diff --git a/beam/service.go b/beam/service.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69e82e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beam/service.go
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package beam
+
+import (
+	"net"
+)
+
+// Listen is a convenience interface for applications to create service endpoints
+// which can be easily used with existing networking code.
+//
+// Listen registers a new service endpoint on the beam connection `conn`, using the
+// service name `name`. It returns a listener which can be used in the usual
+// way. Calling Accept() on the listener will block until a new connection is available
+// on the service endpoint. The endpoint is then returned as a regular net.Conn and
+// can be used as a regular network connection.
+//
+// Note that if the underlying file descriptor received in attachment is nil or does
+// not point to a connection, that message will be skipped.
+//
+func Listen(conn *net.UnixConn, name string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	fEndpoint, err := SendPipe(conn, []byte(name))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	endpoint, err := FdConn(int(fEndpoint.Fd()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &listener{
+		name:     name,
+		endpoint: endpoint,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func Connect(ctx *net.UnixConn, name string) (net.Conn, error) {
+	l, err := Listen(ctx, name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conn, err := l.Accept()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return conn, nil
+}
+
+type listener struct {
+	name     string
+	endpoint *net.UnixConn
+}
+
+func (l *listener) Accept() (net.Conn, error) {
+	for {
+		_, f, err := Receive(l.endpoint)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if f == nil {
+			// Skip empty attachments
+			continue
+		}
+		conn, err := net.FileConn(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Skip beam attachments which are not connections
+			// (for example might be a regular file, directory etc)
+			continue
+		}
+		return conn, nil
+	}
+	panic("impossibru!")
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (l *listener) Close() error {
+	return l.endpoint.Close()
+}
+
+func (l *listener) Addr() net.Addr {
+	return addr(l.name)
+}
+
+type addr string
+
+func (a addr) Network() string {
+	return "beam"
+}
+
+func (a addr) String() string {
+	return string(a)
+}
diff --git a/beam/unix.go b/beam/unix.go
index 0bee722..7549a51 100644
--- a/beam/unix.go
+++ b/beam/unix.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package beam
 
 import (
-	"syscall"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"syscall"
 )
 
 // Send sends a new message on conn with data and f as payload and
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ func sendUnix(conn *net.UnixConn, data []byte, fds ...int) error {
 	return err
 }
 
-
 func extractFds(oob []byte) (fds []int) {
 	scms, err := syscall.ParseSocketControlMessage(oob)
 	if err != nil {