diff --git a/src/lib/node.spec.ts b/src/lib/node.spec.ts
index 0cac489452..b129c5b876 100644
--- a/src/lib/node.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/node.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import test from 'ava';
 import Libp2p from 'libp2p';
 import Pubsub from 'libp2p-interfaces/src/pubsub';
 
+import { delay } from '../test_utils/delay';
 import { NimWaku } from '../test_utils/nim_waku';
 
 import { createNode } from './node';
@@ -126,6 +127,41 @@ test('Nim-interop: js node sends message to nim node', async (t) => {
   t.is(Buffer.compare(payload, message.payload), 0);
 });
 
+test('Nim-interop: nim node sends message to js node', async (t) => {
+  const message = Message.fromUtf8String('Here is another message.');
+  const node = await createNode();
+  const wakuRelayNode = new WakuRelay(node.pubsub);
+
+  const peerId = node.peerId.toB58String();
+  const localMultiaddr = node.multiaddrs.find((addr) =>
+    addr.toString().match(/127\.0\.0\.1/)
+  );
+  const multiAddrWithId = localMultiaddr + '/p2p/' + peerId;
+
+  const nimWaku = new NimWaku(t.title);
+  await nimWaku.start({ staticnode: multiAddrWithId });
+
+  await patchPeerStore(nimWaku, node);
+
+  await wakuRelayNode.subscribe();
+
+  await delay(3000);
+
+  const receivedPromise = waitForNextData(node.pubsub);
+
+  await nimWaku.sendMessage(message);
+
+  await delay(3000);
+
+  const receivedMsg = await receivedPromise;
+
+  t.is(receivedMsg.contentTopic, message.contentTopic);
+  t.is(receivedMsg.version, message.version);
+
+  const payload = Buffer.from(receivedMsg.payload);
+  t.is(Buffer.compare(payload, message.payload), 0);
+});
+
 function waitForNextData(pubsub: Pubsub): Promise<Message> {
   return new Promise((resolve) => {
     pubsub.once(TOPIC, resolve);
diff --git a/src/lib/node.ts b/src/lib/node.ts
index b7bfdc0daa..bd45856e86 100644
--- a/src/lib/node.ts
+++ b/src/lib/node.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ export async function createNode() {
         emitSelf: true,
         signMessages: false,
         strictSigning: false,
+        // Ensure that no signature is expected in the messages.
+        globalSignaturePolicy: 'StrictNoSign',
       },
     },
   });
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_relay.ts b/src/lib/waku_relay.ts
index 638f4d6cee..678a58a397 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_relay.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_relay.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ export const TOPIC = '/waku/2/default-waku/proto';
 
 // This is the class to pass to libp2p as pubsub protocol
 export class WakuRelayPubsub extends Gossipsub {
-  constructor(libp2p: Libp2p) {
-    super(libp2p);
+  /**
+   *
+   * @param libp2p: Libp2p
+   * @param options: Partial<GossipInputOptions>
+   */
+  constructor(libp2p: Libp2p, options?: any) {
+    super(libp2p, options);
 
     const multicodecs = [CODEC];