diff --git a/src/tmp/wokkel/pubsub.py b/src/tmp/wokkel/pubsub.py
index 22345123..94ee0388 100755
--- a/src/tmp/wokkel/pubsub.py
+++ b/src/tmp/wokkel/pubsub.py
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ class PubSubRequest(generic.Stanza):
 
     verb = None
 
-    affiliations = None
     items = None
     itemIdentifiers = None
     maxItems = None
@@ -615,6 +614,11 @@ class PubSubRequest(generic.Stanza):
 
                 self.affiliations[entity] = affiliation
 
+    def _render_affiliations(self, verbElement):
+        for entity, affiliation in self.affiliations.iteritems():
+            affiliationElement = verbElement.addElement((NS_PUBSUB_OWNER, 'affiliation'))
+            affiliationElement['jid'] = entity.full()
+            affiliationElement['affiliation'] = affiliation
 
     def _parse_notify(self, verbElement):
         value = verbElement.getAttribute('notify')