diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b974380b..7725f139 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ set(obs-websocket_HEADERS
     src/WebSocketProtocol.h
     src/WebSocketSession.h
     src/eventhandler/EventHandler.h
+    src/eventhandler/types/EventSubscriptions.h
 	src/requesthandler/RequestHandler.h
 	src/requesthandler/rpc/Request.h
     src/requesthandler/rpc/RequestResult.h
diff --git a/src/WebSocketSession.cpp b/src/WebSocketSession.cpp
index b2fa46be..2b5d5a6f 100644
--- a/src/WebSocketSession.cpp
+++ b/src/WebSocketSession.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "WebSocketSession.h"
+#include "eventhandler/types/EventSubscriptions.h"
 
 #include "plugin-macros.generated.h"
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ WebSocketSession::WebSocketSession() :
 	_isIdentified(false),
 	_ignoreInvalidMessages(false),
 	_ignoreNonFatalRequestChecks(false),
-	_eventSubscriptions(0)
+	_eventSubscriptions(EventSubscriptions::All)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/eventhandler/EventHandler.h b/src/eventhandler/EventHandler.h
index 0b69565c..d46dc123 100644
--- a/src/eventhandler/EventHandler.h
+++ b/src/eventhandler/EventHandler.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "../obs-websocket.h"
 #include "../WebSocketServer.h"
+#include "types/EventSubscriptions.h"
 
 class EventHandler
 {
diff --git a/src/eventhandler/types/EventSubscriptions.h b/src/eventhandler/types/EventSubscriptions.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7e5a665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/eventhandler/types/EventSubscriptions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace EventSubscriptions {
+	enum EventSubscriptions {
+		// Set subscriptions to 0 to disable all events
+		None = 0,
+		// Receive events in the `General` category
+		General = (1 << 0),
+		// Receive events in the `Config` category
+		Config = (1 << 1),
+		// Receive events in the `Scenes` category
+		Scenes = (1 << 2),
+		// Receive events in the `Inputs` category
+		Inputs = (1 << 3),
+		// Receive events in the `Transitions` category
+		Transitions = (1 << 4),
+		// Receive events in the `Filters` category
+		Filters = (1 << 5),
+		// Receive events in the `Outputs` category
+		Outputs = (1 << 6),
+		// Receive events in the `Scene Items` category
+		SceneItems = (1 << 7),
+		// Receive events in the `MediaInputs` category
+		MediaInputs = (1 << 8),
+		// Receive all event categories
+		All = (General | Config | Scenes | Inputs | Transitions | Filters | Outputs | SceneItems | MediaInputs),
+	};
+};