diff --git a/graphql-dgs-subscription-types/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/types/subscription/OperationMessage.kt b/graphql-dgs-subscription-types/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/types/subscription/OperationMessage.kt
index 0d729185a..45233ec80 100644
--- a/graphql-dgs-subscription-types/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/types/subscription/OperationMessage.kt
+++ b/graphql-dgs-subscription-types/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/types/subscription/OperationMessage.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2021 Netflix, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2022 Netflix, Inc.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package com.netflix.graphql.types.subscription
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonSubTypes
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonTypeInfo
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ data class SSEDataPayload(
     val type: String = SSE_GQL_SUBSCRIPTION_DATA
 ) : MessagePayload
 
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 data class QueryPayload(
     @JsonProperty("variables")
     val variables: Map<String, Any>? = emptyMap(),
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ data class QueryPayload(
     @JsonProperty("operationName")
     val operationName: String? = null,
     @JsonProperty("query")
-    val query: String
+    val query: String,
+    @JsonProperty("key")
+    val key: String = ""
 ) : MessagePayload
 
 data class Error(@JsonProperty val message: String = "")
diff --git a/graphql-dgs-subscriptions-sse/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/dgs/subscriptions/sse/DgsSSESubscriptionHandler.kt b/graphql-dgs-subscriptions-sse/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/dgs/subscriptions/sse/DgsSSESubscriptionHandler.kt
index dbed8eea1..b8875b355 100644
--- a/graphql-dgs-subscriptions-sse/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/dgs/subscriptions/sse/DgsSSESubscriptionHandler.kt
+++ b/graphql-dgs-subscriptions-sse/src/main/kotlin/com/netflix/graphql/dgs/subscriptions/sse/DgsSSESubscriptionHandler.kt
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType
 import org.springframework.http.codec.ServerSentEvent
-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerErrorException
@@ -49,14 +51,24 @@ import com.netflix.graphql.types.subscription.Error as SseError
 @RestController
 open class DgsSSESubscriptionHandler(open val dgsQueryExecutor: DgsQueryExecutor) {
 
-    @RequestMapping("/subscriptions", produces = [MediaType.TEXT_EVENT_STREAM_VALUE])
+    @GetMapping("/subscriptions", produces = [MediaType.TEXT_EVENT_STREAM_VALUE])
     fun subscriptionWithId(@RequestParam("query") queryBase64: String): Flux<ServerSentEvent<String>> {
         val query = try {
             String(Base64.getDecoder().decode(queryBase64), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
         } catch (ex: IllegalArgumentException) {
             throw ServerWebInputException("Error decoding base64-encoded query")
         }
+        return handleSubscription(query)
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping("/subscriptions", produces = [MediaType.TEXT_EVENT_STREAM_VALUE])
+    fun subscriptionFromPost(
+        @RequestBody body: String
+    ): Flux<ServerSentEvent<String>> {
+        return handleSubscription(body)
+    }
 
+    private fun handleSubscription(query: String): Flux<ServerSentEvent<String>> {
         val queryPayload = try {
             mapper.readValue(query, QueryPayload::class.java)
         } catch (ex: Exception) {
@@ -88,12 +100,17 @@ open class DgsSSESubscriptionHandler(open val dgsQueryExecutor: DgsQueryExecutor
             throw ServerErrorException("Invalid return type for subscription datafetcher. Was a non-subscription query send to the subscription endpoint?", exc)
         }
 
-        val subscriptionId = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+        val subscriptionId = if (queryPayload.key == "") {
+            UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+        } else {
+            queryPayload.key
+        }
         return Flux.from(publisher)
             .map {
                 val payload = SSEDataPayload(data = it.getData(), errors = it.errors, subId = subscriptionId)
                 ServerSentEvent.builder(mapper.writeValueAsString(payload))
                     .id(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
+                    .event("next")
                     .build()
             }.onErrorResume { exc ->
                 logger.warn("An exception occurred on subscription {}", subscriptionId, exc)
@@ -102,6 +119,7 @@ open class DgsSSESubscriptionHandler(open val dgsQueryExecutor: DgsQueryExecutor
                 Flux.just(
                     ServerSentEvent.builder(mapper.writeValueAsString(payload))
                         .id(UUID.randomUUID().toString())
+                        .event("error")
                         .build()
                 )
             }