diff --git a/src/website/webview/migrations/0001_initial.py b/src/website/webview/migrations/0001_initial.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..441786b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/website/webview/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.16 on 2025-04-30 14:20
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ('shared', '0047_alter_cvederivationclusterproposal_status_and_more'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Profile',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('subscriptions', models.ManyToManyField(related_name='subscribers', to='shared.nixpkgsissue')),
+                ('user', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL)),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/src/website/webview/models.py b/src/website/webview/models.py
index 6b202199..248936ce 100644
--- a/src/website/webview/models.py
+++ b/src/website/webview/models.py
@@ -1 +1,14 @@
 # Create your models here.
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.db import models
+from shared.models import NixpkgsIssue
+
+
+class Profile(models.Model):
+    """
+    Profile associated to a user, storing extra non-auth-related data such as
+    active issue subscriptions.
+    """
+
+    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)
+    subscriptions = models.ManyToManyField(NixpkgsIssue, related_name="subscribers")
diff --git a/src/website/webview/templates/issue_detail.html b/src/website/webview/templates/issue_detail.html
index 704b5981..645cbc98 100644
--- a/src/website/webview/templates/issue_detail.html
+++ b/src/website/webview/templates/issue_detail.html
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
+{% load viewutils %}
 
 {% block title %}
 {{ issue }}
@@ -6,6 +7,26 @@
 
 {% block content %}
 
+<div id="subscribe-panel">
+  <form
+    method="post"
+    action=""
+    hx-indicator="find .state-change-indicator"
+    hx-params="not no-js"
+    autocomplete="off"
+  >
+  <input type="hidden" name="no-js">
+  {% csrf_token %}
+  <input type="hidden" name="nixpkgs_issue_id" value="{{ object.id }}">
+
+  {% if user|is_subscribed_to:object %}
+  <button name="subscribe" value="unsubscribe">Unsubscribe</button>
+  {% elif user.is_authenticated %}
+  <button name="subscribe" value="subscribe">Subscribe</button>
+  {% endif %}
+  </form>
+</div>
+
 <h1>{{ object.code }}</h1>
 
 <p>{{ object.description.value }}</p>
diff --git a/src/website/webview/templatetags/viewutils.py b/src/website/webview/templatetags/viewutils.py
index 484d820c..b82cbf8b 100644
--- a/src/website/webview/templatetags/viewutils.py
+++ b/src/website/webview/templatetags/viewutils.py
@@ -1,16 +1,20 @@
 import datetime
 import json
+from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Any, TypedDict, cast
 
 from django import template
 from django.template.context import Context
 from shared.auth import isadmin, ismaintainer
 from shared.listeners.cache_suggestions import parse_drv_name
+from shared.models import NixpkgsIssue
 from shared.models.cve import AffectedProduct
 from shared.models.linkage import (
     CVEDerivationClusterProposal,
 )
 
+logger = getLogger(__name__)
+
 register = template.Library()
 
 
@@ -123,6 +127,18 @@ def is_maintainer_or_admin(user: Any) -> bool:
     return is_maintainer(user) or is_admin(user)
 
 
+@register.filter
+def is_subscribed_to(user: Any, issue: NixpkgsIssue) -> bool:
+    if user is None or user.is_anonymous:
+        return False
+    else:
+        profile = user.profile
+        if profile is None:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return profile.subscriptions.filter(id=issue.id).exists()
+
+
 @register.inclusion_tag("components/suggestion.html", takes_context=True)
 def suggestion(
     context: Context,
diff --git a/src/website/webview/views.py b/src/website/webview/views.py
index d3d79091..8fc6fa0d 100644
--- a/src/website/webview/views.py
+++ b/src/website/webview/views.py
@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@
 
 from django.core.validators import RegexValidator
 from django.db import transaction
+from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.urls import reverse
 from shared.github import create_gh_issue
 from shared.logs import SuggestionActivityLog
 from shared.models.cached import CachedSuggestions
 
+from webview.models import Profile
+
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
     # prevent typecheck from failing on some historic type
     # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60271481/django-mypy-valuesqueryset-type-hint
@@ -426,6 +429,39 @@ def get_cves_for_derivation(self, drv: Any) -> QuerySet | None:
         existing_cves = Container.objects.filter(cve__cve_id__in=cves)
         return existing_cves or None
 
+    def post(self, request: HttpRequest, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> HttpResponse:
+        if not request.user:
+            return HttpResponseForbidden()
+
+        user = request.user
+        nixpkgs_issue_id = request.POST.get("nixpkgs_issue_id")
+        subscribe = request.POST.get("subscribe")
+        nixpkgs_issue = get_object_or_404(NixpkgsIssue, id=nixpkgs_issue_id)
+
+        if subscribe == "subscribe":
+            profile, _ = Profile.objects.get_or_create(user=user)
+            profile.subscriptions.add(nixpkgs_issue_id)
+            profile.save()
+        elif subscribe == "unsubscribe":
+            try:
+                profile = Profile.objects.get(user=user)
+                profile.subscriptions.remove(nixpkgs_issue)
+                profile.save()
+            except Profile.DoesNotExist:
+                # This can't really happen from the interface since the
+                # Unsubscribe button is only visible when the user is subscribed
+                # to said issue. We log it but we don't bother showing the user
+                # an error message.
+                logger.error(
+                    f"Tried to unsubscribe user {user.id} from issue #{nixpkgs_issue_id} but user doesn't have a profile"
+                )
+        else:
+            logger.warn(
+                f"Ignoring subscription action with unexpected `subscribe` value: {subscribe}"
+            )
+
+        return render(request, "issue_detail.html", {"object": nixpkgs_issue})
+
 
 class NixpkgsIssueListView(ListView):
     template_name = "issue_list.html"