Index: include/asterisk/jabber.h
===================================================================
--- include/asterisk/jabber.h	(revision 233691)
+++ include/asterisk/jabber.h	(working copy)
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
 
 enum {
 	AJI_AUTOPRUNE = (1 << 0),
-	AJI_AUTOREGISTER = (1 << 1)
+	AJI_AUTOREGISTER = (1 << 1),
+	AJI_AUTOACCEPT = (1 << 2)
 };
 
 enum aji_btype {
Index: configs/jabber.conf.sample
===================================================================
--- configs/jabber.conf.sample	(revision 233691)
+++ configs/jabber.conf.sample	(working copy)
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 					;;setup (ie, using your personal Gtalk account for a test)
 					;;you might lose your contacts list. Default is 'no'.
 ;autoregister=yes			;;Auto register users from buddy list.
+;auth_policy=accept			;;Auto accept users' subscription requests (default).
+							;;Set to deny for auto denial.
 
+
 ;[asterisk]				;;label
 ;type=client				;;Client or Component connection
 ;serverhost=astjab.org			;;Route to server for example,
Index: res/res_jabber.c
===================================================================
--- res/res_jabber.c	(revision 233691)
+++ res/res_jabber.c	(working copy)
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 static ast_mutex_t messagelock;
 
 /*! \brief Global flags, initialized to default values */
-static struct ast_flags globalflags = { AJI_AUTOREGISTER };
+static struct ast_flags globalflags = { AJI_AUTOREGISTER | AJI_AUTOACCEPT };
 
 /*!
  * \internal
@@ -2410,22 +2410,24 @@
 
 	switch (pak->subtype) { 
 	case IKS_TYPE_SUBSCRIBE:
-		presence = iks_new("presence");
-		status = iks_new("status");
-		if (presence && status) {
-			iks_insert_attrib(presence, "type", "subscribed");
-			iks_insert_attrib(presence, "to", pak->from->full);
-			iks_insert_attrib(presence, "from", client->jid->full);
-			if (pak->id)
-				iks_insert_attrib(presence, "id", pak->id);
-			iks_insert_cdata(status, "Asterisk has approved subscription", 0);
-			iks_insert_node(presence, status);
-			ast_aji_send(client, presence);
-		} else
-			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to allocate nodes\n");
+		if (ast_test_flag(&client->flags, AJI_AUTOACCEPT)) {
+			presence = iks_new("presence");
+			status = iks_new("status");
+			if (presence && status) {
+				iks_insert_attrib(presence, "type", "subscribed");
+				iks_insert_attrib(presence, "to", pak->from->full);
+				iks_insert_attrib(presence, "from", client->jid->full);
+				if (pak->id)
+					iks_insert_attrib(presence, "id", pak->id);
+				iks_insert_cdata(status, "Asterisk has approved subscription", 0);
+				iks_insert_node(presence, status);
+				ast_aji_send(client, presence);
+			} else
+				ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "Unable to allocate nodes\n");
 
-		iks_delete(presence);
-		iks_delete(status);
+			iks_delete(presence);
+			iks_delete(status);
+		}
 
 		if (client->component)
 			aji_set_presence(client, pak->from->full, iks_find_attrib(pak->x, "to"), client->status, client->statusmessage);
@@ -3410,6 +3412,11 @@
 			ast_set2_flag(&client->flags, ast_true(var->value), AJI_AUTOPRUNE);
 		else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "autoregister"))
 			ast_set2_flag(&client->flags, ast_true(var->value), AJI_AUTOREGISTER);
+		else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "auth_policy")) {
+			if (!strcasecmp(var->value, "accept")) {
+				ast_set_flag(&client->flags, AJI_AUTOACCEPT);
+			}
+		}
 		else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "buddy"))
 			aji_create_buddy((char *)var->value, client);
 		else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "priority"))
@@ -3595,7 +3602,7 @@
 		return -1;
 
 	/* Reset flags to default value */
-	ast_set_flag(&globalflags, AJI_AUTOREGISTER);
+	ast_set_flag(&globalflags, AJI_AUTOREGISTER | AJI_AUTOACCEPT);
 
 	if (cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEMISSING || cfg == CONFIG_STATUS_FILEINVALID) {
 		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "No such configuration file %s\n", JABBER_CONFIG);
@@ -3610,6 +3617,10 @@
 			ast_set2_flag(&globalflags, ast_true(var->value), AJI_AUTOPRUNE);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "autoregister")) {
 			ast_set2_flag(&globalflags, ast_true(var->value), AJI_AUTOREGISTER);
+		} else if (!strcasecmp(var->name, "auth_policy")) {
+			if (!strcasecmp(var->value, "accept")) {
+				ast_set_flag(&globalflags, AJI_AUTOACCEPT);
+			}
 		}
 	}