diff --git a/library/libwaku.nim b/library/libwaku.nim
index 0ccb3cc17..0dac652d0 100644
--- a/library/libwaku.nim
+++ b/library/libwaku.nim
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import
   waku/waku_core/message/message,
   waku/node/waku_node,
   waku/waku_core/topics/pubsub_topic,
+  waku/waku_core/subscription/push_handler,
   waku/waku_relay/protocol,
   ./events/json_message_event,
   ./waku_thread/waku_thread,
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ proc handleRes[T: string | void](
     callback(RET_OK, unsafeAddr msg[0], cast[csize_t](len(msg)), userData)
   return RET_OK
 
-proc relayEventCallback(ctx: ptr WakuContext): WakuRelayHandler =
+proc onReceivedMessage(ctx: ptr WakuContext): WakuRelayHandler =
   return proc(
       pubsubTopic: PubsubTopic, msg: WakuMessage
   ): Future[system.void] {.async.} =
@@ -301,7 +302,7 @@ proc waku_relay_publish(
     RelayRequest.createShared(
       RelayMsgType.PUBLISH,
       PubsubTopic($pst),
-      WakuRelayHandler(relayEventCallback(ctx)),
+      WakuRelayHandler(onReceivedMessage(ctx)),
       wakuMessage,
     ),
   )
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ proc waku_relay_subscribe(
   let pst = pubSubTopic.alloc()
   defer:
     deallocShared(pst)
-  var cb = relayEventCallback(ctx)
+  var cb = onReceivedMessage(ctx)
 
   waku_thread
   .sendRequestToWakuThread(
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ proc waku_relay_unsubscribe(
     RelayRequest.createShared(
       RelayMsgType.SUBSCRIBE,
       PubsubTopic($pst),
-      WakuRelayHandler(relayEventCallback(ctx)),
+      WakuRelayHandler(onReceivedMessage(ctx)),
     ),
   )
   .handleRes(callback, userData)
@@ -433,7 +434,12 @@ proc waku_filter_subscribe(
   .sendRequestToWakuThread(
     ctx,
     RequestType.FILTER,
-    FilterRequest.createShared(FilterMsgType.SUBSCRIBE, pubSubTopic, contentTopics),
+    FilterRequest.createShared(
+      FilterMsgType.SUBSCRIBE,
+      pubSubTopic,
+      contentTopics,
+      FilterPushHandler(onReceivedMessage(ctx)),
+    ),
   )
   .handleRes(callback, userData)
 
diff --git a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/protocols/filter_request.nim b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/protocols/filter_request.nim
index 6e7878222..0e916670c 100644
--- a/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/protocols/filter_request.nim
+++ b/library/waku_thread/inter_thread_communication/requests/protocols/filter_request.nim
@@ -21,17 +21,20 @@ type FilterRequest* = object
   operation: FilterMsgType
   pubsubTopic: cstring
   contentTopics: cstring ## comma-separated list of content-topics
+  filterPushEventCallback: FilterPushHandler ## handles incompung filter pushed msgs
 
 proc createShared*(
     T: type FilterRequest,
     op: FilterMsgType,
     pubsubTopic: cstring = "",
     contentTopics: cstring = "",
+    filterPushEventCallback: FilterPushHandler = nil,
 ): ptr type T =
   var ret = createShared(T)
   ret[].operation = op
   ret[].pubsubTopic = pubsubTopic.alloc()
   ret[].contentTopics = contentTopics.alloc()
+  ret[].filterPushEventCallback = filterPushEventCallback
 
   return ret
 
@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ proc process*(
 
   case self.operation
   of SUBSCRIBE:
+    waku.node.wakuFilterClient.registerPushHandler(self.filterPushEventCallback)
+
     let peer = waku.node.peerManager.selectPeer(WakuFilterSubscribeCodec).valueOr:
       let errorMsg =
         "could not find peer with WakuFilterSubscribeCodec when subscribing"