diff --git a/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim b/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim
index c52665e5d..380b82860 100644
--- a/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim
+++ b/tests/v2/test_jsonrpc_waku.nim
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import
   libp2p/protocols/pubsub/rpc/message,
   ../../waku/v2/waku_types,
   ../../waku/v2/node/wakunode2,
-  ../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/[jsonrpc_types,store_api,relay_api,debug_api],
+  ../../waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/[jsonrpc_types,store_api,relay_api,debug_api,filter_api],
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/message_notifier,
   ../../waku/v2/protocol/waku_store/waku_store,
   ../test_helpers
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ procSuite "Waku v2 JSON-RPC API":
       PubSub(node.wakuRelay).topics.len == 1 + newTopics.len
       response == true
     
+    # Publish a message on the default topic
+    response = await client.post_waku_v2_relay_v1_message(defaultTopic, WakuRelayMessage(payload: @[byte 1], contentTopic: some(ContentTopic(1))))
+
+    check:
+      # @TODO poll topic to verify message has been published
+      response == true
+    
     # Unsubscribe from new topics
     response = await client.delete_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions(newTopics)
 
@@ -160,3 +167,46 @@ procSuite "Waku v2 JSON-RPC API":
     server.stop()
     server.close()
     waitfor node.stop()
+  
+  asyncTest "filter_api": 
+    waitFor node.start()
+
+    waitFor node.mountRelay()
+
+    node.mountFilter()
+
+    # RPC server setup
+    let
+      rpcPort = Port(8545)
+      ta = initTAddress(bindIp, rpcPort)
+      server = newRpcHttpServer([ta])
+
+    installFilterApiHandlers(node, server)
+    server.start()
+
+    let client = newRpcHttpClient()
+    await client.connect("127.0.0.1", rpcPort)
+
+    check:
+      # Light node has not yet subscribed to any filters
+      node.filters.len() == 0
+
+    let contentFilters = @[ContentFilter(topics: @[ContentTopic(1), ContentTopic(2)]),
+                           ContentFilter(topics: @[ContentTopic(3), ContentTopic(4)])]
+    var response = await client.post_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription(contentFilters = contentFilters, topic = some(defaultTopic))
+    
+    check:
+      # Light node has successfully subscribed to a single filter
+      node.filters.len() == 1
+      response == true
+
+    response = await client.delete_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription(contentFilters = contentFilters, topic = some(defaultTopic))
+    
+    check:
+      # Light node has successfully unsubscribed from all filters
+      node.filters.len() == 0
+      response == true
+
+    server.stop()
+    server.close()
+    waitfor node.stop()
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..196aae3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/filter_api.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import
+  json_rpc/rpcserver,
+  eth/[common, rlp, keys, p2p],
+  ../../waku_types,
+  ../wakunode2
+
+proc installFilterApiHandlers*(node: WakuNode, rpcsrv: RpcServer) =
+  const futTimeout = 5.seconds
+
+  ## Filter API version 1 definitions
+  
+  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
+      return true
+    else:
+      # Failed to subscribe to one or more content filters
+      raise newException(ValueError, "Failed to subscribe to contentFilters " & repr(fReq))
+
+  rpcsrv.rpc("delete_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription") do(contentFilters: seq[ContentFilter], topic: Option[string]) -> bool:
+    ## Unsubscribes a node from a list of content filters
+    debug "delete_waku_v2_filter_v1_subscription"
+
+    # Construct a filter request
+    # @TODO consider using default PubSub topic if undefined
+    let fReq = if topic.isSome: FilterRequest(topic: topic.get, contentFilters: contentFilters, subscribe: false) else: FilterRequest(contentFilters: contentFilters, subscribe: false)
+
+    if (await node.unsubscribe(fReq).withTimeout(futTimeout)):
+      # Successfully unsubscribed from all content filters
+      return true
+    else:
+      # Failed to unsubscribe from one or more content filters
+      raise newException(ValueError, "Failed to unsubscribe from contentFilters " & repr(fReq))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim
index 000f8176d..2863cdfad 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_callsigs.nim
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ proc get_waku_v2_debug_v1_info(): WakuInfo
 
 # Relay API
 
+proc post_waku_v2_relay_v1_message(topic: string, message: WakuRelayMessage): bool
 proc post_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions(topics: seq[string]): bool
 proc delete_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions(topics: seq[string]): bool
 
 # Store API
 
 proc get_waku_v2_store_v1_messages(topics: seq[ContentTopic], pagingOptions: Option[StorePagingOptions]): StoreResponse
+
+# Filter API
+
+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
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_types.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_types.nim
index f1363ebda..9571a75cd 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_types.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_types.nim
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ type
     pageSize*: uint64
     cursor*: Option[Index]
     forward*: bool
+
+  WakuRelayMessage* = object
+    payload*: seq[byte]
+    contentTopic*: Option[ContentTopic]
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_utils.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_utils.nim
index d950c2442..745382de3 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_utils.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/jsonrpc_utils.nim
@@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ proc toPagingOptions*(pagingInfo: PagingInfo): StorePagingOptions =
 proc toStoreResponse*(historyResponse: HistoryResponse): StoreResponse =
   StoreResponse(messages: historyResponse.messages,
                 pagingOptions: if historyResponse.pagingInfo != PagingInfo(): some(historyResponse.pagingInfo.toPagingOptions()) else: none(StorePagingOptions))
+
+proc toWakuMessage*(relayMessage: WakuRelayMessage, version: uint32): WakuMessage =
+  # @TODO global definition for default content topic
+  const defaultCT = 0
+  WakuMessage(payload: relayMessage.payload,
+              contentTopic: if relayMessage.contentTopic.isSome: relayMessage.contentTopic.get else: defaultCT,
+              version: version)
diff --git a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/relay_api.nim b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/relay_api.nim
index 5295d8350..f335ae066 100644
--- a/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/relay_api.nim
+++ b/waku/v2/node/jsonrpc/relay_api.nim
@@ -2,12 +2,21 @@ import
   json_rpc/rpcserver,
   eth/[common, rlp, keys, p2p],
   ../../waku_types,  
-  ../wakunode2
+  ../wakunode2,
+  ./jsonrpc_types, ./jsonrpc_utils
 
 proc installRelayApiHandlers*(node: WakuNode, rpcsrv: RpcServer) =
   const futTimeout = 5.seconds
 
   ## Relay API version 1 definitions
+  
+  rpcsrv.rpc("post_waku_v2_relay_v1_message") do(topic: string, message: WakuRelayMessage) -> bool:
+    ## Publishes a WakuMessage to a PubSub topic
+    debug "post_waku_v2_relay_v1_message"
+
+    node.publish(topic, message.toWakuMessage(version = 0))
+
+    return true
 
   rpcsrv.rpc("post_waku_v2_relay_v1_subscriptions") do(topics: seq[string]) -> bool:
     ## Subscribes a node to a list of PubSub topics