diff --git a/jetstream/internal_mod.ts b/jetstream/internal_mod.ts
index e88bf2d5..fc37bde7 100644
--- a/jetstream/internal_mod.ts
+++ b/jetstream/internal_mod.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ export type {
   KvOptions,
   KvPutOptions,
   KvStatus,
+  KvWatchInclude,
   KvWatchOptions,
   ObjectInfo,
   ObjectResult,
diff --git a/jetstream/kv.ts b/jetstream/kv.ts
index 6ec1b6b6..e751d5c7 100644
--- a/jetstream/kv.ts
+++ b/jetstream/kv.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
  */
 
 import {
+  ErrorCode,
   MsgHdrs,
   NatsConnection,
   NatsError,
   Payload,
+  QueuedIterator,
 } from "../nats-base-client/core.ts";
 import { millis, nanos } from "./jsutil.ts";
 import { QueuedIteratorImpl } from "../nats-base-client/queued_iterator.ts";
@@ -39,12 +41,13 @@ import {
   KvPutOptions,
   KvRemove,
   KvStatus,
+  KvWatchInclude,
+  KvWatchOptions,
   StoredMsg,
 } from "./types.ts";
 import { compare, Feature, parseSemVer } from "../nats-base-client/semver.ts";
 import { deferred } from "../nats-base-client/util.ts";
 import { Empty } from "../nats-base-client/encoders.ts";
-import { ErrorCode, QueuedIterator } from "../nats-base-client/core.ts";
 import {
   AckPolicy,
   ConsumerConfig,
@@ -612,16 +615,22 @@ export class Bucket implements KV, KvRemove {
 
   _buildCC(
     k: string,
-    history = false,
+    content: KvWatchInclude,
     opts: Partial<ConsumerConfig> = {},
   ): Partial<ConsumerConfig> {
     const ek = this.encodeKey(k);
     this.validateSearchKey(k);
 
+    let deliver_policy = DeliverPolicy.LastPerSubject;
+    if (content === KvWatchInclude.AllHistory) {
+      deliver_policy = DeliverPolicy.All;
+    }
+    if (content === KvWatchInclude.UpdatesOnly) {
+      deliver_policy = DeliverPolicy.New;
+    }
+
     return Object.assign({
-      "deliver_policy": history
-        ? DeliverPolicy.All
-        : DeliverPolicy.LastPerSubject,
+      deliver_policy,
       "ack_policy": AckPolicy.None,
       "filter_subject": this.fullKeyName(ek),
       "flow_control": true,
@@ -647,7 +656,7 @@ export class Bucket implements KV, KvRemove {
     };
     let count = 0;
 
-    const cc = this._buildCC(k, true, co);
+    const cc = this._buildCC(k, KvWatchInclude.AllHistory, co);
     const subj = cc.filter_subject!;
     const copts = consumerOpts(cc);
     copts.bindStream(this.stream);
@@ -711,21 +720,25 @@ export class Bucket implements KV, KvRemove {
   }
 
   async watch(
-    opts: {
-      key?: string;
-      headers_only?: boolean;
-      initializedFn?: () => void;
-    } = {},
+    opts: KvWatchOptions = {},
   ): Promise<QueuedIterator<KvEntry>> {
     const k = opts.key ?? ">";
     const qi = new QueuedIteratorImpl<KvEntry>();
     const co = {} as Partial<ConsumerConfig>;
     co.headers_only = opts.headers_only || false;
 
+    let content = KvWatchInclude.LastValue;
+    if (opts.include === KvWatchInclude.AllHistory) {
+      content = KvWatchInclude.AllHistory;
+    } else if (opts.include === KvWatchInclude.UpdatesOnly) {
+      content = KvWatchInclude.UpdatesOnly;
+    }
+    const ignoreDeletes = opts.ignoreDeletes === true;
+
     let fn = opts.initializedFn;
     let count = 0;
 
-    const cc = this._buildCC(k, false, co);
+    const cc = this._buildCC(k, content, co);
     const subj = cc.filter_subject!;
     const copts = consumerOpts(cc);
     copts.bindStream(this.stream);
@@ -738,6 +751,9 @@ export class Bucket implements KV, KvRemove {
       }
       if (jm) {
         const e = this.jmToEntry(jm);
+        if (ignoreDeletes && e.operation === "DEL") {
+          return;
+        }
         qi.push(e);
         qi.received++;
 
@@ -793,7 +809,9 @@ export class Bucket implements KV, KvRemove {
 
   async keys(k = ">"): Promise<QueuedIterator<string>> {
     const keys = new QueuedIteratorImpl<string>();
-    const cc = this._buildCC(k, false, { headers_only: true });
+    const cc = this._buildCC(k, KvWatchInclude.LastValue, {
+      headers_only: true,
+    });
     const subj = cc.filter_subject!;
     const copts = consumerOpts(cc);
     copts.bindStream(this.stream);
diff --git a/jetstream/mod.ts b/jetstream/mod.ts
index 802cead3..29d27d2e 100644
--- a/jetstream/mod.ts
+++ b/jetstream/mod.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export type {
   KvOptions,
   KvPutOptions,
   KvStatus,
+  KvWatchInclude,
   KvWatchOptions,
   LastForMsgRequest,
   Lister,
diff --git a/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts b/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts
index ec46f5e3..14326cd8 100644
--- a/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts
+++ b/jetstream/tests/kv_test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ import { QueuedIteratorImpl } from "../../nats-base-client/queued_iterator.ts";
 import { connect } from "../../src/mod.ts";
 import { JSONCodec } from "https://deno.land/x/nats@v1.10.2/nats-base-client/codec.ts";
 import { JetStreamOptions } from "../../nats-base-client/core.ts";
-import { JetStreamSubscriptionInfoable, kvPrefix } from "../types.ts";
+import {
+  JetStreamSubscriptionInfoable,
+  kvPrefix,
+  KvWatchInclude,
+} from "../types.ts";
 
 Deno.test("kv - key validation", () => {
   const bad = [
@@ -1780,3 +1784,113 @@ Deno.test("kv - metadata", async () => {
   assertEquals(status.metadata?.hello, "world");
   await cleanup(ns, nc);
 });
+
+Deno.test("kv - watch updates only", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf({}, true));
+
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  const kv = await js.views.kv("K");
+
+  await kv.put("a", "a");
+  await kv.put("b", "b");
+
+  const d = deferred();
+  const iter = await kv.watch({
+    include: KvWatchInclude.UpdatesOnly,
+    initializedFn: () => {
+      d.resolve();
+    },
+  });
+
+  const notifications: string[] = [];
+  (async () => {
+    for await (const e of iter) {
+      notifications.push(e.key);
+    }
+  })().then();
+  await d;
+  await kv.put("c", "c");
+  await delay(1000);
+
+  assertEquals(notifications.length, 1);
+  assertEquals(notifications[0], "c");
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});
+
+Deno.test("kv - watch history", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf({}, true));
+
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  const kv = await js.views.kv("K", { history: 10 });
+
+  await kv.put("a", "a");
+  await kv.put("a", "aa");
+  await kv.put("a", "aaa");
+  await kv.delete("a");
+
+  const iter = await kv.watch({
+    include: KvWatchInclude.AllHistory,
+  });
+
+  const notifications: string[] = [];
+  (async () => {
+    for await (const e of iter) {
+      if (e.operation === "DEL") {
+        notifications.push(`${e.key}=del`);
+      } else {
+        notifications.push(`${e.key}=${e.string()}`);
+      }
+    }
+  })().then();
+  await kv.put("c", "c");
+  await delay(1000);
+
+  assertEquals(notifications.length, 5);
+  assertEquals(notifications[0], "a=a");
+  assertEquals(notifications[1], "a=aa");
+  assertEquals(notifications[2], "a=aaa");
+  assertEquals(notifications[3], "a=del");
+  assertEquals(notifications[4], "c=c");
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});
+
+Deno.test("kv - watch history no deletes", async () => {
+  const { ns, nc } = await setup(jetstreamServerConf({}, true));
+
+  const js = nc.jetstream();
+  const kv = await js.views.kv("K", { history: 10 });
+
+  await kv.put("a", "a");
+  await kv.put("a", "aa");
+  await kv.put("a", "aaa");
+  await kv.delete("a");
+
+  const iter = await kv.watch({
+    include: KvWatchInclude.AllHistory,
+    ignoreDeletes: true,
+  });
+
+  const notifications: string[] = [];
+  (async () => {
+    for await (const e of iter) {
+      if (e.operation === "DEL") {
+        notifications.push(`${e.key}=del`);
+      } else {
+        notifications.push(`${e.key}=${e.string()}`);
+      }
+    }
+  })().then();
+  await kv.put("c", "c");
+  await kv.delete("c");
+  await delay(1000);
+
+  assertEquals(notifications.length, 4);
+  assertEquals(notifications[0], "a=a");
+  assertEquals(notifications[1], "a=aa");
+  assertEquals(notifications[2], "a=aaa");
+  assertEquals(notifications[3], "c=c");
+
+  await cleanup(ns, nc);
+});
diff --git a/jetstream/types.ts b/jetstream/types.ts
index e233158e..311dff94 100644
--- a/jetstream/types.ts
+++ b/jetstream/types.ts
@@ -1087,6 +1087,22 @@ export interface KvRemove {
   remove(k: string): Promise<void>;
 }
 
+export enum KvWatchInclude {
+  /**
+   * Include the last value for all the keys
+   */
+  LastValue = "",
+  /**
+   * Include all available history for all keys
+   */
+  AllHistory = "history",
+  /**
+   * Don't include history or last values, only notify
+   * of updates
+   */
+  UpdatesOnly = "updates",
+}
+
 export type KvWatchOptions = {
   /**
    * A key or wildcarded key following keys as if they were NATS subject names.
@@ -1099,9 +1115,17 @@ export type KvWatchOptions = {
   /**
    * A callback that notifies when the watch has yielded all the initial values.
    * Subsequent notifications are updates since the initial watch was established.
-   * @deprecated
    */
   initializedFn?: () => void;
+  /**
+   * Skips notifying deletes.
+   * @default: false
+   */
+  ignoreDeletes?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Specify what to include in the watcher, by default all last values.
+   */
+  include?: KvWatchInclude;
 };
 
 export interface RoKV {