diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
index 1b6aef8..20d5075 100644
--- a/test.c
+++ b/test.c
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ int onmessage(wsclient *c, wsclient_message *msg) {
 }
 
 int onopen(wsclient *c) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "onopen called.\n");
-	libwsclient_send(c, "testing::testing::demo.paydensutherland.com");
+	fprintf(stderr, "onopen called: %d\n", c->sockfd);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
-	wsclient *client = libwsclient_new("ws://ip6-localhost:8080");
+	wsclient *client = libwsclient_new("ws://websocket.mtgox.com/mtgox");
 	if(!client) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to initialize new WS client.\n");
 		exit(1);
@@ -33,6 +32,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	libwsclient_onmessage(client, &onmessage);
 	libwsclient_onerror(client, &onerror);
 	libwsclient_onclose(client, &onclose);
+	libwsclient_helper_socket(client, "test.sock");
 	libwsclient_run(client);
 	libwsclient_finish(client);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/wsclient.c b/wsclient.c
index 1e5f6ad..1a9f64e 100644
--- a/wsclient.c
+++ b/wsclient.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 
 #include <pthread.h>
 
@@ -351,6 +352,88 @@ int libwsclient_open_connection(const char *host, const char *port) {
 	return sockfd;
 }
 
+int libwsclient_helper_socket(wsclient *c, const char *path) {
+	socklen_t len;
+	int sockfd;
+	if(c->helper_sa.sun_family) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Can only bind one UNIX socket for helper program communications.\n");
+		return WS_HELPER_ALREADY_BOUND_ERR;
+	}
+	c->helper_sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+	strncpy(c->helper_sa.sun_path, path, sizeof(c->helper_sa.sun_path) - 1);
+	unlink(c->helper_sa.sun_path);
+	len = strlen(c->helper_sa.sun_path) + sizeof(c->helper_sa.sun_family);
+	sockfd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if(sockfd == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error creating UNIX socket.\n");
+		return WS_HELPER_CREATE_SOCK_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if(bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&c->helper_sa, len) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error binding UNIX socket.\n");
+		perror("bind");
+		close(sockfd);
+		memset(&c->helper_sa, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+		return WS_HELPER_BIND_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if(listen(sockfd, 5) == -1) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Error listening on UNIX socket.\n");
+		close(sockfd);
+		memset(&c->helper_sa, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
+		return WS_HELPER_LISTEN_ERR;
+	}
+
+	c->helper_sock = sockfd;
+	pthread_create(&c->helper_thread, NULL, libwsclient_helper_socket_thread, (void *)c);
+}
+
+void *libwsclient_helper_socket_thread(void *ptr) {
+	wsclient *c = ptr;
+	struct sockaddr_un remote;
+	socklen_t len;
+	int remote_sock, n, payload_idx, payload_sz;
+	char recv_buf[HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE];
+	char *payload = NULL, *payload_tmp = NULL;
+
+
+	for(;;) { //TODO: some way to cleanly break this loop
+		len = sizeof(remote);
+		if((remote_sock = accept(c->helper_sock, (struct sockaddr *)&remote, &len)) == -1) {
+			continue;
+		}
+		payload_idx = 0;
+		payload = (char *)malloc(HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE);
+		memset(payload, 0, payload_sz);
+		payload_sz = HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE;
+		do {
+			memset(recv_buf, 0, HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE);
+			n = recv(remote_sock, recv_buf, HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE - 1, 0);
+			if(n > 0) {
+				if(n + payload_idx >= payload_sz) {
+					payload_tmp = payload;
+					payload_sz += HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE;
+					payload = (char *)realloc(payload, payload_sz);
+					if(!payload) {
+						payload = payload_tmp;
+						fprintf(stderr, "Unable to realloc, data sent will be truncated.\n");
+						break;
+					}
+					memset(payload + payload_idx, 0, payload_sz - payload_idx);
+				}
+				memcpy(payload + payload_idx, recv_buf, n);
+				payload_idx += n;
+			}
+
+		} while(n > 0);
+		close(remote_sock);
+		libwsclient_send(c, payload);
+		free(payload);
+		payload = NULL;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 wsclient *libwsclient_new(const char *URI) {
 	wsclient *client = NULL;
 
diff --git a/wsclient.h b/wsclient.h
index 000b321..f6de600 100644
--- a/wsclient.h
+++ b/wsclient.h
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
 
 #ifndef WSCLIENT_H_
 #define WSCLIENT_H_
 
 #define FRAME_CHUNK_LENGTH 1024
+#define HELPER_RECV_BUF_SIZE 1024
 
 #define CLIENT_IS_SSL (1 << 0)
 #define CLIENT_CONNECTING (1 << 1)
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@
 #define WS_HANDSHAKE_NO_UPGRADE_ERR -16
 #define WS_HANDSHAKE_NO_CONNECTION_ERR -17
 #define WS_HANDSHAKE_BAD_ACCEPT_ERR -18
+#define WS_HELPER_ALREADY_BOUND_ERR -19
+#define WS_HELPER_CREATE_SOCK_ERR -20
+#define WS_HELPER_BIND_ERR -21
+#define WS_HELPER_LISTEN_ERR -22
 
 typedef struct _wsclient_frame {
 	unsigned int fin;
@@ -69,6 +77,7 @@ typedef struct _wsclient_error {
 } wsclient_error;
 
 typedef struct _wsclient {
+	pthread_t helper_thread;
 	pthread_t handshake_thread;
 	pthread_t run_thread;
 	pthread_mutex_t lock;
@@ -80,6 +89,8 @@ typedef struct _wsclient {
 	int (*onerror)(struct _wsclient *, wsclient_error *err);
 	int (*onmessage)(struct _wsclient *, wsclient_message *msg);
 	wsclient_frame *current_frame;
+	struct sockaddr_un helper_sa;
+	int helper_sock;
 
 } wsclient;
 
@@ -100,6 +111,8 @@ void libwsclient_cleanup_frames(wsclient_frame *first);
 void libwsclient_in_data(wsclient *c, char in);
 void libwsclient_dispatch_message(wsclient *c, wsclient_frame *current);
 void libwsclient_close(wsclient *c);
+int libwsclient_helper_socket(wsclient *c, const char *path);
+void *libwsclient_helper_socket_thread(void *ptr);
 
 //Define errors
 char *errors[] = {