diff --git a/client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/kafka/KafkaOffsetCanalConnector.java b/client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/kafka/KafkaOffsetCanalConnector.java
index 6065f78c..2bfa35f9 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/kafka/KafkaOffsetCanalConnector.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/kafka/KafkaOffsetCanalConnector.java
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ public class KafkaOffsetCanalConnector extends KafkaCanalConnector {
      */
     public void setAutoOffsetReset(String value) {
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(value)) {
-            properties.put("auto.offset.reset", "earliest");
+            properties.put("auto.offset.reset", value);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/running/kafka/CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample.java b/client/src/test/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/running/kafka/CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaf367d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/test/java/com/alibaba/otter/canal/client/running/kafka/CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+package com.alibaba.otter.canal.client.running.kafka;
+
+import com.alibaba.otter.canal.client.kafka.KafkaOffsetCanalConnector;
+import com.alibaba.otter.canal.client.kafka.protocol.KafkaMessage;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.errors.WakeupException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+/**
+ * KafkaOffsetCanalConnector 使用示例
+ * <p>KafkaOffsetCanalConnector 与 KafkaCanalConnector 的另一区别是 auto.offset.reset 默认值不同；</p>
+ * <p>KafkaOffsetCanalConnector 默认为 earliest；canal-kafka-client重启后从未被消费的记录开始拉取消息，同时提供了修改 auto.offset.reset 的方法 setAutoOffsetReset</p>
+ *
+ * @author panjianping @ 2018-12-18
+ * @version 1.1.3
+ */
+public class CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample {
+
+    protected final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample.class);
+
+    private KafkaOffsetCanalConnector connector;
+
+    private static volatile boolean running = false;
+
+    private Thread thread = null;
+
+    private Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler handler = new Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
+
+        public void uncaughtException(Thread t, Throwable e) {
+            logger.error("parse events has an error", e);
+        }
+    };
+
+    public CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample(String servers, String topic, Integer partition, String groupId) {
+        connector = new KafkaOffsetCanalConnector(servers, topic, partition, groupId, false);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        try {
+            final CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample kafkaCanalClientExample = new CanalKafkaOffsetClientExample(
+                    AbstractKafkaTest.servers,
+                    AbstractKafkaTest.topic,
+                    AbstractKafkaTest.partition,
+                    AbstractKafkaTest.groupId);
+            logger.info("## start the kafka consumer: {}-{}", AbstractKafkaTest.topic, AbstractKafkaTest.groupId);
+            kafkaCanalClientExample.start();
+            logger.info("## the canal kafka consumer is running now ......");
+            Runtime.getRuntime().addShutdownHook(new Thread() {
+
+                public void run() {
+                    try {
+                        logger.info("## stop the kafka consumer");
+                        kafkaCanalClientExample.stop();
+                    } catch (Throwable e) {
+                        logger.warn("##something goes wrong when stopping kafka consumer:", e);
+                    } finally {
+                        logger.info("## kafka consumer is down.");
+                    }
+                }
+
+            });
+            while (running)
+                ;
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            logger.error("## Something goes wrong when starting up the kafka consumer:", e);
+            System.exit(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        Assert.notNull(connector, "connector is null");
+        thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+
+            public void run() {
+                process();
+            }
+        });
+        thread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(handler);
+        thread.start();
+        running = true;
+    }
+
+    public void stop() {
+        if (!running) {
+            return;
+        }
+        running = false;
+        if (thread != null) {
+            try {
+                thread.join();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void process() {
+        while (!running)
+            ;
+        while (running) {
+            try {
+                // 修改 AutoOffsetReset 的值，默认（earliest）
+                //connector.setAutoOffsetReset(null);
+                connector.connect();
+                connector.subscribe();
+                // 消息起始偏移地址
+                long offset = -1;
+                // 错误次数
+                int errorCount = 0;
+                while (running) {
+                    try {
+                        // 错误重试次数超过3次后，每30秒递增重试
+                        if (errorCount > 2) {
+                            Thread.sleep((errorCount - 2) * 1000 * 30);
+                        }
+
+                        List<KafkaMessage> messages = connector.getListWithoutAck(100L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, offset); // 获取message
+                        if (messages == null) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                        for (KafkaMessage message : messages) {
+                            long batchId = message.getId();
+                            int size = message.getEntries().size();
+
+                            if (batchId == -1 || size == 0) {
+                                continue;
+                            }
+
+                            // 记录第一条消息的offset，用于处理数据异常时重新从此位置获取消息
+                            if (offset < 0) {
+                                offset = message.getOffset();
+                            }
+
+                            // printSummary(message, batchId, size);
+                            // printEntry(message.getEntries());
+                            logger.info(message.toString());
+                        }
+
+                        connector.ack(); // 提交确认
+                        // 还原offset
+                        offset = -1;
+                        errorCount = 0;
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        errorCount++;
+                        logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+                        if (errorCount == 3) {
+                            // 重试3次后发送邮件提醒异常
+                            // mailService.sendMail("同步数据异常，请及时处理", "错误消息");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        try {
+            connector.unsubscribe();
+        } catch (WakeupException e) {
+            // No-op. Continue process
+        }
+        connector.disconnect();
+    }
+}