diff --git a/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c b/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
index 134c967a..1f869557 100644
--- a/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
+++ b/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ void corerouter_close_peer(struct uwsgi_corerouter *ucr, struct corerouter_peer
         }
 
 	if (peer->failed) {
-		
 		if (peer->soopt) {
                         if (!ucr->quiet)
                                 uwsgi_log("[uwsgi-%s] unable to connect() to node \"%.*s\" (%d retries): %s\n", ucr->short_name, (int) peer->instance_address_len, peer->instance_address, peer->retries, strerror(peer->soopt));
diff --git a/plugins/corerouter/cr.h b/plugins/corerouter/cr.h
index a67a1563..d8419c93 100644
--- a/plugins/corerouter/cr.h
+++ b/plugins/corerouter/cr.h
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ struct uwsgi_corerouter {
         char *resubscribe_bind;
 
 	size_t buffer_size;
-
+	int fallback_on_no_key;
 };
 
 // a session is started when a client connect to the router
diff --git a/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c b/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
index 47a52712..2c2537fb 100644
--- a/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
+++ b/plugins/fastrouter/fastrouter.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ static struct uwsgi_option fastrouter_options[] = {
 	{"fastrouter-resubscribe-bind", required_argument, 0, "bind to the specified address when re-subscribing", uwsgi_opt_set_str, &ufr.cr.resubscribe_bind, 0},
 
 	{"fastrouter-buffer-size", required_argument, 0, "set internal buffer size (default: page size)", uwsgi_opt_set_64bit, &ufr.cr.buffer_size, 0},
+	{"fastrouter-fallback-on-no-key", no_argument, 0, "move to fallback node even if a subscription key is not found", uwsgi_opt_true, &ufr.cr.fallback_on_no_key, 0},
 	{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 };
 
@@ -226,8 +227,15 @@ static ssize_t fr_recv_uwsgi_vars(struct corerouter_peer *main_peer) {
 			return -1;
 
 		// check instance
-		if (new_peer->instance_address_len == 0)
+		if (new_peer->instance_address_len == 0) {
+			if (ufr.cr.fallback_on_no_key) {
+				new_peer->failed = 1;
+				new_peer->can_retry = 1;
+				corerouter_close_peer(&ufr.cr, new_peer);
+				return len;
+			}
 			return -1;
+		}
 
 		new_peer->can_retry = 1;