diff --git a/aedes.js b/aedes.js
index f71e1b38..454fe4a6 100644
--- a/aedes.js
+++ b/aedes.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ const defaultOptions = {
   authorizeSubscribe: defaultAuthorizeSubscribe,
   authorizeForward: defaultAuthorizeForward,
   published: defaultPublished,
+  sharedTopics: false,
   trustProxy: false,
   trustedProxies: [],
   queueLimit: 42
@@ -65,11 +66,13 @@ function Aedes (opts) {
   this.published = opts.published
 
   this.decodeProtocol = opts.decodeProtocol
+  this.sharedTopics = opts.sharedTopics
   this.trustProxy = opts.trustProxy
   this.trustedProxies = opts.trustedProxies
 
   this.clients = {}
   this.brokers = {}
+  this.groups = {}
 
   const heartbeatTopic = '$SYS/' + that.id + '/heartbeat'
   this._heartbeatInterval = setInterval(heartbeat, opts.heartbeatInterval)
diff --git a/lib/group.js b/lib/group.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af1ad9a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/group.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+'use-strict'
+
+module.exports = Group
+
+function SharedSubscription (group, topic) {
+  this.clients = []
+  this.group = group
+  this.topic = topic
+  this.subscriptions = {} // clientid: qos
+  this._next = 0
+  this.isShared = true
+}
+
+function Group (id, broker) {
+  this.id = id
+  this.broker = broker
+  this.subscriptions = {} // topic: SharedSubscription
+
+  broker.groups[id] = this
+}
+
+Group.prototype.subscribe = function (client, qos, topic, done) {
+  var shared = this.subscriptions[topic]
+
+  if (!shared) {
+    shared = new SharedSubscription(this, topic)
+    this.subscriptions[topic] = shared
+  }
+
+  var clientSubQoS = shared.subscriptions[client.id]
+
+  if (clientSubQoS === undefined) {
+    shared.subscriptions[client.id] = qos
+    client.subscriptions[this.id + '/' + topic] = shared
+    shared.clients.push(client)
+    this.broker.subscribe(topic, this.deliverMessage.bind(this), done)
+  } else if (clientSubQoS !== qos) {
+    shared.subscriptions[client.id] = qos
+  } else {
+    done()
+  }
+}
+
+Group.prototype.unsubscribe = function (shared, client, done) {
+  delete shared.subscriptions[client.id]
+  delete client.subscriptions[shared.group.id + '/' + shared.topic]
+  var index = shared.clients.indexOf(client)
+
+  if (index < shared._next && shared._next > 0) shared._next--
+
+  shared.clients.splice(index, 1)
+  this.broker.unsubscribe(shared.topic, this.deliverMessage, done)
+}
+
+Group.prototype.deliverMessage = function (_packet, cb) {
+  var shared = this.subscriptions[_packet.topic]
+
+  if (shared._next === shared.clients.length) shared._next = 0
+  var client = shared.clients[shared._next++]
+
+  if (client) client.deliverQoS(_packet, cb)
+}
diff --git a/lib/handlers/subscribe.js b/lib/handlers/subscribe.js
index d952cbda..c444aa79 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/subscribe.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/subscribe.js
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ const write = require('../write')
 const fastfall = require('fastfall')
 const Packet = require('aedes-packet')
 const through = require('through2')
+const Group = require('../group')
 const validateTopic = require('./validations').validateTopic
+const sharedTopic = require('./validations').sharedTopic
+
 const topicActions = fastfall([
   authorize,
   storeSubscriptions,
@@ -112,14 +115,20 @@ function subTopic (sub, done) {
     return done()
   }
 
-  const client = this.client
+  var client = this.client
   const broker = client.broker
   const topic = sub.topic
   const qos = sub.qos
   var func = qos > 0 ? client.deliverQoS : client.deliver0
 
-  // [MQTT-4.7.2-1]
-  if (isStartsWithWildcard(topic)) {
+  if (broker.sharedTopics) {
+    const parsedTopic = sharedTopic(topic)
+    if (parsedTopic) {
+      var group = broker.groups[parsedTopic.group] || new Group(parsedTopic.group, broker)
+      group.subscribe(client, qos, parsedTopic.topic, done)
+      return
+    }
+  } else if (isStartsWithWildcard(topic)) { // [MQTT-4.7.2-1]
     func = blockDollarSignTopics(func)
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/handlers/unsubscribe.js b/lib/handlers/unsubscribe.js
index 7ee5a32b..092f45a6 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/unsubscribe.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/unsubscribe.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const write = require('../write')
 const validateTopic = require('./validations').validateTopic
+const sharedTopic = require('./validations').sharedTopic
 
 function UnsubscribeState (client, packet, finish) {
   this.client = client
@@ -46,15 +47,26 @@ function actualUnsubscribe (client, packet, done) {
 function doUnsubscribe (sub, done) {
   const client = this.client
   const broker = client.broker
+
+  if (broker.sharedTopics) {
+    const parsedTopic = sharedTopic(sub)
+    if (parsedTopic) {
+      sub = parsedTopic.group + '/' + parsedTopic.topic
+    }
+  }
   const s = client.subscriptions[sub]
 
   if (s) {
-    var func = s.func
-    delete client.subscriptions[sub]
-    broker.unsubscribe(
-      sub,
-      func,
-      done)
+    if (s.isShared) {
+      s.group.unsubscribe(s, client, done)
+    } else {
+      var func = s.func
+      delete client.subscriptions[sub]
+      broker.unsubscribe(
+        sub,
+        func,
+        done)
+    }
   } else {
     done()
   }
diff --git a/lib/handlers/validations.js b/lib/handlers/validations.js
index f9993aaf..92524e19 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/validations.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/validations.js
@@ -26,4 +26,18 @@ function validateTopic (topic, message) {
   }
 }
 
-module.exports.validateTopic = validateTopic
+function sharedTopic (topic) {
+  if (!topic || !topic.startsWith('$share/')) return null
+
+  var group = topic.substring(7, topic.indexOf('/', 7))
+
+  return {
+    group: group,
+    topic: topic.substring(8 + group.length)
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  validateTopic: validateTopic,
+  sharedTopic: sharedTopic
+}