diff --git a/src/asyncWithLDProvider.test.tsx b/src/asyncWithLDProvider.test.tsx
index 2d08746..f9796d2 100644
--- a/src/asyncWithLDProvider.test.tsx
+++ b/src/asyncWithLDProvider.test.tsx
@@ -179,4 +179,19 @@ describe('asyncWithLDProvider', () => {
     expect(mockInitLDClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith(clientSideID, user, defaultReactOptions, options, flags);
     expect(receivedNode).toHaveTextContent('{"devTestFlag":true,"launchDoggly":true}');
   });
+
+  test('only updates to subscribed flags are pushed to the Provider', async () => {
+    mockInitLDClient.mockImplementation(() => ({
+      flags: { testFlag: 2 },
+      ldClient: mockLDClient,
+    }));
+    mockLDClient.on.mockImplementation((e: string, cb: (c: LDFlagChangeset) => void) => {
+      cb({ 'test-flag': { current: 3, previous: 2 }, 'another-test-flag': { current: false, previous: true } });
+    });
+    const options: LDOptions = {};
+    const subscribedFlags = { 'test-flag': 1 };
+    const receivedNode = await renderWithConfig({ clientSideID, user, options, flags: subscribedFlags });
+
+    expect(receivedNode).toHaveTextContent('{"testFlag":3}');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx b/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx
index 8b35a61..688d56e 100644
--- a/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/asyncWithLDProvider.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, FunctionComponent } from 'react';
-import camelCase from 'lodash.camelcase';
 import { LDFlagSet, LDFlagChangeset } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
 import { defaultReactOptions, ProviderConfig } from './types';
 import { Provider } from './context';
 import initLDClient from './initLDClient';
-import { camelCaseKeys } from './utils';
+import { camelCaseKeys, getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset } from './utils';
 
 /**
  * This is an async function which initializes LaunchDarkly's JS SDK (`launchdarkly-js-client-sdk`)
@@ -46,14 +45,10 @@ export default async function asyncWithLDProvider(config: ProviderConfig) {
       }
 
       ldClient.on('change', (changes: LDFlagChangeset) => {
-        const flattened: LDFlagSet = {};
-        for (const key in changes) {
-          // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unsafe-any
-          const flagKey = reactOptions.useCamelCaseFlagKeys ? camelCase(key) : key;
-          flattened[flagKey] = changes[key].current;
+        const flattened: LDFlagSet = getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset(changes, flags, reactOptions);
+        if (Object.keys(flattened).length > 0) {
+          setLDData(prev => ({ ...prev, flags: { ...prev.flags, ...flattened } }));
         }
-
-        setLDData(prev => ({ ...prev, flags: { ...prev.flags, ...flattened } }));
       });
     }, []);
 
diff --git a/src/provider.test.tsx b/src/provider.test.tsx
index 7de1762..4bc7e49 100644
--- a/src/provider.test.tsx
+++ b/src/provider.test.tsx
@@ -311,4 +311,31 @@ describe('LDProvider', () => {
 
     expect(mockInitLDClient).toHaveBeenCalledWith(clientSideID, user, defaultReactOptions, options, undefined);
   });
+
+  test('only updates to subscribed flags are pushed to the Provider', async () => {
+    mockInitLDClient.mockImplementation(() => ({
+      flags: { testFlag: 2 },
+      ldClient: mockLDClient,
+    }));
+    mockLDClient.on.mockImplementation((e: string, cb: (c: LDFlagChangeset) => void) => {
+      cb({ 'test-flag': { current: 3, previous: 2 }, 'another-test-flag': { current: false, previous: true } });
+    });
+    const options: LDOptions = {};
+    const user: LDUser = { key: 'yus', name: 'yus ng' };
+    const subscribedFlags = { 'test-flag': 1 };
+    const props: ProviderConfig = { clientSideID, user, options, flags: subscribedFlags };
+    const LaunchDarklyApp = (
+      <LDProvider {...props}>
+        <App />
+      </LDProvider>
+    );
+    const instance = create(LaunchDarklyApp).root.findByType(LDProvider).instance as EnhancedComponent;
+    const mockSetState = jest.spyOn(instance, 'setState');
+
+    await instance.componentDidMount();
+    const callback = mockSetState.mock.calls[1][0] as (flags: LDFlagSet) => LDFlagSet;
+    const newState = callback({});
+
+    expect(newState).toEqual({ flags: { testFlag: 3 } });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/provider.tsx b/src/provider.tsx
index b4e8717..cceddb9 100644
--- a/src/provider.tsx
+++ b/src/provider.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
-import camelCase from 'lodash.camelcase';
 import { LDClient, LDFlagSet, LDFlagChangeset } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
 import { EnhancedComponent, ProviderConfig, defaultReactOptions } from './types';
 import { Provider, LDContext as HocState } from './context';
 import initLDClient from './initLDClient';
-import { camelCaseKeys } from './utils';
+import { camelCaseKeys, getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset } from './utils';
 
 /**
  * The `LDProvider` is a component which accepts a config object which is used to
@@ -52,15 +51,12 @@ class LDProvider extends React.Component<ProviderConfig, HocState> implements En
   getReactOptions = () => ({ ...defaultReactOptions, ...this.props.reactOptions });
 
   subscribeToChanges = (ldClient: LDClient) => {
+    const { flags: targetFlags } = this.props;
     ldClient.on('change', (changes: LDFlagChangeset) => {
-      const flattened: LDFlagSet = {};
-      for (const key in changes) {
-        // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unsafe-any
-        const { useCamelCaseFlagKeys } = this.getReactOptions();
-        const flagKey = useCamelCaseFlagKeys ? camelCase(key) : key;
-        flattened[flagKey] = changes[key].current;
+      const flattened: LDFlagSet = getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset(changes, targetFlags, this.getReactOptions());
+      if (Object.keys(flattened).length > 0) {
+        this.setState(({ flags }) => ({ flags: { ...flags, ...flattened } }));
       }
-      this.setState(({ flags }) => ({ flags: { ...flags, ...flattened } }));
     });
   };
 
diff --git a/src/utils.test.ts b/src/utils.test.ts
index db45c4c..02bc348 100644
--- a/src/utils.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { camelCaseKeys } from './utils';
+import { camelCaseKeys, getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset } from './utils';
+import { LDFlagChangeset, LDFlagSet } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
+import { LDReactOptions } from './types';
 
 describe('Utils', () => {
   test('camelCaseKeys should ignore system keys', () => {
@@ -15,4 +17,59 @@ describe('Utils', () => {
     const result = camelCaseKeys(bootstrap);
     expect(result).toEqual({ testFlag: true, anotherTestFlag: false });
   });
+
+  test('getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset should return current values of all flags when no targetFlags specified', () => {
+    const targetFlags: LDFlagSet | undefined = undefined;
+    const flagChanges: LDFlagChangeset = {
+      'test-flag': { current: true, previous: false },
+      'another-test-flag': { current: false, previous: true },
+    };
+    const reactOptions: LDReactOptions = {
+      useCamelCaseFlagKeys: true,
+    };
+    const flattened = getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset(flagChanges, targetFlags, reactOptions);
+
+    expect(flattened).toEqual({ anotherTestFlag: false, testFlag: true });
+  });
+
+  test('getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset should return current values only of targetFlags when specified', () => {
+    const targetFlags: LDFlagSet | undefined = { 'test-flag': false };
+    const flagChanges: LDFlagChangeset = {
+      'test-flag': { current: true, previous: false },
+      'another-test-flag': { current: false, previous: true },
+    };
+    const reactOptions: LDReactOptions = {
+      useCamelCaseFlagKeys: true,
+    };
+    const flattened = getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset(flagChanges, targetFlags, reactOptions);
+
+    expect(flattened).toEqual({ testFlag: true });
+  });
+
+  test('getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset should return empty LDFlagSet when no targetFlags are changed ', () => {
+    const targetFlags: LDFlagSet | undefined = { 'test-flag': false };
+    const flagChanges: LDFlagChangeset = {
+      'another-test-flag': { current: false, previous: true },
+    };
+    const reactOptions: LDReactOptions = {
+      useCamelCaseFlagKeys: true,
+    };
+    const flattened = getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset(flagChanges, targetFlags, reactOptions);
+
+    expect(Object.keys(flattened)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
+  test('getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset should not change flags to camelCase when reactOptions.useCamelCaseFlagKeys is false ', () => {
+    const targetFlags: LDFlagSet | undefined = undefined;
+    const flagChanges: LDFlagChangeset = {
+      'test-flag': { current: true, previous: false },
+      'another-test-flag': { current: false, previous: true },
+    };
+    const reactOptions: LDReactOptions = {
+      useCamelCaseFlagKeys: false,
+    };
+    const flattened = getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset(flagChanges, targetFlags, reactOptions);
+
+    expect(flattened).toEqual({ 'another-test-flag': false, 'test-flag': true });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 88e2eec..66da194 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { LDFlagSet } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
+import { LDFlagChangeset, LDFlagSet } from 'launchdarkly-js-client-sdk';
 import camelCase from 'lodash.camelcase';
+import { LDReactOptions } from './types';
 
 /**
  * Transforms a set of flags so that their keys are camelCased. This function ignores
@@ -20,4 +21,31 @@ export const camelCaseKeys = (rawFlags: LDFlagSet) => {
   return flags;
 };
 
-export default { camelCaseKeys };
+/**
+ * Gets the flags to pass to the provider from the changeset.
+ *
+ * @param changes the `LDFlagChangeset` from the ldClient onchange handler.
+ * @param targetFlags if targetFlags are specified, changes to other flags are ignored and not returned in the
+ * flattened `LDFlagSet`
+ * @param reactOptions reactOptions.useCamelCaseFlagKeys determines whether to change the flag keys to camelCase
+ * @return an `LDFlagSet` with the current flag values from the LDFlagChangeset filtered by `targetFlags`. The returned
+ * object may be empty `{}` if none of the targetFlags were changed.
+ */
+export const getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset = (
+  changes: LDFlagChangeset,
+  targetFlags: LDFlagSet | undefined,
+  reactOptions: LDReactOptions,
+): LDFlagSet => {
+  const flattened: LDFlagSet = {};
+  for (const key in changes) {
+    if (targetFlags === undefined || targetFlags[key] !== undefined) {
+      // tslint:disable-next-line:no-unsafe-any
+      const flagKey = reactOptions.useCamelCaseFlagKeys ? camelCase(key) : key;
+      flattened[flagKey] = changes[key].current;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return flattened;
+};
+
+export default { camelCaseKeys, getFlattenedFlagsFromChangeset };