diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 748befbc..a01a7096 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+0MQ version 3.2.4 stable, released on 2013/xx/xx
+================================================
+
+* LIBZMQ-456 ZMQ_XPUB_VERBOSE does not propagate in a tree of XPUB/XSUB devices
+
+
 0MQ version 3.2.3 stable, released on 2013/05/02
 ================================================
 
@@ -29,7 +35,6 @@ Issues addressed in this release
 * LIBZMQ-450 lt-test_monitor: fails with assertion at test_monitor.cpp:81
 * LIBZMQ-451 ZMQ_ROUTER_MANDATORY blocks forever
 * LIBZMQ-452 test_connect_delay.cpp:175:12: error: 'sleep' was not declared in this scope
-* LIBZMQ-456 ZMQ_XPUB_VERBOSE does not propagate in a tree of XPUB/XSUB devices
 * LIBZMQ-458 lt-test_router_mandatory fails with assertion at test_router_mandatory.cpp:53
 * LIBZMQ-459 Assertion failed: encoder (stream_engine.cpp:266
 * LIBZMQ-464 PUB socket with HWM set leaks memory
diff --git a/src/xsub.cpp b/src/xsub.cpp
index d41e31b1..7f5f6fdc 100644
--- a/src/xsub.cpp
+++ b/src/xsub.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,12 @@ int zmq::xsub_t::xsend (msg_t *msg_, int flags_)
 
     // Process the subscription.
     if (*data == 1) {
-        if (subscriptions.add (data + 1, size - 1))
-            return dist.send_to_all (msg_, flags_);
+	// this used to filter out duplicate subscriptions,
+	// however this is alread done on the XPUB side and
+	// doing it here as well breaks ZMQ_XPUB_VERBOSE
+	// when there are forwarding devices involved
+        subscriptions.add (data + 1, size - 1);
+        return dist.send_to_all (msg_, flags_);
     }
     else {
         if (subscriptions.rm (data + 1, size - 1))