diff --git a/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_mod_exclusive.erl b/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_mod_exclusive.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7f36bdd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib-ce/emqx_modules/src/emqx_mod_exclusive.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Copyright (c) 2020-2022 EMQ Technologies Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-module(emqx_mod_exclusive).
+
+-behaviour(emqx_gen_mod).
+
+-include_lib("emqx/include/emqx.hrl").
+-include_lib("emqx/include/logger.hrl").
+
+-logger_header("[exclusive]").
+
+%% Mnesia bootstrap
+-export([mnesia/1]).
+
+-boot_mnesia({mnesia, [boot]}).
+-copy_mnesia({mnesia, [copy]}).
+
+%% emqx_gen_mod callbacks
+-export([
+    load/1,
+    unload/1,
+    description/0
+]).
+
+-export([
+    exclusive_subscribe/3,
+    exclusive_unsubscribe/3
+]).
+
+-record(exclusive_subscription, {
+    topic :: emqx_types:topic(),
+    clientid :: emqx_types:clientid()
+}).
+
+-define(TAB, emqx_exclusive_subscription).
+
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Mnesia bootstrap
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+mnesia(boot) ->
+    StoreProps = [
+        {ets, [
+            {read_concurrency, true},
+            {write_concurrency, true}
+        ]}
+    ],
+    ok = ekka_mnesia:create_table(?TAB, [
+        {type, set},
+        {ram_copies, [node()]},
+        {record_name, exclusive_subscription},
+        {attributes, record_info(fields, exclusive_subscription)},
+        {storage_properties, StoreProps}
+    ]);
+mnesia(copy) ->
+    ok = ekka_mnesia:copy_table(?TAB, ram_copies).
+
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Load/Unload
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+-spec load(list()) -> ok.
+load(_Env) ->
+    emqx_hooks:put('client.subscribe', {?MODULE, exclusive_subscribe, []}),
+    emqx_hooks:put('client.unsubscribe', {?MODULE, exclusive_unsubscribe, []}).
+
+-spec unload(list()) -> ok.
+unload(_Env) ->
+    emqx_hooks:del('client.subscribe', {?MODULE, exclusive_subscribe}),
+    emqx_hooks:del('client.unsubscribe', {?MODULE, exclusive_unsubscribe}).
+
+description() ->
+    "EMQ X Exclusive Subscription Module".
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Hooks
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+exclusive_subscribe(ClientInfo, _Prop, TopicFilters) ->
+    {ok, check_is_enabled(ClientInfo, TopicFilters, fun on_subscribe/2)}.
+
+exclusive_unsubscribe(ClientInfo, _Prop, TopicFilters) ->
+    check_is_enabled(ClientInfo, TopicFilters, fun on_unsubscribe/2).
+
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+%% Internal functions
+%%--------------------------------------------------------------------
+check_is_enabled(#{zone := Zone} = ClientInfo, TopicFilters, Cont) ->
+    case emqx_zone:get_env(Zone, exclusive_subscription) of
+        false ->
+            TopicFilters;
+        _ ->
+            case lists:any(fun is_exclusive_subscribe/1, TopicFilters) of
+                false ->
+                    TopicFilters;
+                _ ->
+                    Cont(ClientInfo, TopicFilters)
+            end
+    end.
+
+on_subscribe(#{clientid := ClientId}, TopicFilters) ->
+    Fun = fun() ->
+        try_subscribe(ClientId, TopicFilters)
+    end,
+    case mnesia:transaction(Fun) of
+        {atomic, Res} ->
+            Res;
+        {aborted, Reason} ->
+            ?LOG(warning, "Cannot check subscribe ~p due to ~p.", [TopicFilters, Reason]),
+            lists:map(
+                fun({Filter, SubOpts} = TopicFilter) ->
+                    case is_exclusive_subscribe(Filter) of
+                        false ->
+                            TopicFilter;
+                        _ ->
+                            {Filter, SubOpts#{is_exclusive => true}}
+                    end
+                end,
+                TopicFilters
+            )
+    end.
+
+try_subscribe(ClientId, TopicFilters) ->
+    try_subscribe(TopicFilters, ClientId, []).
+
+try_subscribe([{<<"$exclusive/", _/binary>> = Topic, SubOpts} = TopicFilters | T], ClientId, Acc) ->
+    try_subscribe(
+        T,
+        ClientId,
+        case mnesia:wread({?TAB, Topic}) of
+            [] ->
+                mnesia:write(
+                    ?TAB,
+                    #exclusive_subscription{
+                        clientid = ClientId,
+                        topic = Topic
+                    },
+                    write
+                ),
+                [TopicFilters | Acc];
+            [_] ->
+                [{Topic, SubOpts#{is_exclusive => true}} | Acc]
+        end
+    );
+try_subscribe([H | T], ClientId, Acc) ->
+    try_subscribe(T, ClientId, [H | Acc]);
+try_subscribe([], _ClientId, Acc) ->
+    lists:reverse(Acc).
+
+on_unsubscribe(#{clientid := ClientId}, TopicFilters) ->
+    _ = mnesia:transaction(fun() -> try_unsubscribe(TopicFilters, ClientId) end).
+
+try_unsubscribe([{<<"$exclusive/", _/binary>> = Topic, _} | T], ClientId) ->
+    case mnesia:wread({?TAB, Topic}) of
+        [#exclusive_subscription{clientid = ClientId}] ->
+            mnesia:delete({?TAB, Topic});
+        _ ->
+            ok
+    end,
+    try_unsubscribe(T, ClientId);
+try_unsubscribe([H | T], ClientId) ->
+    try_unsubscribe(T, ClientId);
+try_unsubscribe([], _) ->
+    ok.
+
+is_exclusive_subscribe({<<"$exclusive/", Rest/binary>>, _SubOpt}) when Rest =/= <<>> ->
+    true;
+is_exclusive_subscribe(<<"$exclusive/", Rest/binary>>) when Rest =/= <<>> ->
+    true;
+is_exclusive_subscribe(_) ->
+    false.
diff --git a/priv/emqx.schema b/priv/emqx.schema
index 576177c5d..b210b9be7 100644
--- a/priv/emqx.schema
+++ b/priv/emqx.schema
@@ -945,6 +945,12 @@ end}.
   {datatype, string}
 ]}.
 
+%% @doc Whether the Server supports Exclusive Subscriptions.
+{mapping, "mqtt.shared_subscription", "emqx.exclusive_subscription", [
+    {default, true},
+    {datatype, {enum, [true, false]}}
+]}.
+
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Zones
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1199,6 +1205,11 @@ end}.
   {datatype, {enum, [true, false]}}
 ]}.
 
+%% @doc Whether the Server supports Exclusive Subscriptions.
+{mapping, "zone.$name.exclusive_subscription", "emqx.zones", [
+    {datatype, {enum, [true, false]}}
+]}.
+
 {translation, "emqx.zones", fun(Conf) ->
   Ratelimit = fun(Val) ->
                 [L, D] = string:tokens(Val, ", "),
diff --git a/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl b/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl
index 8e94d25a7..196227d3c 100644
--- a/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl
+++ b/src/emqx_mqtt_caps.erl
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
                   wildcard_subscription => boolean(),
                   subscription_identifiers => boolean(),
                   shared_subscription => boolean()
+                  exclusive_subscription => boolean()
                  }).
 
 -define(UNLIMITED, 0).
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@
 -define(SUBCAP_KEYS, [max_topic_levels,
                       max_qos_allowed,
                       wildcard_subscription,
-                      shared_subscription
+                      shared_subscription,
+                      exclusive_subscription
                      ]).
 
 -define(DEFAULT_CAPS, #{max_packet_size => ?MAX_PACKET_SIZE,
@@ -67,7 +69,8 @@
                         retain_available => true,
                         wildcard_subscription => true,
                         subscription_identifiers => true,
-                        shared_subscription => true
+                        shared_subscription => true,
+                        exclusive_subscription => false
                        }).
 
 -spec(check_pub(emqx_types:zone(),
@@ -106,6 +109,8 @@ check_sub(Zone, Topic, SubOpts) ->
                       Map#{is_wildcard => emqx_topic:wildcard(Topic)};
                  (shared_subscription, Map) ->
                       Map#{is_shared => maps:is_key(share, SubOpts)};
+                 (exclusive_subscription, Map) ->
+                      Map#{is_exclusive => maps:get(is_exclusive, SubOpts, false)};
                  (_Key, Map) -> Map %% Ignore
               end, #{}, maps:keys(Caps)),
     do_check_sub(Flags, Caps).
@@ -117,6 +122,8 @@ do_check_sub(#{is_wildcard := true}, #{wildcard_subscription := false}) ->
     {error, ?RC_WILDCARD_SUBSCRIPTIONS_NOT_SUPPORTED};
 do_check_sub(#{is_shared := true}, #{shared_subscription := false}) ->
     {error, ?RC_SHARED_SUBSCRIPTIONS_NOT_SUPPORTED};
+do_check_sub(#{is_exclusive := true}, #{exclusive_subscription := true}) ->
+    {error, ?RC_QUOTA_EXCEEDED};
 do_check_sub(_Flags, _Caps) -> ok.
 
 default_caps() ->