diff --git a/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim b/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim
index 13e5d95e7..76c2b5c51 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import
-  std/[unittest, options, sets, tables, os, strutils],
+  std/[unittest, options, sets, tables, os, strutils, sequtils],
   stew/shims/net as stewNet,
   json_rpc/[rpcserver, rpcclient],
   libp2p/standard_setup,
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import
   ../../waku/v2/node/wakunode2,
   ../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/[jsonrpc_types,store_api,relay_api,debug_api,filter_api],
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/message_notifier,
+  ../../waku/v2/protocol/waku_filter,
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store,
   ../test_helpers
 
@@ -281,3 +282,64 @@ procSuite "Waku v2 JSON-RPC API":
     server.stop()
     server.close()
     waitfor node.stop()
+  
+  asyncTest "Filter API: get latest messages":
+    const cTopic = ContentTopic(1)
+
+    waitFor node.start()
+
+    # RPC server setup
+    let
+      rpcPort = Port(8545)
+      ta = initTAddress(bindIp, rpcPort)
+      server = newRpcHttpServer([ta])
+
+    installFilterApiHandlers(node, server)
+    server.start()
+    
+    node.mountFilter()
+
+    let client = newRpcHttpClient()
+    await client.connect("127.0.0.1", rpcPort)
+
+    # First ensure subscription exists
+
+    let sub = await client.post_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription(contentFilters = @[ContentFilter(topics: @[cTopic])], topic = some(defaultTopic))
+    check:
+      sub
+
+    # Now prime the node with some messages before tests
+    var
+      msgList = @[WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 0], contentTopic: ContentTopic(2)),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 1], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 2], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 3], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 4], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 5], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 6], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 7], contentTopic: cTopic),
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 8], contentTopic: cTopic), 
+        WakuMessage(payload: @[byte 9], contentTopic: ContentTopic(2))]
+
+    let
+      filters = node.filters
+      requestId = toSeq(Table(filters).keys)[0]
+
+    for wakuMsg in msgList:
+      filters.notify(wakuMsg, requestId)
+
+    var response = await client.get_waku_v2_filter_v1_messages(cTopic)
+    check:
+      response.len() == 8
+      response.allIt(it.contentTopic == cTopic)
+
+    # No new messages
+    
+    response = await client.get_waku_v2_filter_v1_messages(cTopic)
+
+    check:
+      response.len() == 0
+      
+    server.stop()
+    server.close()
+    waitfor node.stop()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim
index 6cb6bba05..90ba0db2b 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim
@@ -1,30 +1,58 @@
 {.push raises: [Exception, Defect].}
 
 import
+  std/[tables,sequtils],
   json_rpc/rpcserver,
   eth/[common, rlp, keys, p2p],
   ../../waku_types,
   ../wakunode2
 
+const futTimeout = 5.seconds
+
 proc installFilterApiHandlers*(node: WakuNode, rpcsrv: RpcServer) =
-  const futTimeout = 5.seconds
+  ## Create a message cache indexed on content topic
+  ## @TODO consider moving message cache elsewhere. Perhaps to node?
+  var
+    messageCache = initTable[ContentTopic, seq[WakuMessage]]()
+  
+  proc filterHandler(msg: WakuMessage) {.gcsafe, closure.} =
+    debug "WakuMessage received", msg=msg
+    # Add message to current cache
+    # @TODO limit max content topics and messages
+    messageCache.mgetOrPut(msg.contentTopic, @[]).add(msg)
 
   ## Filter API version 1 definitions
   
+  rpcsrv.rpc("get_waku_v2_filter_v1_messages") do(contentTopic: ContentTopic) -> seq[WakuMessage]:
+    ## Returns all WakuMessages received on a content topic since the
+    ## last time this method was called
+    ## @TODO ability to specify a return message limit
+    debug "get_waku_v2_filter_v1_messages", contentTopic=contentTopic
+
+    if messageCache.hasKey(contentTopic):
+      let msgs = messageCache[contentTopic]
+      # Clear cache before next call
+      messageCache[contentTopic] = @[]
+      return msgs
+    else:
+      # Not subscribed to this content topic
+      raise newException(ValueError, "Not subscribed to content topic: " & $contentTopic)
+  
   rpcsrv.rpc("post_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription") do(contentFilters: seq[ContentFilter], topic: Option[string]) -> bool:
     ## Subscribes a node to a list of content filters
     debug "post_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription"
 
-    proc filterHandler(msg: WakuMessage) {.gcsafe, closure.} =
-      debug "WakuMessage received", msg=msg, topic=topic
-      # @TODO handle message
-
     # Construct a filter request
     # @TODO use default PubSub topic if undefined
     let fReq = if topic.isSome: FilterRequest(topic: topic.get, contentFilters: contentFilters, subscribe: true) else: FilterRequest(contentFilters: contentFilters, subscribe: true)
     
     if (await node.subscribe(fReq, filterHandler).withTimeout(futTimeout)):
       # Successfully subscribed to all content filters
+      
+      for cTopic in concat(contentFilters.mapIt(it.topics)):
+        # Create message cache for each subscribed content topic
+        messageCache[cTopic] = @[]
+      
       return true
     else:
       # Failed to subscribe to one or more content filters
@@ -40,6 +68,11 @@ proc installFilterApiHandlers*(node: WakuNode, rpcsrv: RpcServer) =
 
     if (await node.unsubscribe(fReq).withTimeout(futTimeout)):
       # Successfully unsubscribed from all content filters
+
+      for cTopic in concat(contentFilters.mapIt(it.topics)):
+        # Remove message cache for each unsubscribed content topic
+        messageCache.del(cTopic)
+
       return true
     else:
       # Failed to unsubscribe from one or more content filters
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim
index 882745efd..35dfff228 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ proc get_waku_v2_store_v1_messages(topics: seq[ContentTopic], pagingOptions: Opt
 
 # Filter API
 
+proc get_waku_v2_filter_v1_messages(contentTopic: ContentTopic): seq[WakuMessage]
 proc post_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription(contentFilters: seq[ContentFilter], topic: Option[string]): bool
 proc delete_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription(contentFilters: seq[ContentFilter], topic: Option[string]): bool