diff --git a/r2r/src/nodes.rs b/r2r/src/nodes.rs
index 5f3e8f8..0e417b4 100644
--- a/r2r/src/nodes.rs
+++ b/r2r/src/nodes.rs
@@ -541,6 +541,30 @@ impl Node {
         Ok(receiver)
     }
 
+    /// Subscribe to a ROS topic.
+    ///
+    /// This function returns a `Stream` of ros messages as non-deserialized `Vec<u8>`:s.
+    /// Useful if you just want to pass the data along to another part of the system.
+    pub fn subscribe_raw(
+        &mut self, topic: &str, topic_type: &str, qos_profile: QosProfile,
+    ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Vec<u8>> + Unpin> {
+        // TODO is it possible to handle the raw message without type support?
+        //
+        // Passing null ts to rcl_subscription_init throws an error ..
+        let msg = WrappedNativeMsgUntyped::new_from(topic_type)?;
+
+        let subscription_handle =
+            create_subscription_helper(self.node_handle.as_mut(), topic, msg.ts, qos_profile)?;
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel::<Vec<u8>>(10);
+
+        let ws = RawSubscriber {
+            rcl_handle: subscription_handle,
+            sender,
+        };
+        self.subscribers.push(Box::new(ws));
+        Ok(receiver)
+    }
+
     /// Create a ROS service.
     ///
     /// This function returns a `Stream` of `ServiceRequest`:s. Call
diff --git a/r2r/src/subscribers.rs b/r2r/src/subscribers.rs
index 5367ab0..16258c0 100644
--- a/r2r/src/subscribers.rs
+++ b/r2r/src/subscribers.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ pub struct UntypedSubscriber {
     pub sender: mpsc::Sender<Result<serde_json::Value>>,
 }
 
+pub struct RawSubscriber {
+    pub rcl_handle: rcl_subscription_t,
+    pub sender: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
+}
+
+
 impl<T: 'static> Subscriber_ for TypedSubscriber<T>
 where
     T: WrappedTypesupport,
@@ -179,6 +185,105 @@ impl Subscriber_ for UntypedSubscriber {
     }
 }
 
+impl Subscriber_ for RawSubscriber {
+    fn handle(&self) -> &rcl_subscription_t {
+        &self.rcl_handle
+    }
+
+    fn handle_incoming(&mut self) -> bool {
+
+        // This code is based on:
+        //
+        // https://github.com/josephduchesne/rclpy/blob/502e2135498460dd4c74cf3a6fa543590364a1fe/rclpy/src/rclpy/_rclpy.c#L2612-L2649
+
+        let mut msg_info = rmw_message_info_t::default(); // we dont care for now
+
+        let mut msg: rcl_serialized_message_t = unsafe { rcutils_get_zero_initialized_uint8_array() };
+        let allocator: rcutils_allocator_t = unsafe { rcutils_get_default_allocator() };
+        let ret: rcl_ret_t = unsafe {
+            rcutils_uint8_array_init(&mut msg as *mut rcl_serialized_message_t, 0, &allocator)
+        };
+
+        if ret != RCL_RET_OK as i32 {
+            log::error!("Failed to initialize message: {:?}", unsafe { rcutils_get_error_string().str_ });
+            unsafe { rcutils_reset_error() };
+
+            let r_fini: rmw_ret_t = unsafe { 
+                rcutils_uint8_array_fini(&mut msg as *mut rcl_serialized_message_t)
+            };
+
+            if r_fini != RMW_RET_OK as i32 {
+                log::error!("Failed to deallocate message buffer: {r_fini}");
+            }
+            return false;
+          }
+
+        let ret = unsafe {
+            rcl_take_serialized_message(
+                &self.rcl_handle,
+                &mut msg as *mut rcl_serialized_message_t,
+                &mut msg_info, 
+                std::ptr::null_mut())
+        };
+        if ret != RCL_RET_OK as i32 {
+            log::error!(
+                "Failed to take_serialized from a subscription: {:?}", 
+                unsafe { rcutils_get_error_string().str_ });
+
+            //   rcl_reset_error();
+            unsafe { rcutils_reset_error() };
+
+            let r_fini: rmw_ret_t = unsafe {
+                rcutils_uint8_array_fini(&mut msg as *mut rcl_serialized_message_t)
+            };
+
+            if r_fini != RMW_RET_OK as i32 {
+                log::error!("Failed to deallocate message buffer: {r_fini}");
+            }
+
+            return false;
+    }
+
+        // TODO put rcutils_uint8_array_fini in a message drop guard?
+        //
+        // Or is is safe to deallocate with Vec::drop instead of rcutils_uint8_array_fini?
+
+        // let data_bytes = unsafe {
+        //     Vec::from_raw_parts(msg.buffer, msg.buffer_length, msg.buffer_capacity)
+        // };
+
+        let data_bytes =  unsafe {
+            std::slice::from_raw_parts(msg.buffer, msg.buffer_length).to_vec()
+        };
+
+        let r_fini: rmw_ret_t  = unsafe {
+            rcutils_uint8_array_fini(&mut msg as *mut rcl_serialized_message_t)
+        };
+
+        if r_fini != RMW_RET_OK as i32 {
+            log::error!("Failed to deallocate message buffer: {r_fini}");
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if let Err(e) = self.sender.try_send(data_bytes) {
+            if e.is_disconnected() {
+                // user dropped the handle to the stream, signal removal.
+                return true;
+            }
+            log::debug!("error {:?}", e)
+        }
+        
+        false
+    }
+
+    fn destroy(&mut self, node: &mut rcl_node_t) {
+        unsafe {
+            rcl_subscription_fini(&mut self.rcl_handle, node);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn create_subscription_helper(
     node: &mut rcl_node_t, topic: &str, ts: *const rosidl_message_type_support_t,
     qos_profile: QosProfile,
@@ -203,3 +308,4 @@ pub fn create_subscription_helper(
         Err(Error::from_rcl_error(result))
     }
 }
+
diff --git a/r2r/tests/tokio_testing.rs b/r2r/tests/tokio_testing.rs
index 0736cb5..db99d7a 100644
--- a/r2r/tests/tokio_testing.rs
+++ b/r2r/tests/tokio_testing.rs
@@ -61,3 +61,81 @@ async fn tokio_testing() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     assert_eq!(x, 19);
     Ok(())
 }
+
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread")]
+async fn tokio_subscribe_raw_testing() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let mut node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+    
+    let mut sub_int =
+        node.subscribe_raw("/int", "std_msgs/msg/Int32", QosProfile::default())?;
+
+    let mut sub_array =
+        node.subscribe_raw("/int_array", "std_msgs/msg/Int32MultiArray", QosProfile::default())?;
+
+    let pub_int =
+        node.create_publisher::<r2r::std_msgs::msg::Int32>("/int", QosProfile::default())?;
+
+    // Use an array as well since its a variable sized type
+    let pub_array =
+        node.create_publisher::<r2r::std_msgs::msg::Int32MultiArray>("/int_array", QosProfile::default())?;
+
+
+    task::spawn(async move {
+        (0..10).for_each(|i| {
+            pub_int
+                .publish(&r2r::std_msgs::msg::Int32 { data: i })
+                .unwrap();
+
+            pub_array.publish(&r2r::std_msgs::msg::Int32MultiArray { 
+                layout: r2r::std_msgs::msg::MultiArrayLayout::default(),
+                data: vec![i] 
+            })
+            .unwrap();
+        });
+    });
+
+     
+    let sub_int_handle = task::spawn(async move {
+        while let Some(msg) = sub_int.next().await {
+            println!("Got int msg of len {}", msg.len());
+
+            // assert_eq!(msg.len(), 4);
+            // TODO is there padding or something?
+            assert_eq!(msg.len(), 8);
+            
+            // assert_eq!(msg,)
+  
+        }
+
+        panic!("int msg finished");
+    });
+
+    let sub_array_handle = task::spawn(async move {
+        while let Some(msg) = sub_array.next().await {
+
+            println!("Got array msg of len {}", msg.len());
+            // assert_eq!(msg.data, )
+  
+        }
+
+        panic!("array msg finished");
+    });
+
+    let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        for _ in 1..=30 {
+            node.spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
+
+        }
+
+    });
+
+    handle.join().unwrap();
+
+    // This means something panicked ..
+    assert!(!sub_int_handle.is_finished());
+    assert!(!sub_array_handle.is_finished());
+
+    Ok(())
+}