diff --git a/lib/src/internal/pubsub_client.dart b/lib/src/internal/pubsub_client.dart
index 76fc1bc..877533c 100644
--- a/lib/src/internal/pubsub_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/internal/pubsub_client.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'package:client_sdk_dart/generated/cachepubsub.pbgrpc.dart';
 import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/auth/credential_provider.dart';
 import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/errors/errors.dart';
+import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscribe.dart';
 import 'package:grpc/grpc.dart';
 
 import '../messages/values.dart';
@@ -9,15 +10,31 @@ import '../messages/responses/topics/topic_publish.dart';
 abstract class AbstractPubsubClient {
   Future<TopicPublishResponse> publish(
       String cacheName, String topicName, Value value);
+
+  Future<TopicSubscribeResponse> subscribe(String cacheName, String topicName);
 }
 
 class ClientPubsub implements AbstractPubsubClient {
   late ClientChannel _channel;
   late PubsubClient _client;
+
   ClientPubsub(CredentialProvider credentialProvider) {
     _channel = ClientChannel(credentialProvider.cacheEndpoint);
     _client = PubsubClient(_channel);
   }
+
+  TopicValue_ _valueToTopicValue(Value v) {
+    var topicValue = TopicValue_();
+    switch (v) {
+      case StringValue():
+        topicValue.text = v.value;
+        return topicValue;
+      case BinaryValue():
+        topicValue.binary = v.value;
+        return topicValue;
+    }
+  }
+
   @override
   Future<TopicPublishResponse> publish(
       String cacheName, String topicName, Value value) async {
@@ -37,15 +54,20 @@ class ClientPubsub implements AbstractPubsubClient {
     }
   }
 
-  TopicValue_ _valueToTopicValue(Value v) {
-    var topicValue = TopicValue_();
-    switch (v) {
-      case StringValue():
-        topicValue.text = v.value;
-        return topicValue;
-      case BinaryValue():
-        topicValue.binary = v.value;
-        return topicValue;
+  @override
+  Future<TopicSubscribeResponse> subscribe(String cacheName, String topicName) async {
+    var request = SubscriptionRequest_();
+    request.cacheName = cacheName;
+    request.topic = topicName;
+    try {
+      var stream = _client.subscribe(request);
+      return TopicSubscription(stream);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e is SdkException) {
+        return TopicSubscribeError(e);
+      }
+      return TopicSubscribeError(
+        UnknownException("Unexpected error: $e", null, null));
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscribe.dart b/lib/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscribe.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a16868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscribe.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import 'package:client_sdk_dart/generated/cachepubsub.pbgrpc.dart';
+import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/messages/responses/responses_base.dart';
+import 'package:grpc/grpc.dart';
+import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
+
+import 'topic_subscription_item.dart';
+
+sealed class TopicSubscribeResponse {}
+
+class TopicSubscription implements TopicSubscribeResponse {
+  final ResponseStream<SubscriptionItem_> _stream;
+
+  TopicSubscription(this._stream);
+
+  Stream<TopicSubscriptionItemResponse?> get stream => _stream.map(_processResult).where((item) => item != null);
+
+  TopicSubscriptionItemResponse? _processResult(SubscriptionItem_ item) {
+      final logger = Logger("TopicSubscribeResponse");
+      switch (item.runtimeType) {
+      case TopicItem_:
+          return createTopicItemResponse(item as TopicItem_);
+      case Heartbeat_:
+          logger.info("topic client received a heartbeat");
+      case Discontinuity_:
+          logger.info("topic client received a discontinuity");
+      default:
+          logger.shout("topic client received unknown subscription item: ", item.runtimeType);
+      }
+      return null;
+  }
+}
+
+class TopicSubscribeError extends ErrorResponseBase
+    implements TopicSubscribeResponse {
+  TopicSubscribeError(super.exception);
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscription_item.dart b/lib/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscription_item.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e467c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/messages/responses/topics/topic_subscription_item.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import 'package:client_sdk_dart/generated/cachepubsub.pb.dart';
+import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/errors/errors.dart';
+import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/messages/responses/responses_base.dart';
+
+sealed class TopicSubscriptionItemResponse {}
+
+class TopicSubscriptionItemText implements TopicSubscriptionItemResponse {
+  final String _value;
+  TopicSubscriptionItemText(this._value);
+  String get value => _value;
+}
+
+class TopicSubscriptionItemBinary implements TopicSubscriptionItemResponse {
+  final List<int> _value;
+  TopicSubscriptionItemBinary(this._value);
+  List<int> get value => _value;
+}
+
+class TopicSubscriptionItemError extends ErrorResponseBase
+    implements TopicSubscriptionItemResponse {
+  TopicSubscriptionItemError(super.exception);
+}
+
+TopicSubscriptionItemResponse createTopicItemResponse(TopicItem_ item) {
+    switch (item.value.whichKind()) {
+    case TopicValue__Kind.text:
+        return TopicSubscriptionItemText(item.value.text);
+    case TopicValue__Kind.binary:
+        return TopicSubscriptionItemBinary(item.value.binary);
+    default:
+        return TopicSubscriptionItemError(UnknownException("unknown TopicItemResponse value: $item.value", null, null));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/src/topic_client.dart b/lib/src/topic_client.dart
index 1086274..bb95bf4 100644
--- a/lib/src/topic_client.dart
+++ b/lib/src/topic_client.dart
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import 'package:client_sdk_dart/src/auth/credential_provider.dart';
 import 'package:logging/logging.dart';
 import 'internal/pubsub_client.dart';
+import 'messages/responses/topics/topic_subscribe.dart';
 import 'messages/values.dart';
 import 'messages/responses/topics/topic_publish.dart';
 
 abstract class ITopicClient {
   Future<TopicPublishResponse> publish(
       String cacheName, String topicName, Value value);
+
+  Future<TopicSubscribeResponse> subscribe(String cacheName, String topicName);
 }
 
 class TopicClient implements ITopicClient {
@@ -20,7 +23,12 @@ class TopicClient implements ITopicClient {
 
   @override
   Future<TopicPublishResponse> publish(
-      String cacheName, String topicName, Value value) {
-    return _pubsubClient.publish(cacheName, topicName, value);
+      String cacheName, String topicName, Value value) async {
+    return await _pubsubClient.publish(cacheName, topicName, value);
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Future<TopicSubscribeResponse> subscribe(String cacheName, String topicName) async {
+    return await _pubsubClient.subscribe(cacheName, topicName);
   }
 }