diff --git a/controllers/jetstream/stream.go b/controllers/jetstream/stream.go
index fff06994..4235449d 100644
--- a/controllers/jetstream/stream.go
+++ b/controllers/jetstream/stream.go
@@ -409,6 +409,10 @@ func createStream(ctx context.Context, c jsmClient, spec apis.StreamSpec) (err e
 		opts = append(opts, jsm.DenyDelete())
 	}
 
+	if spec.DiscardPerSubject {
+		opts = append(opts, jsm.DiscardNewPerSubject())
+	}
+
 	_, err = c.NewStream(ctx, spec.Name, opts)
 	return err
 }
@@ -447,10 +451,12 @@ func updateStream(ctx context.Context, c jsmClient, spec apis.StreamSpec) (err e
 		MaxConsumers:  spec.MaxConsumers,
 		MaxMsgs:       int64(spec.MaxMsgs),
 		MaxBytes:      int64(spec.MaxBytes),
+		MaxMsgsPer:    int64(spec.MaxMsgsPerSubject),
 		MaxAge:        maxAge,
 		MaxMsgSize:    int32(spec.MaxMsgSize),
 		Storage:       storage,
 		Discard:       discard,
+		DiscardNewPer: spec.DiscardPerSubject,
 		Replicas:      spec.Replicas,
 		NoAck:         spec.NoAck,
 		Duplicates:    duplicates,
diff --git a/deploy/crds.yml b/deploy/crds.yml
index a93f39fb..15c3d0c1 100644
--- a/deploy/crds.yml
+++ b/deploy/crds.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ spec:
                 description: When true, restricts the ability to delete messages from a stream via the API. Cannot be changed once set to true.
                 type: boolean
                 default: false
+              discardPerSubject:
+                description: Allows to discard messages on a subject basis.
+                type: boolean
+                default: false
           status:
             type: object
             properties:
diff --git a/pkg/jetstream/apis/jetstream/v1beta2/streamtypes.go b/pkg/jetstream/apis/jetstream/v1beta2/streamtypes.go
index 2f3cdff4..b7f719dd 100644
--- a/pkg/jetstream/apis/jetstream/v1beta2/streamtypes.go
+++ b/pkg/jetstream/apis/jetstream/v1beta2/streamtypes.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type StreamSpec struct {
 	Creds             string           `json:"creds"`
 	DenyDelete        bool             `json:"denyDelete"`
 	Description       string           `json:"description"`
+	DiscardPerSubject bool             `json:"discardPerSubject"`
 	PreventDelete     bool             `json:"preventDelete"`
 	PreventUpdate     bool             `json:"preventUpdate"`
 	Discard           string           `json:"discard"`