diff --git a/pkg/broker/client/sse_test.go b/pkg/broker/client/sse_test.go
index 0ee62c47c..b55c9abca 100644
--- a/pkg/broker/client/sse_test.go
+++ b/pkg/broker/client/sse_test.go
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ func TestBrokerMultiSubscriberCustomObject(t *testing.T) {
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			<-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond)
-
 			now := time.Now()
 			evt := event{Time: now.UnixNano(), Message: fmt.Sprintf("Now is %v", now)}
 			require.NoError(t, broker.Publish("remote/instance1", evt))
@@ -214,6 +213,86 @@ func TestBrokerMultiSubscriberCustomObject(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestBrokerMultiSubscriberPartialMatchTopic(t *testing.T) {
+	type event struct {
+		Time    int64
+		Message string
+	}
+
+	socketFile := tempSocket()
+	socket := "unix://broker" + socketFile
+
+	broker, err := server.ListenAndServeOnSocket(socketFile)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	received1 := make(chan event)
+	received2 := make(chan event)
+
+	opts := Options{SocketDir: filepath.Dir(socketFile)}
+
+	topic1, errs1, err := Subscribe(socket, "local/instance", opts)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case e := <-errs1:
+				panic(e)
+			case m, ok := <-topic1:
+				if ok {
+					var val event
+					require.NoError(t, m.Decode(&val))
+					received1 <- val
+				} else {
+					close(received1)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	topic2, errs2, err := Subscribe(socket, "local/instancetest", opts)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			select {
+			case e := <-errs2:
+				panic(e)
+			case m, ok := <-topic2:
+				if ok {
+					var val event
+					require.NoError(t, m.Decode(&val))
+					received2 <- val
+				} else {
+					close(received2)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		for {
+			<-time.After(10 * time.Millisecond)
+			now := time.Now()
+			evt := event{Time: now.UnixNano(), Message: fmt.Sprintf("Now is %v", now)}
+			require.NoError(t, broker.Publish("local/instance", evt))
+			evt = event{Time: now.Add(1 * time.Minute).UnixNano(), Message: fmt.Sprintf("Now is %v", now.Add(1*time.Minute))}
+			require.NoError(t, broker.Publish("local/instancetest", evt))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	// Test a few rounds to make sure all subscribers get the same messages each round.
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		fmt.Print("runtestcycle")
+		b := <-received2
+		a := <-received1
+		require.NotNil(t, a)
+		require.NotEqual(t, "", a.Message)
+		require.NotEqual(t, a, b)
+	}
+
+	broker.Stop()
+
+}
+
 // This tests the case where the broker is mapped to url route (e.g. /events)
 // In this case, we need to specify the path option in the connection options so that
 // we can properly connect to the broker at the url prefix.
diff --git a/pkg/broker/server/sse.go b/pkg/broker/server/sse.go
index 298d4270b..f368108ef 100644
--- a/pkg/broker/server/sse.go
+++ b/pkg/broker/server/sse.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -159,6 +160,19 @@ func (b *Broker) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	}
 }
 
+//checkPath Compare the subscribed topic with the published topic to see if the message can be sent to the client.
+func (b *Broker) checkPath(subscribedPath string, publishedPath string) bool {
+	if subscribedPath != "/" {
+		pPath := strings.Split(publishedPath, "/")
+		for i, sliceTopic := range strings.Split(subscribedPath, "/") {
+			if pPath[i] != sliceTopic {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (b *Broker) run() {
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -244,6 +258,10 @@ func (b *Broker) run() {
 
 						panic("assert-failed")
 					}
+					// Make sure that the topic subscribed to by the client is the upper topic of the topic being notified or the topic exactly matched.
+					if !b.checkPath(key, event.topic) {
+						return false
+					}
 
 					for ch := range chset {
 						select {