diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/http/index.ts b/packages/api-provider/src/http/index.ts
index 85fbeb6efd5b..fb85376baf85 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/http/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/http/index.ts
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ export default class HttpProvider implements ProviderInterface {
     return this.coder.decodeResponse(result);
   }
 
-  async subscribe (method: string, params: Array<any>, cb: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<number> {
+  async subscribe (types: string, method: string, params: Array<any>, cb: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<number> {
     throw new Error('Subscriptions has not been implemented');
   }
 
-  async unsubscribe (method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> {
+  async unsubscribe (type: string, method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> {
     throw new Error('Subscriptions has not been implemented');
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/index.ts b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/index.ts
index 1c1041e5f66d..fa7feab61729 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/index.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ export default function mockProvider (): ProviderInterface {
       on(self, type, sub),
     send: (method: string, params: Array<any>): Promise<any> =>
       send(self, method, params),
-    subscribe: (method: string, ...params: Array<any>): Promise<number> =>
-      subscribe(self, method, params),
-    unsubscribe: (method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> =>
-      unsubscribe(self, method, id)
+    subscribe: (type: string, method: string, ...params: Array<any>): Promise<number> =>
+      subscribe(self, type, method, params),
+    unsubscribe: (type: string, method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> =>
+      unsubscribe(self, type, method, id)
   };
 }
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.spec.js b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.spec.js
index 9adc1a4f8a39..2112e37d7f19 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.spec.js
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ describe('subscribe', () => {
   });
 
   it('fails on unknown methods', () => {
-    return subscribe(state, 'test_notFound').catch((error) => {
+    return subscribe(state, 'test', 'test_notFound').catch((error) => {
       expect(error.message).toMatch(/Invalid method 'test_notFound'/);
     });
   });
 
   it('returns a subscription id', () => {
-    return subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', [() => void 0]).then((id) => {
+    return subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', [() => void 0]).then((id) => {
       expect(id).toEqual(state.subscriptionId);
     });
   });
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ describe('subscribe', () => {
   it('stores the mapping values', () => {
     const cb = () => void 0;
 
-    return subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', [cb]).then((id) => {
+    return subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', [cb]).then((id) => {
       expect(state.subscriptionMap[id]).toEqual('chain_newHead');
       expect(state.subscriptions['chain_newHead'].callbacks[id]).toEqual(cb);
     });
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('subscribe', () => {
   it('calls back with the last known value', (done) => {
     state.subscriptions['chain_newHead'].lastValue = 'testValue';
 
-    subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', [(_, value) => {
+    subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', [(_, value) => {
       expect(value).toEqual('testValue');
       done();
     }]);
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.ts b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.ts
index 0c2572bc6392..759ef43c7f2d 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.ts
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/subscribe.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import { MockState, MockState$Subscription$Callback } from './types';
 
-export default async function subscribe (self: MockState, method: string, params: Array<any>): Promise<number> {
+export default async function subscribe (self: MockState, type: string, method: string, params: Array<any>): Promise<number> {
   self.l.debug(() => ['subscribe', method, params]);
 
   if (self.subscriptions[method]) {
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.spec.js b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.spec.js
index 8d951d7f818d..e9200666c161 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.spec.js
@@ -13,23 +13,23 @@ describe('unsubscribe', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     state = createState();
 
-    return subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', [() => void 0]).then((_id) => {
+    return subscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', [() => void 0]).then((_id) => {
       id = _id;
     });
   });
 
   it('fails on unknown ids', () => {
-    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 5).catch((error) => {
+    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', 5).catch((error) => {
       expect(error.message).toMatch(/Unable to find/);
     });
   });
 
   it('unsubscribes successfully', () => {
-    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', id);
+    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', id);
   });
 
   it('fails on double unsubscribe', () => {
-    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', id)
+    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', id)
       .then(() => unsubscribe(state, id))
       .catch((error) => {
         expect(error.message).toMatch(/Unable to find/);
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('unsubscribe', () => {
   });
 
   it('clears the subscriptions', () => {
-    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', id).then(() => {
+    return unsubscribe(state, 'chain_newHead', 'chain_newHead', id).then(() => {
       expect(state.subscriptionMap[id]).not.toBeDefined();
       expect(state.subscriptions['chain_newHead'].callbacks[id]).not.toBeDefined();
     });
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.ts b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.ts
index 88d76994d721..f83ca3a4c0c0 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.ts
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/mock/unsubscribe.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 import { MockState } from './types';
 
-export default async function unsubscribe (self: MockState, _: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> {
+export default async function unsubscribe (self: MockState, type: string, name: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> {
   const method = self.subscriptionMap[id];
 
   self.l.debug(() => ['unsubscribe', id, method]);
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/types.d.ts b/packages/api-provider/src/types.d.ts
index 1d137ef66e4b..5e2b69d04efc 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/types.d.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ export interface ProviderInterface {
   isConnected (): boolean,
   on (type: ProviderInterface$Emitted, sub: ProviderInterface$EmitCb): void,
   send (method: string, params: Array<any>): Promise<any>,
-  subscribe (method: string, params: Array<any>, cb: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<number>,
-  unsubscribe (method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean>
+  subscribe (type: string, method: string, params: Array<any>, cb: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<number>,
+  unsubscribe (type: string, method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean>
 }
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/ws/index.ts b/packages/api-provider/src/ws/index.ts
index 0909510562f5..15cb28381a46 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/ws/index.ts
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/ws/index.ts
@@ -16,15 +16,19 @@ import logger from '@polkadot/util/logger';
 
 import coder from '../coder/json';
 
+type SubscriptionHandler = {
+  callback: ProviderInterface$Callback,
+  type: string
+};
+
 type WsState$Awaiting = {
   callback: ProviderInterface$Callback,
   method: string,
   params: Array<any>,
-  subscription?: ProviderInterface$Callback
+  subscription?: SubscriptionHandler
 };
 
-type WsState$Subscription = {
-  callback: ProviderInterface$Callback,
+type WsState$Subscription = SubscriptionHandler & {
   method: string,
   params: Array<any>
 };
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ export default class WsProvider extends E3.EventEmitter implements WSProviderInt
     return super.on(type, sub);
   }
 
-  async send (method: string, params: Array<any>, subscription?: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<any> {
+  async send (method: string, params: Array<any>, subscription?: SubscriptionHandler): Promise<any> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject): void => {
       try {
         const json = this.coder.encodeJson(method, params);
@@ -124,16 +128,18 @@ export default class WsProvider extends E3.EventEmitter implements WSProviderInt
     });
   }
 
-  async subscribe (method: string, params: Array<any>, subscription: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<number> {
-    const id = await this.send(method, params, subscription);
+  async subscribe (type: string, method: string, params: Array<any>, callback: ProviderInterface$Callback): Promise<number> {
+    const id = await this.send(method, params, { callback, type });
 
     return id as number;
   }
 
-  async unsubscribe (method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> {
-    assert(!isUndefined(this.subscriptions[`${method}::${id}`]), `Unable to find active subscription=${id}`);
+  async unsubscribe (type: string, method: string, id: number): Promise<boolean> {
+    const subscription = `${type}::${id}`;
+
+    assert(!isUndefined(this.subscriptions[subscription]), `Unable to find active subscription=${subscription}`);
 
-    delete this.subscriptions[id];
+    delete this.subscriptions[subscription];
 
     const result = await this.send(method, [id]);
 
@@ -178,12 +184,12 @@ export default class WsProvider extends E3.EventEmitter implements WSProviderInt
     }
 
     try {
-      const { method, params, subscription } = this.handlers[response.id];
+      const { method, params, subscription } = handler;
       const result = this.coder.decodeResponse(response);
 
       if (subscription) {
-        this.subscriptions[`${method}::${result}`] = {
-          callback: subscription,
+        this.subscriptions[`${subscription.type}::${result}`] = {
+          ...subscription,
           method,
           params
         };
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/ws/onMessageSubscribe.spec.js b/packages/api-provider/src/ws/onMessageSubscribe.spec.js
index 856130505e8b..4ced0407f431 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/ws/onMessageSubscribe.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/ws/onMessageSubscribe.spec.js
@@ -29,9 +29,12 @@ describe('onMessageSubscribe', () => {
     ws.handlers[11] = {
       callback: (_, id) => {},
       method: 'test',
-      subscription: (_, result) => {
-        expect(result).toEqual('test');
-        done();
+      subscription: {
+        callback: (_, result) => {
+          expect(result).toEqual('test');
+          done();
+        },
+        type: 'test'
       }
     };
 
@@ -43,9 +46,12 @@ describe('onMessageSubscribe', () => {
     ws.handlers[11] = {
       callback: (_, id) => {},
       method: 'test',
-      subscription: (error) => {
-        expect(error.message).toMatch(/test/);
-        done();
+      subscription: {
+        callback: (error) => {
+          expect(error.message).toMatch(/test/);
+          done();
+        },
+        type: 'test'
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/packages/api-provider/src/ws/unsubscribe.spec.js b/packages/api-provider/src/ws/unsubscribe.spec.js
index 6082cf3df0e8..1df76b027e8a 100644
--- a/packages/api-provider/src/ws/unsubscribe.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api-provider/src/ws/unsubscribe.spec.js
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ describe('subscribe', () => {
     const ws = createWs();
 
     return ws
-      .subscribe('subscribe_test', [], () => {})
+      .subscribe('test', 'subscribe_test', [], () => {})
       .then((id) => {
-        return ws.unsubscribe('subscribe_test', id);
+        return ws.unsubscribe('test', 'subscribe_test', id);
       });
   });
 
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ describe('subscribe', () => {
     const ws = createWs();
 
     return ws
-      .subscribe('subscribe_test', [], () => {})
+      .subscribe('test', 'subscribe_test', [], () => {})
       .then((id) => {
-        return ws.unsubscribe('subscribe_test', 111);
+        return ws.unsubscribe('test', 'subscribe_test', 111);
       })
       .catch((error) => {
         expect(error.message).toMatch(/find active subscription/);
diff --git a/packages/api/src/create/formatResult.spec.js b/packages/api/src/create/formatResult.spec.js
index f3903582b9b0..b5f352502604 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/create/formatResult.spec.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/create/formatResult.spec.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('formatResult', () => {
       send: jest.fn((method, params) =>
         Promise.resolve('0x0102')
       ),
-      subscribe: jest.fn((method, params, subscription) =>
+      subscribe: jest.fn((type, method, params, subscription) =>
         subscription(null, {
           block: '0x1234',
           changes: [
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ describe('formatResult', () => {
           expect(
             provider.subscribe
           ).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+            'state_storage',
             'state_subscribeStorage',
             [[ENC_ONE, ENC_TWO]],
             expect.anything()
diff --git a/packages/api/src/create/methodSubscribe.ts b/packages/api/src/create/methodSubscribe.ts
index 70069c190556..ce352fefdfdb 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/create/methodSubscribe.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/create/methodSubscribe.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import formatResult from './formatResult';
 
 export default function methodSubscribe (provider: ProviderInterface, rpcName: string, method: SectionItem<Interfaces>): ApiInterface$Section$Method {
   const unsubscribe = (subscriptionId: any): Promise<any> =>
-    provider.send(method.subscribe[1], [subscriptionId]);
+    provider.unsubscribe(rpcName, method.subscribe[1], subscriptionId);
   const _call = async (...values: Array<any>): Promise<any> => {
     try {
       const cb: ProviderInterface$Callback = values.pop();
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export default function methodSubscribe (provider: ProviderInterface, rpcName: s
         cb(error, formatResult(method, params, values, result));
       };
 
-      return provider.subscribe(method.subscribe[0], params, update);
+      return provider.subscribe(rpcName, method.subscribe[0], params, update);
     } catch (error) {
       throw new ExtError(`${signature(method)}:: ${error.message}`, (error as ExtError).code, undefined);
     }