diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Api/Handlers/ConsumerApiHandlers.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Api/Handlers/ConsumerApiHandlers.cs
index 8d38c16..4a8a11c 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Api/Handlers/ConsumerApiHandlers.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Api/Handlers/ConsumerApiHandlers.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ public static class ConsumerApiHandlers
             if (root.TryGetProperty("heartbeat_ms", out var hbEl) && hbEl.TryGetInt32(out var hbMs))
                 config.HeartbeatMs = hbMs;
 
+            if (root.TryGetProperty("ack_wait_ms", out var ackWaitEl) && ackWaitEl.TryGetInt32(out var ackWait))
+                config.AckWaitMs = ackWait;
+
+            if (root.TryGetProperty("ack_policy", out var ackPolicyEl))
+            {
+                var ackPolicy = ackPolicyEl.GetString();
+                if (string.Equals(ackPolicy, "explicit", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                    config.AckPolicy = AckPolicy.Explicit;
+            }
+
             return config;
         }
         catch (JsonException)
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/ConsumerManager.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/ConsumerManager.cs
index a235db0..36d778e 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/ConsumerManager.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/ConsumerManager.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public sealed class ConsumerManager
     public void OnPublished(string stream, StoredMessage message)
     {
         foreach (var handle in _consumers.Values.Where(c => c.Stream == stream && c.Config.Push))
-            _pushConsumerEngine.Enqueue(handle.PushFrames, message, handle.Config);
+            _pushConsumerEngine.Enqueue(handle, message);
     }
 
     public PushFrame? ReadPushFrame(string stream, string durableName)
@@ -86,4 +86,5 @@ public sealed record ConsumerHandle(string Stream, ConsumerConfig Config)
     public ulong NextSequence { get; set; } = 1;
     public Queue<StoredMessage> Pending { get; } = new();
     public Queue<PushFrame> PushFrames { get; } = new();
+    public AckProcessor AckProcessor { get; } = new();
 }
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/AckProcessor.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/AckProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee44837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/AckProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+namespace NATS.Server.JetStream.Consumers;
+
+public sealed class AckProcessor
+{
+    private readonly Dictionary<ulong, DateTime> _pending = new();
+
+    public void Register(ulong sequence, int ackWaitMs)
+    {
+        _pending[sequence] = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMilliseconds(Math.Max(ackWaitMs, 1));
+    }
+
+    public ulong? NextExpired()
+    {
+        foreach (var (seq, deadline) in _pending)
+        {
+            if (DateTime.UtcNow >= deadline)
+                return seq;
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public bool HasPending => _pending.Count > 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PullConsumerEngine.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PullConsumerEngine.cs
index 47e41f2..210f7d8 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PullConsumerEngine.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PullConsumerEngine.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using NATS.Server.JetStream.Storage;
+using NATS.Server.JetStream.Models;
 
 namespace NATS.Server.JetStream.Consumers;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,31 @@ public sealed class PullConsumerEngine
     public async ValueTask<PullFetchBatch> FetchAsync(StreamHandle stream, ConsumerHandle consumer, int batch, CancellationToken ct)
     {
         var messages = new List<StoredMessage>(batch);
+
+        if (consumer.Config.AckPolicy == AckPolicy.Explicit)
+        {
+            var expired = consumer.AckProcessor.NextExpired();
+            if (expired is { } expiredSequence)
+            {
+                var redelivery = await stream.Store.LoadAsync(expiredSequence, ct);
+                if (redelivery != null)
+                {
+                    messages.Add(new StoredMessage
+                    {
+                        Sequence = redelivery.Sequence,
+                        Subject = redelivery.Subject,
+                        Payload = redelivery.Payload,
+                        Redelivered = true,
+                    });
+                }
+
+                return new PullFetchBatch(messages);
+            }
+
+            if (consumer.AckProcessor.HasPending)
+                return new PullFetchBatch(messages);
+        }
+
         var sequence = consumer.NextSequence;
 
         for (var i = 0; i < batch; i++)
@@ -16,6 +42,8 @@ public sealed class PullConsumerEngine
                 break;
 
             messages.Add(message);
+            if (consumer.Config.AckPolicy == AckPolicy.Explicit)
+                consumer.AckProcessor.Register(message.Sequence, consumer.Config.AckWaitMs);
             sequence++;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PushConsumerEngine.cs b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PushConsumerEngine.cs
index 52bfbc2..effef2d 100644
--- a/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PushConsumerEngine.cs
+++ b/src/NATS.Server/JetStream/Consumers/PushConsumerEngine.cs
@@ -5,17 +5,20 @@ namespace NATS.Server.JetStream.Consumers;
 
 public sealed class PushConsumerEngine
 {
-    public void Enqueue(Queue<PushFrame> queue, StoredMessage message, ConsumerConfig config)
+    public void Enqueue(ConsumerHandle consumer, StoredMessage message)
     {
-        queue.Enqueue(new PushFrame
+        consumer.PushFrames.Enqueue(new PushFrame
         {
             IsData = true,
             Message = message,
         });
 
-        if (config.HeartbeatMs > 0)
+        if (consumer.Config.AckPolicy == AckPolicy.Explicit)
+            consumer.AckProcessor.Register(message.Sequence, consumer.Config.AckWaitMs);
+
+        if (consumer.Config.HeartbeatMs > 0)
         {
-            queue.Enqueue(new PushFrame
+            consumer.PushFrames.Enqueue(new PushFrame
             {
                 IsHeartbeat = true,
             });
diff --git a/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamAckRedeliveryTests.cs b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamAckRedeliveryTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c65dfbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamAckRedeliveryTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+namespace NATS.Server.Tests;
+
+public class JetStreamAckRedeliveryTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Unacked_message_is_redelivered_after_ack_wait()
+    {
+        await using var fixture = await JetStreamApiFixture.StartWithAckExplicitConsumerAsync(ackWaitMs: 50);
+        await fixture.PublishAndGetAckAsync("orders.created", "1");
+
+        var first = await fixture.FetchAsync("ORDERS", "PULL", batch: 1);
+        var second = await fixture.FetchAfterDelayAsync("ORDERS", "PULL", delayMs: 75, batch: 1);
+
+        second.Messages.Single().Sequence.ShouldBe(first.Messages.Single().Sequence);
+        second.Messages.Single().Redelivered.ShouldBeTrue();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamApiFixture.cs b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamApiFixture.cs
index ca321e2..2561048 100644
--- a/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamApiFixture.cs
+++ b/tests/NATS.Server.Tests/JetStreamApiFixture.cs
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ internal sealed class JetStreamApiFixture : IAsyncDisposable
         return fixture;
     }
 
+    public static async Task<JetStreamApiFixture> StartWithAckExplicitConsumerAsync(int ackWaitMs)
+    {
+        var fixture = await StartWithStreamAsync("ORDERS", "orders.*");
+        _ = await fixture.CreateConsumerAsync("ORDERS", "PULL", "orders.created",
+            ackPolicy: AckPolicy.Explicit, ackWaitMs: ackWaitMs);
+        return fixture;
+    }
+
     public Task<PubAck> PublishAndGetAckAsync(string subject, string payload, string? msgId = null, bool expectError = false)
     {
         if (_publisher.TryCapture(subject, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(payload), msgId, out var ack))
@@ -83,9 +91,9 @@ internal sealed class JetStreamApiFixture : IAsyncDisposable
         return _streamManager.GetStateAsync(streamName, default).AsTask();
     }
 
-    public Task<JetStreamApiResponse> CreateConsumerAsync(string stream, string durableName, string filterSubject, bool push = false, int heartbeatMs = 0)
+    public Task<JetStreamApiResponse> CreateConsumerAsync(string stream, string durableName, string filterSubject, bool push = false, int heartbeatMs = 0, AckPolicy ackPolicy = AckPolicy.None, int ackWaitMs = 30_000)
     {
-        var payload = $@"{{""durable_name"":""{durableName}"",""filter_subject"":""{filterSubject}"",""push"":{push.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()},""heartbeat_ms"":{heartbeatMs}}}";
+        var payload = $@"{{""durable_name"":""{durableName}"",""filter_subject"":""{filterSubject}"",""push"":{push.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()},""heartbeat_ms"":{heartbeatMs},""ack_policy"":""{ackPolicy.ToString().ToLowerInvariant()}"",""ack_wait_ms"":{ackWaitMs}}}";
         return RequestLocalAsync($"$JS.API.CONSUMER.CREATE.{stream}.{durableName}", payload);
     }
 
@@ -100,6 +108,12 @@ internal sealed class JetStreamApiFixture : IAsyncDisposable
         return _consumerManager.FetchAsync(stream, durableName, batch, _streamManager, default).AsTask();
     }
 
+    public async Task<PullFetchBatch> FetchAfterDelayAsync(string stream, string durableName, int delayMs, int batch)
+    {
+        await Task.Delay(delayMs);
+        return await FetchAsync(stream, durableName, batch);
+    }
+
     public Task<PushFrame> ReadPushFrameAsync(string stream = "ORDERS", string durableName = "PUSH")
     {
         var frame = _consumerManager.ReadPushFrame(stream, durableName);