diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/Messages.java b/api/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/Messages.java
index 097039028d..a5e1d3fa32 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/Messages.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/Messages.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package io.smallrye.reactive.messaging;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -13,12 +16,48 @@
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Message;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Metadata;
 
+import io.smallrye.common.annotation.CheckReturnValue;
+
+/**
+ * A class handling coordination between messages.
+ */
 public class Messages {
 
     private Messages() {
         // Avoid direct instantiation.
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Chains the given message with some other messages.
+     * It coordinates the acknowledgement. When all the other messages are acknowledged successfully, the passed
+     * message is acknowledged. If one of the other messages is acknowledged negatively, the passed message is also
+     * nacked (with the same reason). Subsequent ack/nack will be ignored.
+     * <p>
+     *
+     * @param message the message
+     * @return the chain builder that let you decide how the metadata are passed, and the set of messages.
+     */
+    @CheckReturnValue
+    public static MessageChainBuilder chain(Message<?> message) {
+        return new MessageChainBuilder(message);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Merges multiple messages into a single one.
+     * This is an implementation of a <em>merge pattern</em>: n messages combined into 1.
+     * <p>
+     * Whe resulting message payload is computed using the combinator function.
+     * When the returned message is acked/nacked, the passes messages are acked/nacked accordingly.
+     * <p>
+     * Metadata are also merged. The metadata of all the messages are copied into the resulting message. If, for a given
+     * class, the metadata is already present in the result message, it's either ignored, or merged if the class
+     * implements {@link MergeableMetadata}.
+     *
+     * @param list the list of message, must not be empty, must not be null
+     * @param combinator the combinator method, must not be null
+     * @param <T> the payload type of the produced message
+     * @return the resulting message
+     */
     public static <T> Message<T> merge(List<Message<?>> list, Function<List<?>, T> combinator) {
         if (list.isEmpty()) {
             return Message.of(combinator.apply(Collections.emptyList()));
@@ -59,6 +98,20 @@ public static <T> Message<T> merge(List<Message<?>> list, Function<List<?>, T> c
                 .withMetadata(metadata);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Merges multiple messages into a single one.
+     * <p>
+     * Whe resulting message payload is computed using the combinator function.
+     * When the returned message is acked/nacked, the passes messages are acked/nacked accordingly.
+     * <p>
+     * Metadata are also merged. The metadata of all the messages are copied into the resulting message. If, for a given
+     * class, the metadata is already present in the result message, it's either ignored, or merged if the class
+     * implements {@link MergeableMetadata}.
+     *
+     * @param list the list of message, must not be empty, must not be null
+     * @param <T> the payload type of the passed messages
+     * @return the resulting message
+     */
     public static <T> Message<List<T>> merge(List<Message<T>> list) {
         if (list.isEmpty()) {
             return Message.of(Collections.emptyList());
@@ -90,7 +143,7 @@ public static <T> Message<List<T>> merge(List<Message<T>> list) {
                 .withMetadata(metadata);
     }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
     private static Metadata merge(Metadata first, Metadata second) {
         Metadata result = first;
         for (Object meta : second) {
@@ -121,4 +174,103 @@ private static Metadata merge(Metadata first, Metadata second) {
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The message chain builder allows chaining message and configure metadata propagation.
+     * By default, all the metadata from the given message are copied into the chained messages.
+     */
+    public static class MessageChainBuilder {
+        private final Message<?> input;
+        private Metadata metadata;
+
+        private MessageChainBuilder(Message<?> message) {
+            this.input = message;
+            this.metadata = message.getMetadata().copy();
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Do not copy any metadata from the initial message to the chained message.
+         *
+         * @return the current {@link MessageChainBuilder}
+         */
+        @CheckReturnValue
+        public MessageChainBuilder withoutMetadata() {
+            this.metadata = Metadata.empty();
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Copy the given metadata of the given classes from the initial message to the chained message, if the initial
+         * message does not include a metadata object of the given class.
+         *
+         * In general, this method must be used after {@link #withoutMetadata()}.
+         *
+         * @return the current {@link MessageChainBuilder}
+         */
+        @CheckReturnValue
+        public MessageChainBuilder withMetadata(Class<?>... mc) {
+            for (Class<?> clazz : mc) {
+                Optional<?> o = input.getMetadata().get(clazz);
+                o.ifPresent(value -> this.metadata = metadata.with(value));
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Do not the given metadata of the given classes from the initial message to the chained message, if the initial
+         * message does not include a metadata object of the given class.
+         *
+         * @return the current {@link MessageChainBuilder}
+         */
+        @CheckReturnValue
+        public MessageChainBuilder withoutMetadata(Class<?>... mc) {
+            for (Class<?> clazz : mc) {
+                this.metadata = this.metadata.without(clazz);
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Passed the chained messages.
+         * The messages are not modified, but should not be used afterward, and should be replaced by the messages contained
+         * in the returned list.
+         * This method preserve the order. So, the first message corresponds to the first message in the returned list.
+         * The message from the returned list have the necessary logic to chain the ack/nack signals and the copied metadata.
+         *
+         * @param messages the chained messages, must not be empty, must not be null, must not contain null
+         * @return the list of modified messages
+         */
+        public List<Message<?>> with(Message<?>... messages) {
+            AtomicBoolean done = new AtomicBoolean();
+
+            // Must be modifiable
+            List<Message<?>> trackers = Arrays.stream(messages).collect(Collectors.toCollection(CopyOnWriteArrayList::new));
+            List<Message<?>> outcomes = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (Message<?> message : messages) {
+                Message<?> tmp = message;
+                for (Object metadatum : metadata) {
+                    tmp = tmp.addMetadata(metadatum);
+                }
+                outcomes.add(tmp
+                        .withAck(() -> {
+                            CompletionStage<Void> acked = message.ack();
+                            if (trackers.remove(message)) {
+                                if (trackers.isEmpty() && done.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+                                    return acked.thenCompose(x -> input.ack());
+                                }
+                            }
+                            return acked;
+                        })
+                        .withNack((reason) -> {
+                            CompletionStage<Void> nacked = message.nack(reason);
+                            if (trackers.remove(message)) {
+                                if (done.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+                                    return nacked.thenCompose(x -> input.nack(reason));
+                                }
+                            }
+                            return nacked;
+                        }));
+            }
+            return outcomes;
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/MessagesTest.java b/api/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/MessagesTest.java
index 23bf489f75..aebf2f405e 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/MessagesTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/MessagesTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Message;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -216,6 +217,147 @@ void checkWithEmptyList() {
         assertThat(Messages.merge(List.of()).getPayload()).isEqualTo(Collections.emptyList());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void checkSimpleChainAcknowledgement() {
+        AtomicBoolean o1Ack = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicBoolean o2Ack = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicInteger i1Ack = new AtomicInteger();
+        Message<String> o1 = Message.of("foo", () -> {
+            o1Ack.set(true);
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        });
+        Message<String> o2 = Message.of("bar", () -> {
+            o2Ack.set(true);
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        });
+
+        Message<Integer> i = Message.of(1, () -> {
+            i1Ack.incrementAndGet();
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        });
+
+        List<Message<?>> outcomes = Messages.chain(i).with(o1, o2);
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o1Ack).isFalse();
+        assertThat(o2Ack).isFalse();
+
+        outcomes.get(0).ack();
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o1Ack).isTrue();
+        assertThat(o2Ack).isFalse();
+
+        outcomes.get(1).ack();
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(1);
+        assertThat(o1Ack).isTrue();
+        assertThat(o1Ack).isTrue();
+
+        outcomes.get(1).ack();
+        outcomes.get(0).ack();
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(1);
+
+        outcomes.get(1).nack(new Exception("boom"));
+        outcomes.get(0).nack(new Exception("boom"));
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void checkSimpleChainNegativeAcknowledgement() {
+        AtomicBoolean o1Ack = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicBoolean o2Ack = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicBoolean o1Nack = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicBoolean o2Nack = new AtomicBoolean();
+        AtomicInteger i1Ack = new AtomicInteger();
+        AtomicInteger i1Nack = new AtomicInteger();
+
+        Message<String> o1 = Message.of("foo", () -> {
+            o1Ack.set(true);
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        }, t -> {
+            o1Nack.set(true);
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        });
+        Message<String> o2 = Message.of("bar", () -> {
+            o2Ack.set(true);
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        }, t -> {
+            o2Nack.set(true);
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        });
+
+        Message<Integer> i = Message.of(1, () -> {
+            i1Ack.incrementAndGet();
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        }, t -> {
+            i1Nack.incrementAndGet();
+            return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(null);
+        });
+
+        List<Message<?>> outcomes = Messages.chain(i).with(o1, o2);
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o1Ack).isFalse();
+        assertThat(o2Ack).isFalse();
+        assertThat(i1Nack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o1Nack).isFalse();
+        assertThat(o2Nack).isFalse();
+
+        outcomes.get(0).ack();
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o1Ack).isTrue();
+        assertThat(o2Ack).isFalse();
+        assertThat(i1Nack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o1Nack).isFalse();
+        assertThat(o2Nack).isFalse();
+
+        outcomes.get(0).nack(new Exception("boom"));
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(i1Nack).hasValue(0);
+
+        outcomes.get(1).nack(new Exception("boom"));
+        assertThat(i1Nack).hasValue(1);
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+        assertThat(o2Nack).isTrue();
+
+        outcomes.get(1).ack();
+        assertThat(i1Nack).hasValue(1);
+        assertThat(i1Ack).hasValue(0);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void testChainWithMetadataSelection() {
+        Message<Integer> i = Message.of(1)
+                .withMetadata(List.of(new NonMergeableMetadata("hello"), new MergeableMetadata("hello"),
+                        new AnotherMetadata("hello")));
+
+        Message<String> m1 = Message.of("a");
+        AnotherMetadata am = new AnotherMetadata("hello");
+        Message<String> m2 = Message.of("b").addMetadata(am);
+
+        // No metadata copied from the original message
+        List<Message<?>> out = Messages.chain(i).withoutMetadata().with(m1, m2);
+        assertThat(out.get(0).getMetadata()).isEmpty();
+        assertThat(out.get(1).getMetadata()).hasSize(1).containsOnly(am);
+
+        // All metadata are copied from the original message
+        out = Messages.chain(i).with(m1, m2);
+        assertThat(out.get(0).getMetadata()).hasSize(3);
+        assertThat(out.get(1).getMetadata()).hasSize(3).doesNotContain(am);
+
+        // All metadata but MergeableMetadata are copied from the original message
+        out = Messages.chain(i).withoutMetadata(MergeableMetadata.class).with(m1, m2);
+        assertThat(out.get(0).getMetadata()).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(out.get(1).getMetadata()).hasSize(2).doesNotContain(am);
+
+        // All metadata but AnotherMetadata are copied from the original message
+        out = Messages.chain(i).withoutMetadata(AnotherMetadata.class).with(m1, m2);
+        assertThat(out.get(0).getMetadata()).hasSize(2);
+        assertThat(out.get(1).getMetadata()).hasSize(3).contains(am);
+
+        out = Messages.chain(i).withoutMetadata().withMetadata(AnotherMetadata.class).with(m1, m2);
+        assertThat(out.get(0).getMetadata()).hasSize(1);
+        assertThat(out.get(1).getMetadata()).hasSize(1);
+
+    }
+
     public static class NonMergeableMetadata {
         String value;