diff --git a/modules/presence/hash.c b/modules/presence/hash.c
index 4c6f18149bf..6e85d370b9e 100644
--- a/modules/presence/hash.c
+++ b/modules/presence/hash.c
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 #include "notify.h"
 
+/* matching mode when removing subscriptions from memory */
+extern int pres_subs_remove_match;
+
+/**
+ * create the subscription hash table in shared memory
+ * - hash_size: number of slots
+ */
 shtable_t new_shtable(int hash_size)
 {
 	shtable_t htable= NULL;
@@ -287,12 +294,26 @@ int delete_shtable(shtable_t htable,unsigned int hash_code,subs_t* subs)
 		
 	while(s)
 	{
-		if(s->callid.len==subs->callid.len
+		if(pres_subs_remove_match==0) {
+			/* match on to-tag only (unique, local generated - faster) */
+			if(s->to_tag.len==subs->to_tag.len
+				&& strncmp(s->to_tag.s,subs->to_tag.s,subs->to_tag.len)==0)
+			{
+				found = 0;
+			}
+		} else {
+			/* match on all dialog attributes (distributed systems) */
+			if(s->callid.len==subs->callid.len
 				&& s->to_tag.len==subs->to_tag.len
 				&& s->from_tag.len==subs->from_tag.len
 				&& strncmp(s->callid.s,subs->callid.s,subs->callid.len)==0
 				&& strncmp(s->to_tag.s,subs->to_tag.s,subs->to_tag.len)==0
 				&& strncmp(s->from_tag.s,subs->from_tag.s,subs->from_tag.len)==0)
+			{
+				found = 0;
+			}
+		}
+		if(found==0)
 		{
 			found= s->local_cseq +1;
 			ps->next= s->next;
diff --git a/modules/presence/presence.c b/modules/presence/presence.c
index 03eeb56b098..517566509b9 100644
--- a/modules/presence/presence.c
+++ b/modules/presence/presence.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ int pres_fetch_rows = 500;
 int library_mode= 0;
 str server_address= {0, 0};
 evlist_t* EvList= NULL;
+int pres_subs_remove_match = 0;
 
 /* to tag prefix */
 char* to_tag_pref = "10";
@@ -205,6 +206,7 @@ static param_export_t params[]={
 	{ "fetch_rows",             INT_PARAM, &pres_fetch_rows},
 	{ "db_table_lock_type",     INT_PARAM, &db_table_lock_type},
 	{ "local_log_level",        PARAM_INT, &pres_local_log_level},
+	{ "subs_remove_match",      PARAM_INT, &pres_subs_remove_match},
     {0,0,0}
 };