diff --git a/coreapi/friend.c b/coreapi/friend.c
index c24902f2d..41e756a64 100644
--- a/coreapi/friend.c
+++ b/coreapi/friend.c
@@ -464,12 +464,16 @@ void linphone_friend_invalidate_subscription(LinphoneFriend *lf){
 	lf->initial_subscribes_sent=FALSE;
 }
 
-void linphone_friend_close_subscriptions(LinphoneFriend *lf){
-	linphone_friend_unsubscribe(lf);
+static void linphone_friend_close_incoming_subscriptions(LinphoneFriend *lf) {
 	bctbx_list_for_each(lf->insubs, (MSIterateFunc) sal_notify_presence_close);
 	lf->insubs = bctbx_list_free_with_data(lf->insubs, (MSIterateFunc)sal_op_release);
 }
 
+void linphone_friend_close_subscriptions(LinphoneFriend *lf){
+	linphone_friend_unsubscribe(lf);
+	linphone_friend_close_incoming_subscriptions(lf);
+}
+
 static void _linphone_friend_release_ops(LinphoneFriend *lf){
 	lf->insubs = bctbx_list_free_with_data(lf->insubs, (MSIterateFunc) sal_op_release);
 	if (lf->outsub){
@@ -744,6 +748,10 @@ void linphone_friend_apply(LinphoneFriend *fr, LinphoneCore *lc) {
 		}
 		fr->inc_subscribe_pending = FALSE;
 	}
+	
+	if (fr->pol == LinphoneSPDeny && fr->insubs) {
+		linphone_friend_close_incoming_subscriptions(fr);
+	}
 
 	linphone_friend_update_subscribes(fr, linphone_core_should_subscribe_friends_only_when_registered(lc));
 
diff --git a/coreapi/presence.c b/coreapi/presence.c
index d24459cc9..66395d885 100644
--- a/coreapi/presence.c
+++ b/coreapi/presence.c
@@ -1551,12 +1551,17 @@ void linphone_subscription_new(LinphoneCore *lc, SalOp *op, const char *from){
 	/* check if we answer to this subscription */
 	lf = linphone_core_find_friend(lc, uri);
 	if (lf!=NULL){
-		linphone_friend_add_incoming_subscription(lf, op);
-		lf->inc_subscribe_pending=TRUE;
-		if (lp_config_get_int(lc->config,"sip","notify_pending_state",0)) {
-			sal_notify_pending_state(op);
+		if (lf->pol != LinphoneSPDeny) {
+			linphone_friend_add_incoming_subscription(lf, op);
+			lf->inc_subscribe_pending=TRUE;
+			if (lp_config_get_int(lc->config,"sip","notify_pending_state",0)) {
+				sal_notify_pending_state(op);
+			}
+			sal_subscribe_accept(op);
+		} else {
+			ms_message("%s is not authorized to subscribe", from);
+			sal_subscribe_decline(op, SalReasonDeclined);
 		}
-		sal_subscribe_accept(op);
 		linphone_friend_done(lf);	/*this will do all necessary actions */
 	}else{
 		/* check if this subscriber is in our black list */