diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8879e461..67da3bd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Size of data packets is limited to 65535 bytes.
 - Update interval is now expressed as centiseconds, in accordance with the babel
   RFC.
+- Update filters now allow retractions for a route from any router-id.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/src/filters.rs b/src/filters.rs
index 35b7123d..516aeb04 100644
--- a/src/filters.rs
+++ b/src/filters.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,16 @@ impl RouteUpdateFilter for AllowedSubnet {
 }
 
 /// Limit the announced subnets to those which contain the derived IP from the `RouterId`.
+///
+/// Since retractions can be sent by any node to indicate they don't have a route for the subnet,
+/// these are also allowed.
 pub struct RouterIdOwnsSubnet;
 
 impl RouteUpdateFilter for RouterIdOwnsSubnet {
     fn allow(&self, update: &babel::Update) -> bool {
-        update
-            .subnet()
-            .contains_ip(update.router_id().to_pubkey().address().into())
+        update.metric().is_infinite()
+            || update
+                .subnet()
+                .contains_ip(update.router_id().to_pubkey().address().into())
     }
 }