diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistry.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistry.java
index 613b2c6456..d067fc9ec1 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistry.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.messaging.simp.broker;
 
+import static org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageHeaderAccessor.getAccessor;
+
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
@@ -24,8 +26,20 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
-
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
+
+import org.springframework.expression.AccessException;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.PropertyAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.TypedValue;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelEvaluationException;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.MessageHeaders;
+import org.springframework.messaging.simp.SimpMessageHeaderAccessor;
 import org.springframework.util.AntPathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
@@ -34,7 +48,13 @@ import org.springframework.util.PathMatcher;
 
 
 /**
- * A default, simple in-memory implementation of {@link SubscriptionRegistry}.
+ * Implementation of {@link SubscriptionRegistry} that stores subscriptions
+ * in memory and uses a {@link org.springframework.util.PathMatcher PathMatcher}
+ * for matching destinations.
+ *
+ * <p>As of 4.2 this class supports a {@link #setSelectorHeaderName selector}
+ * header on subscription messages with Spring EL expressions evaluated against
+ * the headers to filter out messages in addition to destination matching.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
@@ -51,6 +71,10 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 
 	private PathMatcher pathMatcher = new AntPathMatcher();
 
+	private String selectorHeaderName = "selector";
+
+	private ExpressionParser expressionParser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+
 	private final DestinationCache destinationCache = new DestinationCache();
 
 	private final SessionSubscriptionRegistry subscriptionRegistry = new SessionSubscriptionRegistry();
@@ -85,10 +109,52 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 		return this.pathMatcher;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Configure the name of a selector header that a subscription message can
+	 * have in order to filter messages based on their headers. The value of the
+	 * header can use Spring EL expressions against message headers.
+	 * <p>For example the following expression expects a header called "foo" to
+	 * have the value "bar":
+	 * <pre>
+	 * headers.foo == 'bar'
+	 * </pre>
+	 * <p>By default this is set to "selector".
+	 * @since 4.2
+	 */
+	public void setSelectorHeaderName(String selectorHeaderName) {
+		Assert.notNull(selectorHeaderName);
+		this.selectorHeaderName = selectorHeaderName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the name for the selector header.
+	 */
+	public String getSelectorHeaderName() {
+		return this.selectorHeaderName;
+	}
+
 
 	@Override
-	protected void addSubscriptionInternal(String sessionId, String subsId, String destination, Message<?> message) {
-		this.subscriptionRegistry.addSubscription(sessionId, subsId, destination);
+	protected void addSubscriptionInternal(String sessionId, String subsId, String destination,
+			Message<?> message) {
+
+		Expression expression = null;
+		MessageHeaders headers = message.getHeaders();
+		String selector = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.getFirstNativeHeader(getSelectorHeaderName(), headers);
+		if (selector != null) {
+			try {
+				expression = this.expressionParser.parseExpression(selector);
+				if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+					logger.trace("Subscription selector: [" + selector + "]");
+				}
+			}
+			catch (Throwable ex) {
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Failed to parse selector: " + selector, ex);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		this.subscriptionRegistry.addSubscription(sessionId, subsId, destination, expression);
 		this.destinationCache.updateAfterNewSubscription(destination, sessionId, subsId);
 	}
 
@@ -112,17 +178,19 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected MultiValueMap<String, String> findSubscriptionsInternal(String destination, Message<?> message) {
+	protected MultiValueMap<String, String> findSubscriptionsInternal(String destination,
+			Message<?> message) {
+
 		MultiValueMap<String, String> result = this.destinationCache.getSubscriptions(destination);
 		if (result != null) {
-			return result;
+			return filterSubscriptions(result, message);
 		}
 		result = new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, String>();
 		for (SessionSubscriptionInfo info : this.subscriptionRegistry.getAllSubscriptions()) {
 			for (String destinationPattern : info.getDestinations()) {
 				if (this.pathMatcher.match(destinationPattern, destination)) {
-					for (String subscriptionId : info.getSubscriptions(destinationPattern)) {
-						result.add(info.sessionId, subscriptionId);
+					for (Subscription subscription : info.getSubscriptions(destinationPattern)) {
+						result.add(info.sessionId, subscription.getId());
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -130,6 +198,44 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 		if (!result.isEmpty()) {
 			this.destinationCache.addSubscriptions(destination, result);
 		}
+		return filterSubscriptions(result, message);
+	}
+
+	private MultiValueMap<String, String> filterSubscriptions(MultiValueMap<String, String> allMatches,
+			Message<?> message) {
+
+		EvaluationContext context = null;
+		MultiValueMap<String, String> result = new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, String>(allMatches.size());
+		for (String sessionId : allMatches.keySet()) {
+			for (String subId : allMatches.get(sessionId)) {
+				SessionSubscriptionInfo info = this.subscriptionRegistry.getSubscriptions(sessionId);
+				Subscription sub = info.getSubscription(subId);
+				Expression expression = sub.getSelectorExpression();
+				if (expression == null) {
+					result.add(sessionId, subId);
+					continue;
+				}
+				if (context == null) {
+					context = new StandardEvaluationContext(message);
+					context.getPropertyAccessors().add(new SimpMessageHeaderPropertyAccessor());
+				}
+				try {
+					if (expression.getValue(context, boolean.class)) {
+						result.add(sessionId, subId);
+					}
+				}
+				catch (SpelEvaluationException ex) {
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Failed to evaluate selector: " + ex.getMessage());
+					}
+				}
+				catch (Throwable ex) {
+					if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+						logger.debug("Failed to evaluate selector.", ex);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
 		return result;
 	}
 
@@ -257,7 +363,9 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 			return this.sessions.values();
 		}
 
-		public SessionSubscriptionInfo addSubscription(String sessionId, String subscriptionId, String destination) {
+		public SessionSubscriptionInfo addSubscription(String sessionId, String subscriptionId,
+				String destination, Expression selectorExpression) {
+
 			SessionSubscriptionInfo info = this.sessions.get(sessionId);
 			if (info == null) {
 				info = new SessionSubscriptionInfo(sessionId);
@@ -266,7 +374,7 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 					info = value;
 				}
 			}
-			info.addSubscription(destination, subscriptionId);
+			info.addSubscription(destination, subscriptionId, selectorExpression);
 			return info;
 		}
 
@@ -287,8 +395,9 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 
 		private final String sessionId;
 
-		// destination -> subscriptionIds
-		private final Map<String, Set<String>> subscriptions = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Set<String>>(4);
+		// destination -> subscriptions
+		private final Map<String, Set<Subscription>> destinationLookup =
+				new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Set<Subscription>>(4);
 
 		private final Object monitor = new Object();
 
@@ -303,37 +412,50 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 		}
 
 		public Set<String> getDestinations() {
-			return this.subscriptions.keySet();
+			return this.destinationLookup.keySet();
 		}
 
-		public Set<String> getSubscriptions(String destination) {
-			return this.subscriptions.get(destination);
+		public Set<Subscription> getSubscriptions(String destination) {
+			return this.destinationLookup.get(destination);
+		}
+
+		public Subscription getSubscription(String subscriptionId) {
+			for (String destination : this.destinationLookup.keySet()) {
+				for (Subscription sub : this.destinationLookup.get(destination)) {
+					if (sub.getId().equalsIgnoreCase(subscriptionId)) {
+						return sub;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return null;
 		}
 
-		public void addSubscription(String destination, String subscriptionId) {
-			Set<String> subs = this.subscriptions.get(destination);
+		public void addSubscription(String destination, String subscriptionId, Expression selectorExpression) {
+			Set<Subscription> subs = this.destinationLookup.get(destination);
 			if (subs == null) {
 				synchronized (this.monitor) {
-					subs = this.subscriptions.get(destination);
+					subs = this.destinationLookup.get(destination);
 					if (subs == null) {
-						subs = new HashSet<String>(4);
-						this.subscriptions.put(destination, subs);
+						subs = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<Subscription>();
+						this.destinationLookup.put(destination, subs);
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			subs.add(subscriptionId);
+			subs.add(new Subscription(subscriptionId, selectorExpression));
 		}
 
 		public String removeSubscription(String subscriptionId) {
-			for (String destination : this.subscriptions.keySet()) {
-				Set<String> subscriptionIds = this.subscriptions.get(destination);
-				if (subscriptionIds.remove(subscriptionId)) {
-					synchronized (this.monitor) {
-						if (subscriptionIds.isEmpty()) {
-							this.subscriptions.remove(destination);
+			for (String destination : this.destinationLookup.keySet()) {
+				Set<Subscription> subscriptions = this.destinationLookup.get(destination);
+				for (Subscription sub : subscriptions) {
+					if (sub.getId().equals(subscriptionId) && subscriptions.remove(sub)) {
+						synchronized (this.monitor) {
+							if (subscriptions.isEmpty()) {
+								this.destinationLookup.remove(destination);
+							}
 						}
+						return destination;
 					}
-					return destination;
 				}
 			}
 			return null;
@@ -341,7 +463,73 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistry extends AbstractSubscriptionRegistry {
 
 		@Override
 		public String toString() {
-			return "[sessionId=" + this.sessionId + ", subscriptions=" + this.subscriptions + "]";
+			return "[sessionId=" + this.sessionId + ", subscriptions=" + this.destinationLookup + "]";
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class Subscription {
+
+		private final String id;
+
+		private final Expression selectorExpression;
+
+
+		public Subscription(String id, Expression selector) {
+			this.id = id;
+			this.selectorExpression = selector;
+		}
+
+
+		public String getId() {
+			return this.id;
+		}
+
+		public Expression getSelectorExpression() {
+			return this.selectorExpression;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "Subscription id='" + this.id;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class SimpMessageHeaderPropertyAccessor implements PropertyAccessor {
+
+		@Override
+		public Class<?>[] getSpecificTargetClasses() {
+			return new Class<?>[] {MessageHeaders.class};
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean canRead(EvaluationContext context, Object target, String name) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public TypedValue read(EvaluationContext context, Object target, String name) throws AccessException {
+			MessageHeaders headers = (MessageHeaders) target;
+			SimpMessageHeaderAccessor accessor = getAccessor(headers, SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.class);
+			Object value;
+			if ("destination".equalsIgnoreCase(name)) {
+				value = accessor.getDestination();
+			}
+			else {
+				value = accessor.getFirstNativeHeader(name);
+				if (value == null) {
+					value = headers.get(name);
+				}
+			}
+			return new TypedValue(value);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean canWrite(EvaluationContext context, Object target, String name) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void write(EvaluationContext context, Object target, String name, Object value) {
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistryTests.java b/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistryTests.java
index ef46586df0..d49ffa3e90 100644
--- a/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-messaging/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/simp/broker/DefaultSubscriptionRegistryTests.java
@@ -249,6 +249,32 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistryTests {
 		assertEquals("Expected no elements " + actual, 0, actual.size());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void registerSubscriptionWithSelector() throws Exception {
+
+		String sessionId = "sess01";
+		String subscriptionId = "subs01";
+		String destination = "/foo";
+		String selector = "headers.foo == 'bar'";
+
+		this.registry.registerSubscription(subscribeMessage(sessionId, subscriptionId, destination, selector));
+
+		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor accessor = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create();
+		accessor.setDestination(destination);
+		accessor.setNativeHeader("foo", "bar");
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.createMessage("", accessor.getMessageHeaders());
+
+		MultiValueMap<String, String> actual = this.registry.findSubscriptions(message);
+		assertEquals(1, actual.size());
+		assertEquals(Arrays.asList(subscriptionId), actual.get(sessionId));
+
+		accessor = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create();
+		accessor.setDestination(destination);
+		message = MessageBuilder.createMessage("", accessor.getMessageHeaders());
+
+		assertEquals(0, this.registry.findSubscriptions(message).size());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void unregisterSubscription() {
 
@@ -348,26 +374,33 @@ public class DefaultSubscriptionRegistryTests {
 	}
 
 	private Message<?> subscribeMessage(String sessionId, String subscriptionId, String destination) {
-		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor headers = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create(SimpMessageType.SUBSCRIBE);
-		headers.setSessionId(sessionId);
-		headers.setSubscriptionId(subscriptionId);
-		if (destination != null) {
-			headers.setDestination(destination);
+		return subscribeMessage(sessionId, subscriptionId, destination, null);
+	}
+
+	private Message<?> subscribeMessage(String sessionId, String subId, String dest, String selector) {
+		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor accessor = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create(SimpMessageType.SUBSCRIBE);
+		accessor.setSessionId(sessionId);
+		accessor.setSubscriptionId(subId);
+		if (dest != null) {
+			accessor.setDestination(dest);
+		}
+		if (selector != null) {
+			accessor.setNativeHeader("selector", selector);
 		}
-		return MessageBuilder.withPayload("").copyHeaders(headers.toMap()).build();
+		return MessageBuilder.createMessage("", accessor.getMessageHeaders());
 	}
 
-	private Message<?> unsubscribeMessage(String sessionId, String subscriptionId) {
-		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor headers = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create(SimpMessageType.UNSUBSCRIBE);
-		headers.setSessionId(sessionId);
-		headers.setSubscriptionId(subscriptionId);
-		return MessageBuilder.withPayload("").copyHeaders(headers.toMap()).build();
+	private Message<?> unsubscribeMessage(String sessionId, String subId) {
+		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor accessor = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create(SimpMessageType.UNSUBSCRIBE);
+		accessor.setSessionId(sessionId);
+		accessor.setSubscriptionId(subId);
+		return MessageBuilder.createMessage("", accessor.getMessageHeaders());
 	}
 
 	private Message<?> message(String destination) {
-		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor headers = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create();
-		headers.setDestination(destination);
-		return MessageBuilder.withPayload("").copyHeaders(headers.toMap()).build();
+		SimpMessageHeaderAccessor accessor = SimpMessageHeaderAccessor.create();
+		accessor.setDestination(destination);
+		return MessageBuilder.createMessage("", accessor.getMessageHeaders());
 	}
 
 	private List<String> sort(List<String> list) {