diff --git a/go_test.mod b/go_test.mod
index 9de5e151e..a879c15a2 100644
--- a/go_test.mod
+++ b/go_test.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2
-	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.8.5-0.20220729163007-8aee7d5e51d4
+	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.8.5-0.20220803150712-d7847c97c116
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0
diff --git a/go_test.sum b/go_test.sum
index 8fa507d3b..ece6fa6e1 100644
--- a/go_test.sum
+++ b/go_test.sum
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2 h1:Aak5U0nElisjDCfPSG79Tgzkn2gl66NxOMspRrKnA
 github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2/go.mod h1:BQskDq+xkJ12lmlUUi7U0M5Swg3EWR+dLTk+kldvVxY=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.3.0 h1:z2mA1a7tIf5ShggOFlR1oBPgd6hGqcDYsISxZByUzdI=
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:0tqz9Hlu6bCBFLWAASKhE5vUA4c24L9KPUUgvwumE/k=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.8.5-0.20220729163007-8aee7d5e51d4 h1:hAhXb/iuQNPZe9y0wFift4hkiquMlNF5WuMhpoMlUUM=
-github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.8.5-0.20220729163007-8aee7d5e51d4/go.mod h1:3Yg3ApyQxPlAs1KKHKV5pobV5VtZk+TtOiUJx/iqkkg=
+github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.8.5-0.20220803150712-d7847c97c116 h1:NoZ5jkLgMNijnDh96QENq4M06AF34GXlvaYtHGXm/Jk=
+github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.8.5-0.20220803150712-d7847c97c116/go.mod h1:3Yg3ApyQxPlAs1KKHKV5pobV5VtZk+TtOiUJx/iqkkg=
 github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.16.0/go.mod h1:BPko4oXsySz4aSWeFgOHLZs3G4Jq4ZAyE6/zMCxRT6w=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0 h1:cgM5tL53EvYRU+2YLXIK0G2mJtK12Ft9oeooSZMA2G8=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:gvUNGjVcM2IPr5rCsRsC6Wb3Hr2CQAm08dsxtV6A5y4=
diff --git a/js.go b/js.go
index fc2fd480c..172779edb 100644
--- a/js.go
+++ b/js.go
@@ -169,6 +169,9 @@ const (
 	// apiMsgGetT is the endpoint to perform a direct get of a message.
 	apiDirectMsgGetT = "DIRECT.GET.%s"
 
+	// apiDirectMsgGetLastBySubjectT is the endpoint to perform a direct get of a message by subject.
+	apiDirectMsgGetLastBySubjectT = "DIRECT.GET.%s.%s"
+
 	// apiMsgDeleteT is the endpoint to remove a message.
 	apiMsgDeleteT = "STREAM.MSG.DELETE.%s"
 
diff --git a/jsm.go b/jsm.go
index 7018d0e52..faeacabb7 100644
--- a/jsm.go
+++ b/jsm.go
@@ -887,6 +887,20 @@ func (js *js) getMsg(name string, mreq *apiMsgGetRequest, opts ...JSOpt) (*RawSt
 	}
 
 	var apiSubj string
+
+	doDirectGetLastBySubject := o.directGet && mreq.LastFor != ""
+
+	if doDirectGetLastBySubject {
+		apiSubj = apiDirectMsgGetLastBySubjectT
+		dsSubj := js.apiSubj(fmt.Sprintf(apiSubj, name, mreq.LastFor))
+		r, err := js.apiRequestWithContext(o.ctx, dsSubj, nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return convertDirectGetMsgResponseToMsg(name, r)
+	}
+
 	if o.directGet {
 		apiSubj = apiDirectMsgGetT
 		mreq.NextFor = o.directNextFor
diff --git a/test/js_test.go b/test/js_test.go
index 26415e118..e5c229ae5 100644
--- a/test/js_test.go
+++ b/test/js_test.go
@@ -1408,7 +1408,6 @@ func TestJetStreamManagement(t *testing.T) {
 		expected.MaxDeliver = 1
 		expected.SampleFrequency = "30"
 		expected.MaxAckPending = 10
-		expected.MaxWaiting = 20
 		expected.HeadersOnly = true
 		expected.MaxRequestBatch = 10
 		expected.MaxRequestExpires = 2 * time.Second
@@ -7409,6 +7408,18 @@ func TestJetStreamDirectGetMsg(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := js.GetMsg("DGM", 0, nats.DirectGet()); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Empty Request") {
 		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
+
+	// Test direct get by subject by trying to get 'bar' directly
+	r, err = js.GetLastMsg("DGM", "bar", nats.DirectGet())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error getting message: %v", err)
+	}
+	if r.Subject != "bar" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected subject to be 'bar', got: %v", r.Subject)
+	}
+	if string(r.Data) != "d" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected data to be 'd', got: %v", string(r.Data))
+	}
 }
 
 func TestJetStreamConsumerReplicasOption(t *testing.T) {