diff --git a/pkg/api/message/v1/subscription.go b/pkg/api/message/v1/subscription.go
index 74ea42a8..2f8308e5 100644
--- a/pkg/api/message/v1/subscription.go
+++ b/pkg/api/message/v1/subscription.go
@@ -153,5 +153,5 @@ func (sub *subscription) Unsubscribe() {
 }
 
 func isValidSubscribeAllTopic(contentTopic string) bool {
-	return strings.HasPrefix(contentTopic, validXMTPTopicPrefix) || topic.IsMLSV1(contentTopic)
+	return strings.HasPrefix(contentTopic, validXMTPTopicPrefix) || (topic.IsMLSV1(contentTopic) && !topic.IsAssociationChanged(contentTopic))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/server.go b/pkg/api/server.go
index be575332..93f60f30 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (s *Server) startGRPC() error {
 		}
 		mlsv1pb.RegisterMlsApiServer(grpcServer, s.mlsv1)
 
-		s.identityv1, err = identityv1.NewService(s.Log, s.Config.MLSStore, s.Config.MLSValidator)
+		s.identityv1, err = identityv1.NewService(s.Log, s.Config.MLSStore, s.Config.MLSValidator, s.natsServer)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "creating identity service")
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service.go b/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service.go
index 98d992cc..2deff489 100644
--- a/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service.go
+++ b/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service.go
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2/server"
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
+	"github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/envelopes"
 	mlsstore "github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/mls/store"
 	"github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/mlsvalidate"
 	api "github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/proto/identity/api/v1"
 	identity "github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/proto/identity/api/v1"
+	v1proto "github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/proto/message_api/v1"
+	"github.com/xmtp/xmtp-node-go/pkg/topic"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
-	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
+	pb "google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 type Service struct {
@@ -20,10 +25,11 @@ type Service struct {
 	validationService mlsvalidate.MLSValidationService
 
 	ctx       context.Context
+	nc        *nats.Conn
 	ctxCancel func()
 }
 
-func NewService(log *zap.Logger, store mlsstore.MlsStore, validationService mlsvalidate.MLSValidationService) (s *Service, err error) {
+func NewService(log *zap.Logger, store mlsstore.MlsStore, validationService mlsvalidate.MLSValidationService, natsServer *server.Server) (s *Service, err error) {
 	s = &Service{
 		log:               log.Named("identity"),
 		store:             store,
@@ -31,6 +37,11 @@ func NewService(log *zap.Logger, store mlsstore.MlsStore, validationService mlsv
 	}
 	s.ctx, s.ctxCancel = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
+	s.nc, err = nats.Connect(natsServer.ClientURL())
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	s.log.Info("Starting identity service")
 	return s, nil
 }
@@ -109,5 +120,47 @@ func (s *Service) SubscribeAssociationChanges(req *identity.SubscribeAssociation
 	log := s.log.Named("subscribe-association-changes")
 	log.Info("subscription started")
 
-	return status.Errorf(codes.Unimplemented, "method SubscribeAssociationChanges not implemented")
+	_ = stream.SendHeader(metadata.Pairs("subscribed", "true"))
+
+	natsSubject := buildNatsSubjectForAssociationChanges()
+	sub, err := s.nc.Subscribe(natsSubject, func(natsMsg *nats.Msg) {
+		msg, err := getAssociationChangedMessageFromNats(natsMsg)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("parsing message", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+		if err = stream.Send(msg); err != nil {
+			log.Warn("sending message to stream", zap.Error(err))
+		}
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("error subscribing to nats", zap.Error(err))
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer func() {
+		_ = sub.Unsubscribe()
+	}()
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func buildNatsSubjectForAssociationChanges() string {
+	return envelopes.BuildNatsSubject(topic.BuildAssociationChangedTopic())
+}
+
+func getAssociationChangedMessageFromNats(natsMsg *nats.Msg) (*identity.SubscribeAssociationChangesResponse, error) {
+	var env v1proto.Envelope
+	err := pb.Unmarshal(natsMsg.Data, &env)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var msg identity.SubscribeAssociationChangesResponse
+	err = pb.Unmarshal(env.Message, &msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &msg, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service_test.go b/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service_test.go
index a3b9797f..bbede814 100644
--- a/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service_test.go
+++ b/pkg/identity/api/v1/identity_service_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package api
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2/server"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/uptrace/bun"
@@ -73,9 +75,18 @@ func newTestService(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context) (*Service, *bun.DB, func(
 		DB:  db,
 	})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	natsServer, err := server.NewServer(&server.Options{
+		Port: server.RANDOM_PORT,
+	})
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	go natsServer.Start()
+	if !natsServer.ReadyForConnections(4 * time.Second) {
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mlsValidationService := newMockedValidationService()
 
-	svc, err := NewService(log, store, mlsValidationService)
+	svc, err := NewService(log, store, mlsValidationService, natsServer)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return svc, db, func() {
diff --git a/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go b/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go
index 8dfafb3e..4e1a1015 100644
--- a/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go
+++ b/pkg/mls/api/v1/service.go
@@ -73,26 +73,19 @@ func (s *Service) Close() {
 }
 
 func (s *Service) HandleIncomingWakuRelayMessage(wakuMsg *wakupb.WakuMessage) error {
-	if topic.IsMLSV1Group(wakuMsg.ContentTopic) {
-		s.log.Info("received group message from waku relay", zap.String("topic", wakuMsg.ContentTopic))
-
-		// Build the nats subject from the topic
-		natsSubject := envelopes.BuildNatsSubject(wakuMsg.ContentTopic)
-		s.log.Info("publishing to nats subject from relay", zap.String("subject", natsSubject))
-		env := envelopes.BuildEnvelope(wakuMsg)
-		envB, err := pb.Marshal(env)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+	isMlsGroup := topic.IsMLSV1Group(wakuMsg.ContentTopic)
+	isMlsWelcome := topic.IsMLSV1Welcome(wakuMsg.ContentTopic)
+	isAssociationChanged := topic.IsAssociationChanged(wakuMsg.ContentTopic)
+	if isMlsGroup || isMlsWelcome || isAssociationChanged {
+		if isMlsGroup {
+			s.log.Info("received group message from waku relay", zap.String("topic", wakuMsg.ContentTopic))
+		} else if isMlsWelcome {
+			s.log.Info("received welcome message from waku relay", zap.String("topic", wakuMsg.ContentTopic))
+		} else if isAssociationChanged {
+			s.log.Info("received association changed message from waku relay", zap.String("topic", wakuMsg.ContentTopic))
 		}
 
-		err = s.nc.Publish(natsSubject, envB)
-		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Error("error publishing to nats", zap.Error(err))
-			return err
-		}
-	} else if topic.IsMLSV1Welcome(wakuMsg.ContentTopic) {
-		s.log.Info("received welcome message from waku relay", zap.String("topic", wakuMsg.ContentTopic))
-
+		// Build the nats subject from the topic
 		natsSubject := envelopes.BuildNatsSubject(wakuMsg.ContentTopic)
 		s.log.Info("publishing to nats subject from relay", zap.String("subject", natsSubject))
 		env := envelopes.BuildEnvelope(wakuMsg)
diff --git a/pkg/topic/mls.go b/pkg/topic/mls.go
index 33f3ecbf..eeee6d6b 100644
--- a/pkg/topic/mls.go
+++ b/pkg/topic/mls.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 
 const mlsv1Prefix = "/xmtp/mls/1/"
 
+var (
+	AssociationChangedTopic = BuildAssociationChangedTopic()
+)
+
 func IsMLSV1(topic string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(topic, mlsv1Prefix)
 }
@@ -19,6 +23,10 @@ func IsMLSV1Welcome(topic string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(topic, mlsv1Prefix+"w-")
 }
 
+func IsAssociationChanged(topic string) bool {
+	return topic == AssociationChangedTopic
+}
+
 func BuildMLSV1GroupTopic(groupId []byte) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%sg-%x/proto", mlsv1Prefix, groupId)
 }
@@ -26,3 +34,7 @@ func BuildMLSV1GroupTopic(groupId []byte) string {
 func BuildMLSV1WelcomeTopic(installationId []byte) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%sw-%x/proto", mlsv1Prefix, installationId)
 }
+
+func BuildAssociationChangedTopic() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%sassociations/proto", mlsv1Prefix)
+}