diff --git a/include/sway/config.h b/include/sway/config.h
index c3a916b1c..ba49b9a07 100644
--- a/include/sway/config.h
+++ b/include/sway/config.h
@@ -224,7 +224,12 @@ enum ipc_feature {
 	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_MODE = 1024,
 	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_WINDOW = 2048,
 	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_BINDING = 4096,
-	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_INPUT = 8192
+	IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_INPUT = 8192,
+
+	IPC_FEATURE_ALL_COMMANDS = 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128,
+	IPC_FEATURE_ALL_EVENTS = 256 | 512 | 1024 | 2048 | 4096 | 8192,
+
+	IPC_FEATURE_ALL = IPC_FEATURE_ALL_COMMANDS | IPC_FEATURE_ALL_EVENTS,
 };
 
 struct ipc_policy {
diff --git a/sway/commands.c b/sway/commands.c
index c15cb00ad..068e8866b 100644
--- a/sway/commands.c
+++ b/sway/commands.c
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ static struct cmd_handler bar_colors_handlers[] = {
 };
 
 static struct cmd_handler ipc_handlers[] = {
+	{ "*", cmd_ipc_cmd },
 	{ "bar-config", cmd_ipc_cmd },
 	{ "command", cmd_ipc_cmd },
 	{ "events", cmd_ipc_events },
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ static struct cmd_handler ipc_handlers[] = {
 };
 
 static struct cmd_handler ipc_event_handlers[] = {
+	{ "*", cmd_ipc_event_cmd },
 	{ "binding", cmd_ipc_event_cmd },
 	{ "input", cmd_ipc_event_cmd },
 	{ "mode", cmd_ipc_event_cmd },
diff --git a/sway/commands/ipc.c b/sway/commands/ipc.c
index 6b29706e9..d49aab64d 100644
--- a/sway/commands/ipc.c
+++ b/sway/commands/ipc.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_ipc(int argc, char **argv) {
 	}
 
 	current_policy = alloc_ipc_policy(program);
+	list_add(config->ipc_policies, current_policy);
 
 	return cmd_results_new(CMD_BLOCK_IPC, NULL, NULL);
 }
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_ipc_cmd(int argc, char **argv) {
 		char *name;
 		enum ipc_feature type;
 	} types[] = {
+		{ "*", IPC_FEATURE_ALL_COMMANDS },
 		{ "command", IPC_FEATURE_COMMAND },
 		{ "workspaces", IPC_FEATURE_GET_WORKSPACES },
 		{ "outputs", IPC_FEATURE_GET_OUTPUTS },
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ struct cmd_results *cmd_ipc_event_cmd(int argc, char **argv) {
 		char *name;
 		enum ipc_feature type;
 	} types[] = {
+		{ "*", IPC_FEATURE_ALL_EVENTS },
 		{ "workspace", IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_WORKSPACE },
 		{ "output", IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_OUTPUT },
 		{ "mode", IPC_FEATURE_EVENT_MODE },