diff --git a/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py b/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
index 5028dcd..5a21dee 100644
--- a/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
+++ b/adafruit_minimqtt/adafruit_minimqtt.py
@@ -393,12 +393,13 @@ def username_pw_set(self, username: str, password: Optional[str] = None) -> None
         if password is not None:
             self._password = password
 
-    def connect(
+    def connect(  # noqa: PLR0913, too many arguments in function definition
         self,
         clean_session: bool = True,
         host: Optional[str] = None,
         port: Optional[int] = None,
         keep_alive: Optional[int] = None,
+        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> int:
         """Initiates connection with the MQTT Broker. Will perform exponential back-off
         on connect failures.
@@ -408,7 +409,8 @@ def connect(
         :param int port: Network port of the remote broker.
         :param int keep_alive: Maximum period allowed for communication
             within single connection attempt, in seconds.
-
+        :param str session_id: unique session ID,
+            used for multiple simultaneous connections to the same host
         """
 
         last_exception = None
@@ -430,6 +432,7 @@ def connect(
                     host=host,
                     port=port,
                     keep_alive=keep_alive,
+                    session_id=session_id,
                 )
                 self._reset_reconnect_backoff()
                 return ret
@@ -476,12 +479,13 @@ def _send_bytes(
                     continue
                 raise
 
-    def _connect(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0915, Too many branches, Too many statements
+    def _connect(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0913, PLR0915, Too many branches, Too many arguments, Too many statements
         self,
         clean_session: bool = True,
         host: Optional[str] = None,
         port: Optional[int] = None,
         keep_alive: Optional[int] = None,
+        session_id: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> int:
         """Initiates connection with the MQTT Broker.
 
@@ -489,6 +493,8 @@ def _connect(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0915, Too many branches, Too many statements
         :param str host: Hostname or IP address of the remote broker.
         :param int port: Network port of the remote broker.
         :param int keep_alive: Maximum period allowed for communication, in seconds.
+        :param str session_id: unique session ID,
+            used for multiple simultaneous connections to the same host
 
         """
         if host:
@@ -511,6 +517,7 @@ def _connect(  # noqa: PLR0912, PLR0915, Too many branches, Too many statements
             self.broker,
             self.port,
             proto="mqtt:",
+            session_id=session_id,
             timeout=self._socket_timeout,
             is_ssl=self._is_ssl,
             ssl_context=self._ssl_context,