(bar_width=None),
@@ -106,8 +110,10 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                     unit_scale=d['unit_scale'], unit_divisor=d['unit_divisor']),
                 "[", TimeElapsedColumn(), "<", TimeRemainingColumn(),
                 ",", RateColumn(unit=d['unit'], unit_scale=d['unit_scale'],
-                                unit_divisor=d['unit_divisor']), "]"
-            )
+                                unit_divisor=d['unit_divisor'])]
+            if self.postfix is not None:
+                progress.extend([",", PostfixColumn("{task.fields[postfix]}")])
+            progress.append("]")
         options.setdefault('transient', not self.leave)
         self._prog = Progress(*progress, **options)
         self._prog.__enter__()
@@ -122,6 +128,33 @@ def close(self):
     def clear(self, *_, **__):
         pass
 
+    def _update_postfix(self):
+        if self.postfix is None and type(self._prog.columns[-1]) is not PostfixColumn:
+            columns = list(self._prog.columns)
+            columns.pop(-1)
+            columns.pop(-1)
+            self._prog.columns = tuple(columns)
+        elif self.postfix is not None and type(self._prog.columns[-2]) is not PostfixColumn:
+            if type(self._prog.columns[-2]) is not PostfixColumn:
+                # Add "," and column for postfix if it does not exist
+                columns = list(self._prog.columns)
+                columns.insert(-1, ",")
+                columns.insert(-1,
+                               PostfixColumn("{task.fields[postfix]}"))
+                self._prog.columns = tuple(columns)
+        self._prog.update(self._task_id, postfix=self.postfix)
+
+
+    def set_postfix(self, ordered_dict=None, refresh=True, **kwargs):
+        super_result = super().set_postfix(ordered_dict, refresh, **kwargs)
+        self._update_postfix()
+        return super_result
+
+    def set_postfix_str(self, s='', refresh=True):
+        super_result = super().set_postfix_str(s, refresh)
+        self._update_postfix()
+        return super_result
+
     def display(self, *_, **__):
         if not hasattr(self, '_prog'):
             return