diff --git a/src/mqtt.service.ts b/src/mqtt.service.ts
index 729ccb7..c8065cb 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.service.ts
+++ b/src/mqtt.service.ts
@@ -208,8 +208,8 @@ export class MqttService {
 
   /**
    * This method publishes a message for a topic with optional options.
-   * The returned observable will complete, if publishing was successful
-   * and will throw an error, if the publication fails
+   * The returned observable will emit empty value and complete, if publishing was successful
+   * and will throw an error, if the publication fails.
    */
   public publish(topic: string, message: any, options?: IPublishOptions): Observable<void> {
     if (!this.client) {
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ export class MqttService {
         if (err) {
           obs.error(err);
         } else {
+          obs.next(null);
           obs.complete();
         }
       });
diff --git a/tests/mqtt.service.spec.ts b/tests/mqtt.service.spec.ts
index fc8ed12..d52e479 100644
--- a/tests/mqtt.service.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/mqtt.service.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 
-import { skip, map } from 'rxjs/operators';
-import { noop, Subscription } from 'rxjs';
+import { skip, map, mergeMap, scan } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { noop, Subscription, of } from 'rxjs';
 
 import { MqttService } from '../src/mqtt.service';
 import { MqttServiceConfig, MqttClientService } from '../src/mqtt.module';
@@ -90,6 +90,21 @@ describe('MqttService', () => {
     mqttService.publish('ngx-mqtt/tests/publish/' + currentUuid, 'publish').subscribe(noop);
   });
 
+  it('#pipeablePublish', (done) => {
+    mqttService.observe('ngx-mqtt/tests/pipeablePublish/' + currentUuid).pipe(
+      scan<IMqttMessage, number>(acc => { return acc + 1; }, 0)
+    ).subscribe(count => {
+      if (count === 3) {
+        done();
+      }
+    });
+    of(null).pipe(
+      mergeMap(i => mqttService.publish('ngx-mqtt/tests/pipeablePublish/' + currentUuid, 'publish1')),
+      mergeMap(i => mqttService.publish('ngx-mqtt/tests/pipeablePublish/' + currentUuid, 'publish2')),
+      mergeMap(i => mqttService.publish('ngx-mqtt/tests/pipeablePublish/' + currentUuid, 'publish3'))
+    ).subscribe();
+  });
+
   it('#unsafePublish', (done) => {
     mqttService.observe('ngx-mqtt/tests/unsafePublish/' + currentUuid).subscribe((_: IMqttMessage) => {
       done();