diff --git a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/config.cc b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/config.cc
index 4b1454be8afe41a8a70babd4228bce958aadd957..306886e1bea9e27b90397f4c1c3b0efd6d4db4eb 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/config.cc
+++ b/pulsar-client-cpp/python/src/config.cc
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void export_config() {
             ;
 
     class_<ReaderConfiguration>("ReaderConfiguration")
-            .def("message_listener", &ReaderConfiguration_setReaderListener, return_self<>())
+            .def("reader_listener", &ReaderConfiguration_setReaderListener, return_self<>())
             .def("schema", &ReaderConfiguration::getSchema, return_value_policy<copy_const_reference>())
             .def("schema", &ReaderConfiguration::setSchema, return_self<>())
             .def("receiver_queue_size", &ReaderConfiguration::getReceiverQueueSize)