diff --git a/lib/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js b/lib/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js
--- a/lib/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js
+++ b/lib/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker-context.js
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 
 type TunnelbrokerContextType = {
   +sendMessage: (message: TunnelbrokerClientMessageToDevice) => Promise<void>,
+  +sendMessageWithID: (
+    message: TunnelbrokerClientMessageToDevice,
+    messageID: string,
+  ) => Promise<void>,
   +addListener: (listener: TunnelbrokerSocketListener) => void,
   +removeListener: (listener: TunnelbrokerSocketListener) => void,
   +connected: boolean,
@@ -398,6 +402,23 @@
     [sendMessageToDeviceRequest],
   );
 
+  const sendMessageWithID: (
+    message: TunnelbrokerClientMessageToDevice,
+    messageID: string,
+  ) => Promise<void> = React.useCallback(
+    (message: TunnelbrokerClientMessageToDevice, messageID: string) => {
+      const messageToDevice: MessageToDeviceRequest = {
+        type: tunnelbrokerMessageTypes.MESSAGE_TO_DEVICE_REQUEST,
+        clientMessageID: messageID,
+        deviceID: message.deviceID,
+        payload: message.payload,
+      };
+
+      return sendMessageToDeviceRequest(messageToDevice);
+    },
+    [sendMessageToDeviceRequest],
+  );
+
   React.useEffect(
     () =>
       secondaryTunnelbrokerConnection?.onSendMessage(message => {
@@ -457,13 +478,21 @@
   const value: TunnelbrokerContextType = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       sendMessage,
+      sendMessageWithID,
       connected,
       isAuthorized,
       addListener,
       removeListener,
       setUnauthorizedDeviceID,
     }),
-    [addListener, connected, removeListener, sendMessage, isAuthorized],
+    [
+      addListener,
+      connected,
+      removeListener,
+      sendMessage,
+      sendMessageWithID,
+      isAuthorized,
+    ],
   );
 
   return (