diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0a85bfa6..e444b8b4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 description = "Control system agnostic framework for building Device support in Python that will work for both EPICS and Tango"
 dependencies = [
+    "aiozmq",
     "numpy",
     "pydantic",
     "pvi~=0.7.1",
     "softioc",
+    "zmq",
 ] # Add project dependencies here, e.g. ["click", "numpy"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 license.file = "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/fastcs/connections/__init__.py b/src/fastcs/connections/__init__.py
index b4880c83..00cd7621 100644
--- a/src/fastcs/connections/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fastcs/connections/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .ip_connection import IPConnection
+from .zmq_connection import ZMQConnection
 
-__all__ = ["IPConnection"]
+__all__ = ["IPConnection", "ZMQConnection"]
diff --git a/src/fastcs/connections/zmq_connection.py b/src/fastcs/connections/zmq_connection.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cee38c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fastcs/connections/zmq_connection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+"""ZeroMQ adapter for use in a stream device."""
+
+import asyncio
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Iterable, List, Optional
+
+import aiozmq
+import zmq
+
+
+@dataclass
+class ZMQConnection:
+    """An adapter for a ZeroMQ data stream."""
+
+    zmq_host: str = "127.0.0.1"
+    zmq_port: int = 5555
+    zmq_type: int = zmq.DEALER
+    running: bool = False
+
+    def get_setup(self) -> None:
+        """Print out the current configuration."""
+        print(
+            f"""
+Host: {self.zmq_host}
+Port: {self.zmq_port}
+Type: {self.zmq_type.name}
+Running: {self.running}
+"""
+        )
+
+    async def start_stream(self) -> None:
+        """Start the ZeroMQ stream."""
+        print("starting stream...")
+
+        self._socket = await aiozmq.create_zmq_stream(
+            self.zmq_type, connect=f"tcp://{self.zmq_host}:{self.zmq_port}"
+        )  # type: ignore
+        if self.zmq_type == zmq.SUB:
+            self._socket.transport.setsockopt(zmq.SUBSCRIBE, b"")
+        self._socket.transport.setsockopt(zmq.LINGER, 0)
+
+        print(f"Stream started. {self._socket}")
+
+    async def close_stream(self) -> None:
+        """Close the ZeroMQ stream."""
+        self._socket.close()
+
+        self.running = False
+
+    def send_message(self, message: List[bytes]) -> None:
+        """
+        Send a message down the ZeroMQ stream.
+
+        Sets up an asyncio task to put the message on the message queue, before
+        being processed.
+
+        Args:
+            message (str): The message to send down the ZeroMQ stream.
+        """
+        self._send_message_queue.put_nowait(message)
+
+    async def _read_response(self) -> Optional[bytes]:
+        """
+        Read and return a response once received on the socket.
+
+        Returns:
+            Optional[bytes]: If received, a response is returned, else None
+        """
+        if self.zmq_type is not zmq.DEALER:
+            try:
+                resp = await asyncio.wait_for(self._socket.read(), timeout=20)
+                return resp[0]
+            except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                pass
+        else:
+            discard = True
+            while discard:
+                try:
+                    multipart_resp = await asyncio.wait_for(
+                        self._socket.read(), timeout=20
+                    )
+                    if multipart_resp[0] == b"":
+                        discard = False
+                        resp = multipart_resp[1]
+                        return resp
+                except asyncio.TimeoutError:
+                    pass
+        return None
+
+    async def get_response(self) -> bytes:
+        """
+        Get response from the received message queue.
+
+        Returns:
+            bytes: Received response message
+        """
+        return await self._recv_message_queue.get()
+
+    async def run_forever(self) -> None:
+        """Run the ZeroMQ adapter continuously."""
+        self._send_message_queue: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._recv_message_queue: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue()
+
+        try:
+            if getattr(self, "_socket", None) is None:
+                await self.start_stream()
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Exception when starting stream:", e)
+
+        self.running = True
+
+        if self.zmq_type == zmq.DEALER:
+            await asyncio.gather(
+                *[
+                    self._process_message_queue(),
+                    self._process_response_queue(),
+                ]
+            )
+        elif self.zmq_type == zmq.SUB:
+            await asyncio.gather(
+                *[
+                    self._process_response_queue(),
+                ]
+            )
+
+    def check_if_running(self):
+        """Return the running state of the adapter."""
+        return self.running
+
+    async def _process_message_queue(self) -> None:
+        """Process message queue for sending messages over the ZeroMQ stream."""
+        print("Processing message queue...")
+        running = True
+        while running:
+            message = await self._send_message_queue.get()
+            await self._process_message(message)
+            running = self.check_if_running()
+
+    async def _process_message(self, message: Iterable[bytes]) -> None:
+        """Process message to send over the ZeroMQ stream.
+
+        Args:
+            message (Iterable[bytes]): Message to send over the ZeroMQ stream.
+        """
+        if message is not None:
+            if not self._socket._closing:
+                try:
+                    if self.zmq_type is not zmq.DEALER:
+                        self._socket.write(message)
+                    else:
+                        self._socket._transport._zmq_sock.send(b"", flags=zmq.SNDMORE)
+                        self._socket.write(message)
+                except zmq.error.ZMQError as e:
+                    print("ZMQ Error", e)
+                    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(f"Error, {e}")
+                    print("Unable to write to ZMQ stream, trying again...")
+                    await asyncio.sleep(1)
+            else:
+                print("Socket closed...")
+                await asyncio.sleep(5)
+        else:
+            print("No message")
+
+    async def _process_response_queue(self) -> None:
+        """Process response message queue from the ZeroMQ stream."""
+        print("Processing response queue...")
+        running = True
+        while running:
+            resp = await self._read_response()
+            if resp is None:
+                continue
+            self._recv_message_queue.put_nowait(resp)
+            running = self.check_if_running()