diff --git a/leakybucket.go b/leakybucket.go
index 124b3c6..4bed13e 100644
--- a/leakybucket.go
+++ b/leakybucket.go
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ type LeakyBucketStateBackend interface {
 	State(ctx context.Context) (LeakyBucketState, error)
 	// SetState sets (persists) the current state of the LeakyBucket.
 	SetState(ctx context.Context, state LeakyBucketState) error
+	// Reset resets (persists) the current state of the LeakyBucket.
+	Reset(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
 // LeakyBucket implements the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_bucket#As_a_queue algorithm.
diff --git a/tokenbucket.go b/tokenbucket.go
index 16fc8ec..13186e1 100644
--- a/tokenbucket.go
+++ b/tokenbucket.go
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ type TokenBucketStateBackend interface {
 	State(ctx context.Context) (TokenBucketState, error)
 	// SetState sets (persists) the current state of the TokenBucket.
 	SetState(ctx context.Context, state TokenBucketState) error
+	// Reset resets (persists) the current state of the TokenBucket.
+	Reset(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
 // TokenBucket implements the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Token_bucket algorithm.