diff --git a/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go b/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
index e074e681..9a008851 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
+++ b/waku/v2/node/wakunode2.go
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ func (w *WakuNode) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+		err = w.peermanager.SubscribeToRelayEvtBus(w.relay.(*relay.WakuRelay).Events())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		w.peermanager.Start(ctx)
 		w.registerAndMonitorReachability(ctx)
 	}
diff --git a/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_manager.go b/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_manager.go
index d5b83f85..46977de5 100644
--- a/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_manager.go
+++ b/waku/v2/peermanager/peer_manager.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/event"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/host"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/network"
 	"github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p/core/peer"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ type PeerManager struct {
 	host                host.Host
 	serviceSlots        *ServiceSlots
 	ctx                 context.Context
+	sub                 event.Subscription
 }
 
 const peerConnectivityLoopSecs = 15
@@ -80,9 +82,50 @@ func (pm *PeerManager) SetPeerConnector(pc *PeerConnectionStrategy) {
 	pm.peerConnector = pc
 }
 
+func (pm *PeerManager) SubscribeToRelayEvtBus(bus event.Bus) error {
+	var err error
+	pm.sub, err = bus.Subscribe(new(relay.EvtPeerTopic))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (pm *PeerManager) peerEventLoop(ctx context.Context) {
+	defer pm.sub.Close()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case e := <-pm.sub.Out():
+			peerEvt := e.(relay.EvtPeerTopic)
+			wps := pm.host.Peerstore().(*wps.WakuPeerstoreImpl)
+			peerID := peerEvt.PeerID
+			if peerEvt.State == relay.PEER_JOINED {
+				err := wps.AddPubSubTopic(peerID, peerEvt.Topic)
+				if err != nil {
+					pm.logger.Error("failed to add pubSubTopic for peer",
+						logging.HostID("peerID", peerID), zap.Error(err))
+				}
+			} else if peerEvt.State == relay.PEER_LEFT {
+				err := wps.RemovePubSubTopic(peerID, peerEvt.Topic)
+				if err != nil {
+					pm.logger.Error("failed to remove pubSubTopic for peer",
+						logging.HostID("peerID", peerID), zap.Error(err))
+				}
+			} else {
+				pm.logger.Error("unknown peer event received", zap.Int("eventState", int(peerEvt.State)))
+			}
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // Start starts the processing to be done by peer manager.
 func (pm *PeerManager) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 	pm.ctx = ctx
+	if pm.sub != nil {
+		go pm.peerEventLoop(ctx)
+	}
 	go pm.connectivityLoop(ctx)
 }
 
diff --git a/waku/v2/peerstore/waku_peer_store.go b/waku/v2/peerstore/waku_peer_store.go
index f8390fbd..515d7a3d 100644
--- a/waku/v2/peerstore/waku_peer_store.go
+++ b/waku/v2/peerstore/waku_peer_store.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type WakuPeerstore interface {
 	Direction(p peer.ID) (network.Direction, error)
 
 	AddPubSubTopic(p peer.ID, topic string) error
+	RemovePubSubTopic(p peer.ID, topic string) error
 	PubSubTopics(p peer.ID) ([]string, error)
 	SetPubSubTopics(p peer.ID, topics []string) error
 	PeersByPubSubTopic(pubSubTopic string) peer.IDSlice
@@ -157,6 +158,22 @@ func (ps *WakuPeerstoreImpl) AddPubSubTopic(p peer.ID, topic string) error {
 	return ps.peerStore.Put(p, peerPubSubTopics, existingTopics)
 }
 
+// RemovePubSubTopic removes a pubSubTopic from the peer
+func (ps *WakuPeerstoreImpl) RemovePubSubTopic(p peer.ID, topic string) error {
+	existingTopics, err := ps.PubSubTopics(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for i := range existingTopics {
+		existingTopics = append(existingTopics[:i], existingTopics[i+1:]...)
+	}
+	err = ps.SetPubSubTopics(p, existingTopics)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // SetPubSubTopics sets pubSubTopics for a peer, it also overrides existing ones that were set previously..
 func (ps *WakuPeerstoreImpl) SetPubSubTopics(p peer.ID, topics []string) error {
 	return ps.peerStore.Put(p, peerPubSubTopics, topics)
diff --git a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go
index 6ca51c84..15ac5a95 100644
--- a/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go
+++ b/waku/v2/protocol/relay/waku_relay.go
@@ -57,11 +57,13 @@ type WakuRelay struct {
 	topicsMutex     sync.RWMutex
 	wakuRelayTopics map[string]*pubsub.Topic
 	relaySubs       map[string]*pubsub.Subscription
+	topicEvtHanders map[string]*pubsub.TopicEventHandler
 
 	events   event.Bus
 	emitters struct {
 		EvtRelaySubscribed   event.Emitter
 		EvtRelayUnsubscribed event.Emitter
+		EvtPeerTopic         event.Emitter
 	}
 
 	*waku_proto.CommonService
@@ -77,6 +79,19 @@ type EvtRelayUnsubscribed struct {
 	Topic string
 }
 
+type PeerTopicState int
+
+const (
+	PEER_JOINED = iota
+	PEER_LEFT
+)
+
+type EvtPeerTopic struct {
+	Topic  string
+	PeerID peer.ID
+	State  PeerTopicState
+}
+
 func msgIDFn(pmsg *pubsub_pb.Message) string {
 	return string(hash.SHA256(pmsg.Data))
 }
@@ -87,6 +102,7 @@ func NewWakuRelay(bcaster Broadcaster, minPeersToPublish int, timesource timesou
 	w.timesource = timesource
 	w.wakuRelayTopics = make(map[string]*pubsub.Topic)
 	w.relaySubs = make(map[string]*pubsub.Subscription)
+	w.topicEvtHanders = make(map[string]*pubsub.TopicEventHandler)
 	w.topicValidators = make(map[string][]validatorFn)
 	w.bcaster = bcaster
 	w.minPeersToPublish = minPeersToPublish
@@ -229,6 +245,11 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) start() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	w.emitters.EvtPeerTopic, err = w.events.Emitter(new(EvtPeerTopic))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	w.log.Info("Relay protocol started")
 	return nil
 }
@@ -303,6 +324,11 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) subscribe(topic string) (subs *pubsub.Subscription, err erro
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		evtHandler, err := w.addPeerTopicEventListener(pubSubTopic)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		w.topicEvtHanders[topic] = evtHandler
 		w.relaySubs[topic] = sub
 
 		err = w.emitters.EvtRelaySubscribed.Emit(EvtRelaySubscribed{topic})
@@ -420,6 +446,12 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) Unsubscribe(ctx context.Context, topic string) error {
 	w.relaySubs[topic].Cancel()
 	delete(w.relaySubs, topic)
 
+	evtHandler, ok := w.topicEvtHanders[topic]
+	if ok {
+		evtHandler.Cancel()
+		delete(w.topicEvtHanders, topic)
+	}
+
 	err := w.wakuRelayTopics[topic].Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -495,3 +527,46 @@ func (w *WakuRelay) Params() pubsub.GossipSubParams {
 func (w *WakuRelay) Events() event.Bus {
 	return w.events
 }
+
+func (w *WakuRelay) addPeerTopicEventListener(topic *pubsub.Topic) (*pubsub.TopicEventHandler, error) {
+	handler, err := topic.EventHandler()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	w.WaitGroup().Add(1)
+	go w.topicEventPoll(topic.String(), handler)
+	return handler, nil
+}
+
+func (w *WakuRelay) topicEventPoll(topic string, handler *pubsub.TopicEventHandler) {
+	defer w.WaitGroup().Done()
+	for {
+		evt, err := handler.NextPeerEvent(w.Context())
+		if err != nil {
+			if err == context.Canceled {
+				break
+			}
+			w.log.Error("failed to get next peer event", zap.String("topic", topic), zap.Error(err))
+			continue
+		}
+		if evt.Peer.Validate() != nil { //Empty peerEvent is returned when context passed in done.
+			break
+		}
+		if evt.Type == pubsub.PeerJoin {
+			w.log.Debug("received a PeerJoin event", zap.String("topic", topic), logging.HostID("peerID", evt.Peer))
+			err = w.emitters.EvtPeerTopic.Emit(EvtPeerTopic{Topic: topic, PeerID: evt.Peer, State: PEER_JOINED})
+			if err != nil {
+				w.log.Error("failed to emit PeerJoin", zap.String("topic", topic), zap.Error(err))
+			}
+		} else if evt.Type == pubsub.PeerLeave {
+			w.log.Debug("received a PeerLeave event", zap.String("topic", topic), logging.HostID("peerID", evt.Peer))
+			err = w.emitters.EvtPeerTopic.Emit(EvtPeerTopic{Topic: topic, PeerID: evt.Peer, State: PEER_LEFT})
+			if err != nil {
+				w.log.Error("failed to emit PeerLeave", zap.String("topic", topic), zap.Error(err))
+			}
+		} else {
+			w.log.Error("unknown event type received", zap.String("topic", topic),
+				zap.Int("eventType", int(evt.Type)))
+		}
+	}
+}