diff --git a/src/Conf/KafkaConfiguration.php b/src/Conf/KafkaConfiguration.php
index 6f817af..5d74d92 100644
--- a/src/Conf/KafkaConfiguration.php
+++ b/src/Conf/KafkaConfiguration.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class KafkaConfiguration extends RdKafkaConf
      * @param mixed[] $config
      * @param string $type
      */
-    public function __construct(array $brokers, array $topicSubscriptions, array $config = [], string $type = '')
+    public function __construct(array $brokers, array $topicSubscriptions = [], array $config = [], string $type = '')
     {
         parent::__construct();
 
diff --git a/src/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilder.php b/src/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilder.php
index 96561ff..4363205 100644
--- a/src/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilder.php
@@ -292,10 +292,6 @@ public function build(): KafkaConsumerInterface
             throw new KafkaConsumerBuilderException(KafkaConsumerBuilderException::NO_BROKER_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
         }
 
-        if ([] === $this->topics) {
-            throw new KafkaConsumerBuilderException(KafkaConsumerBuilderException::NO_TOPICS_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
-        }
-
         //set additional config
         $this->config['group.id'] = $this->consumerGroup;
 
diff --git a/src/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumer.php b/src/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumer.php
index acb048c..2ec2de0 100644
--- a/src/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumer.php
+++ b/src/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumer.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Jobcloud\Kafka\Message\KafkaConsumerMessageInterface;
 use RdKafka\Exception as RdKafkaException;
 use RdKafka\Message as RdKafkaMessage;
+use RdKafka\TopicPartition;
 use RdKafka\TopicPartition as RdKafkaTopicPartition;
 use RdKafka\KafkaConsumer as RdKafkaHighLevelConsumer;
 
@@ -41,13 +42,14 @@ public function __construct(
      * Subscribes to all defined topics, if no partitions were set, subscribes to all partitions.
      * If partition(s) (and optionally offset(s)) were set, subscribes accordingly
      *
+     * @param array<TopicSubscription> $topicSubscriptions
      * @throws KafkaConsumerSubscriptionException
      * @return void
      */
-    public function subscribe(): void
+    public function subscribe(array $topicSubscriptions = []): void
     {
-        $subscriptions = $this->getTopicSubscriptions();
-        $assignments = $this->getTopicAssignments();
+        $subscriptions = $this->getTopicSubscriptions($topicSubscriptions);
+        $assignments = $this->getTopicAssignments($topicSubscriptions);
 
         if ([] !== $subscriptions && [] !== $assignments) {
             throw new KafkaConsumerSubscriptionException(
@@ -239,13 +241,18 @@ private function getOffsetsToCommitForMessages(array $messages): array
     }
 
     /**
+     * @param array<TopicSubscription> $topicSubscriptions
      * @return array|string[]
      */
-    private function getTopicSubscriptions(): array
+    private function getTopicSubscriptions(array $topicSubscriptions = []): array
     {
         $subscriptions = [];
 
-        foreach ($this->kafkaConfiguration->getTopicSubscriptions() as $topicSubscription) {
+        if ([] === $topicSubscriptions) {
+            $topicSubscriptions = $this->kafkaConfiguration->getTopicSubscriptions();
+        }
+
+        foreach ($topicSubscriptions as $topicSubscription) {
             if (
                 [] !== $topicSubscription->getPartitions()
                 || KafkaConsumerBuilderInterface::OFFSET_STORED !== $topicSubscription->getOffset()
@@ -259,13 +266,18 @@ private function getTopicSubscriptions(): array
     }
 
     /**
+     * @param array<TopicSubscription> $topicSubscriptions
      * @return array|RdKafkaTopicPartition[]
      */
-    private function getTopicAssignments(): array
+    private function getTopicAssignments(array $topicSubscriptions = []): array
     {
         $assignments = [];
 
-        foreach ($this->kafkaConfiguration->getTopicSubscriptions() as $topicSubscription) {
+        if ([] === $topicSubscriptions) {
+            $topicSubscriptions = $this->kafkaConfiguration->getTopicSubscriptions();
+        }
+
+        foreach ($topicSubscriptions as $topicSubscription) {
             if (
                 [] === $topicSubscription->getPartitions()
                 && KafkaConsumerBuilderInterface::OFFSET_STORED === $topicSubscription->getOffset()
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilderTest.php b/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilderTest.php
index 927e260..0207545 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaConsumerBuilderTest.php
@@ -288,18 +288,6 @@ public function testBuildFailMissingBrokers(): void
         $this->kafkaConsumerBuilder->build();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @return void
-     * @throws KafkaConsumerBuilderException
-     */
-    public function testBuildFailMissingTopics(): void
-    {
-        self::expectException(KafkaConsumerBuilderException::class);
-        self::expectExceptionMessage(KafkaConsumerBuilderException::NO_TOPICS_EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
-
-        $this->kafkaConsumerBuilder->withAdditionalBroker('localhost')->build();
-    }
-
     /**
      * @return void
      */
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumerTest.php b/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumerTest.php
index 8385439..685a422 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Consumer/KafkaHighLevelConsumerTest.php
@@ -47,6 +47,22 @@ public function testSubscribeSuccess(): void
         $kafkaConsumer->subscribe();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws KafkaConsumerSubscriptionException
+     */
+    public function testSubscribeSuccessWithParam(): void
+    {
+        $rdKafkaConsumerMock = $this->createMock(RdKafkaHighLevelConsumer::class);
+        $kafkaConfigurationMock = $this->createMock(KafkaConfiguration::class);
+        $kafkaConfigurationMock->expects(self::never())->method('getTopicSubscriptions');
+        $decoderMock = $this->getMockForAbstractClass(DecoderInterface::class);
+        $kafkaConsumer = new KafkaHighLevelConsumer($rdKafkaConsumerMock, $kafkaConfigurationMock, $decoderMock);
+
+        $rdKafkaConsumerMock->expects(self::once())->method('subscribe')->with(['testTopic3']);
+
+        $kafkaConsumer->subscribe([new TopicSubscription('testTopic3')]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @throws KafkaConsumerSubscriptionException
      */