diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
index e9e914b67..63dd35ac2 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/API/Gateway/IdentifyParams.cs
@@ -17,5 +17,7 @@ namespace Discord.API.Gateway
         public Optional<int[]> ShardingParams { get; set; }
         [JsonProperty("presence")]
         public Optional<StatusUpdateParams> Presence { get; set; }
+        [JsonProperty("guild_subscriptions")]
+        public Optional<bool> GuildSubscriptions { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
index d80cbc0d8..6e2c19ffa 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketApiClient.cs
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ namespace Discord.API
                 Properties = props,
                 LargeThreshold = largeThreshold,
                 Presence = args
+                GuildSubscriptions = guildSubscriptions
             };
             if (totalShards > 1)
                 msg.ShardingParams = new int[] { shardID, totalShards };
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index c1f8ac34d..91a7744ab 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         private DateTimeOffset? _statusSince;
         private RestApplication _applicationInfo;
         private bool _isDisposed;
+        private bool _guildSubscriptions;
 
         /// <summary>
         ///     Provides access to a REST-only client with a shared state from this client.
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             State = new ClientState(0, 0);
             Rest = new DiscordSocketRestClient(config, ApiClient);
             _heartbeatTimes = new ConcurrentQueue<long>();
+            _guildSubscriptions = config.GuildSubscriptions;
 
             _stateLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
             _gatewayLogger = LogManager.CreateLogger(ShardId == 0 && TotalShards == 1 ? "Gateway" : $"Shard #{ShardId}");
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
index 3610afd13..98ab0ef9b 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketConfig.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         ///     <para>
         ///         By default, the Discord gateway will only send offline members if a guild has less than a certain number
         ///         of members (determined by <see cref="LargeThreshold"/> in this library). This behaviour is why
-        ///         sometimes a user may be missing from the WebSocket cache for collections such as 
+        ///         sometimes a user may be missing from the WebSocket cache for collections such as
         ///         <see cref="Discord.WebSocket.SocketGuild.Users"/>.
         ///     </para>
         ///     <para>
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         ///         downloaded to the WebSocket cache.
         ///     </para>
         ///     <para>
-        ///         For more information, please see 
+        ///         For more information, please see
         ///         <see href="https://discordapp.com/developers/docs/topics/gateway#request-guild-members">Request Guild Members</see>
         ///         on the official Discord API documentation.
         ///     </para>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         ///         traffic. If you are using the command system, the default user TypeReader may fail to find the user
         ///         due to this issue. This may be resolved at v3 of the library. Until then, you may want to consider
         ///         overriding the TypeReader and use
-        ///         <see cref="DiscordRestClient.GetUserAsync(System.UInt64,Discord.RequestOptions)"/> 
+        ///         <see cref="DiscordRestClient.GetUserAsync(System.UInt64,Discord.RequestOptions)"/>
         ///         or <see cref="DiscordRestClient.GetGuildUserAsync"/>
         ///         as a backup.
         ///     </note>
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         /// </summary>
         public bool? ExclusiveBulkDelete { get; set; } = null;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets or sets enabling dispatching of guild subscription events e.g. presence and typing events.
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool GuildSubscriptions { get; set; } = true;
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a default configuration.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/test/Discord.Net.Tests.Unit/EmbedBuilderTests.cs b/test/Discord.Net.Tests.Unit/EmbedBuilderTests.cs
index 1623d94f2..12ec1a0bd 100644
--- a/test/Discord.Net.Tests.Unit/EmbedBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/test/Discord.Net.Tests.Unit/EmbedBuilderTests.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Text;
 using Xunit;
 
 namespace Discord
@@ -250,7 +249,7 @@ namespace Discord
                 .WithFooter("This is the footer", url)
                 .WithImageUrl(url)
                 .WithThumbnailUrl(url)
-                .WithTimestamp(DateTime.MinValue)
+                .WithTimestamp(DateTimeOffset.MinValue)
                 .WithTitle("This is the title")
                 .WithUrl(url)
                 .AddField("Field 1", "Inline", true)