diff --git a/.code-samples.meilisearch.yaml b/.code-samples.meilisearch.yaml
index d403c95d..b718918e 100644
--- a/.code-samples.meilisearch.yaml
+++ b/.code-samples.meilisearch.yaml
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ update_settings_1: |-
       "release_date:desc",
       "rank:desc"
     ])
-    .with_distinct_attribute("movie_id")
+    .with_distinct_attribute(Some("movie_id"))
     .with_searchable_attributes([
       "title",
       "overview",
diff --git a/meilisearch-index-setting-macro/src/lib.rs b/meilisearch-index-setting-macro/src/lib.rs
index 06d3d811..43150932 100644
--- a/meilisearch-index-setting-macro/src/lib.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-index-setting-macro/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::fmt::format;
+
 use convert_case::{Case, Casing};
 use proc_macro2::Ident;
 use quote::quote;
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ fn get_index_config_implementation(
     let searchable_attr_tokens =
         get_settings_token_for_list(&searchable_attributes, "with_searchable_attributes");
     let distinct_attr_token =
-        get_settings_token_for_string(&distinct_key_attribute, "with_distinct_attribute");
+        get_settings_token_for_string_for_some_string(&distinct_key_attribute, "with_distinct_attribute");
 
     quote! {
         #[::meilisearch_sdk::macro_helper::async_trait(?Send)]
@@ -187,3 +189,18 @@ fn get_settings_token_for_string(
         }
     }
 }
+
+fn get_settings_token_for_string_for_some_string(
+    field_name: &String,
+    method_name: &str,
+) -> proc_macro2::TokenStream {
+    let method_ident = Ident::new(method_name, proc_macro2::Span::call_site());
+
+    if field_name.is_empty() {
+        proc_macro2::TokenStream::new()
+    } else {
+        quote! {
+            .#method_ident(::std::option::Option::Some(#field_name))
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index de5aae70..f6ba1650 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pub struct Settings {
     pub sortable_attributes: Option<Vec<String>>,
     /// Search returns documents with distinct (different) values of the given field.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
-    pub distinct_attribute: Option<String>,
+    pub distinct_attribute: Option<Option<String>>,
     /// Fields in which to search for matching query words sorted by order of importance.
     #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
     pub searchable_attributes: Option<Vec<String>>,
@@ -217,11 +217,19 @@ impl Settings {
     }
 
     #[must_use]
-    pub fn with_distinct_attribute(self, distinct_attribute: impl AsRef<str>) -> Settings {
-        Settings {
-            distinct_attribute: Some(distinct_attribute.as_ref().to_string()),
-            ..self
-        }
+    pub fn with_distinct_attribute(self, distinct_attribute:  Option< impl AsRef<str>>) -> Settings {
+        if let Some(distinct_attribute) = distinct_attribute {
+                Settings {
+                distinct_attribute: Some(Some(distinct_attribute.as_ref().to_string())),
+                ..self
+                }
+            } else {
+                Settings {
+                distinct_attribute: Some(None),
+                ..self
+                }
+
+            } 
     }
 
     #[must_use]