diff --git a/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig b/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig
index 414c068..d74b753 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig
+++ b/demo/src/app/views/websockets.zig
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ pub fn delete(id: []const u8, request: *jetzig.Request, data: *jetzig.Data) !jet
     return request.render(.ok);
 }
 
+pub fn receiveMessage(message: jetzig.channels.Message) !void {
+    std.debug.print("payload: {s}\n", .{message.payload});
+    try message.channel.publish("hello");
+}
 
 test "index" {
     var app = try jetzig.testing.app(std.testing.allocator, @import("routes"));
diff --git a/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl b/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl
index e00e9ec..8a1dc4d 100644
--- a/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl
+++ b/demo/src/app/views/websockets/index.zmpl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
             });
 
             websocket.addEventListener("open", (event) => {
-                websocket.send("hello jetzig websocket");
+                websocket.send("websockets:hello jetzig websocket");
             });
         </script>
     @end
diff --git a/src/Routes.zig b/src/Routes.zig
index f615cc3..9635f73 100644
--- a/src/Routes.zig
+++ b/src/Routes.zig
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ mailers_path: []const u8,
 buffer: std.ArrayList(u8),
 dynamic_routes: std.ArrayList(Function),
 static_routes: std.ArrayList(Function),
+channel_routes: std.ArrayList(Function),
 module_paths: std.ArrayList([]const u8),
 data: *jetzig.data.Data,
 
+const receive_message = "receiveMessage";
+
 const Routes = @This();
 
 const Function = struct {
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ pub fn init(
         .buffer = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator),
         .static_routes = std.ArrayList(Function).init(allocator),
         .dynamic_routes = std.ArrayList(Function).init(allocator),
+        .channel_routes = std.ArrayList(Function).init(allocator),
         .module_paths = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(allocator),
         .data = data,
     };
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Routes) void {
     self.buffer.deinit();
     self.static_routes.deinit();
     self.dynamic_routes.deinit();
+    self.channel_routes.deinit();
 }
 
 /// Generates the complete route set for the application
@@ -137,6 +142,7 @@ pub fn generateRoutes(self: *Routes) ![]const u8 {
     const writer = self.buffer.writer();
 
     try writer.writeAll(
+        \\const std = @import("std");
         \\const jetzig = @import("jetzig");
         \\
         \\pub const routes = [_]jetzig.Route{
@@ -148,6 +154,15 @@ pub fn generateRoutes(self: *Routes) ![]const u8 {
         \\
     );
 
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\pub const channel_routes = std.StaticStringMap(jetzig.channels.Route).initComptime(.{
+        \\
+    );
+    try self.writeChannelRoutes(writer);
+    try writer.writeAll(
+        \\});
+        \\
+    );
     try writer.writeAll(
         \\
         \\pub const mailers = [_]jetzig.MailerDefinition{
@@ -254,6 +269,10 @@ fn writeRoutes(self: *Routes, writer: anytype) !void {
         for (view_routes.dynamic) |view_route| {
             try self.dynamic_routes.append(view_route);
         }
+
+        for (view_routes.channel) |view_route| {
+            try self.channel_routes.append(view_route);
+        }
     }
 
     std.sort.pdq(Function, self.static_routes.items, {}, Function.lessThanFn);
@@ -367,8 +386,24 @@ fn writeRoute(self: *Routes, writer: std.ArrayList(u8).Writer, route: Function)
 const RouteSet = struct {
     dynamic: []Function,
     static: []Function,
+    channel: []Function,
 };
 
+fn writeChannelRoutes(self: *Routes, writer: anytype) !void {
+    for (self.channel_routes.items) |route| {
+        const module_path = try self.relativePathFrom(.root, route.path, .posix);
+        defer self.allocator.free(module_path);
+        const view_name = try route.viewName();
+        defer self.allocator.free(view_name);
+
+        std.debug.print("{s}: {s}\n", .{ route.name, route.view_name });
+        try writer.print(
+            \\.{{ "{s}", jetzig.channels.Route{{ .receiveMessageFn = @import("{s}").receiveMessage }} }},
+            \\
+        , .{ view_name, module_path });
+    }
+}
+
 fn generateRoutesForView(self: *Routes, dir: std.fs.Dir, path: []const u8) !RouteSet {
     const stat = try dir.statFile(path);
     const source = try dir.readFileAllocOptions(
@@ -385,30 +420,41 @@ fn generateRoutesForView(self: *Routes, dir: std.fs.Dir, path: []const u8) !Rout
 
     var static_routes = std.ArrayList(Function).init(self.allocator);
     var dynamic_routes = std.ArrayList(Function).init(self.allocator);
+    var channel_routes = std.ArrayList(Function).init(self.allocator);
+
     var static_params: ?*jetzig.data.Value = null;
 
     for (self.ast.nodes.items(.tag), 0..) |tag, index| {
         switch (tag) {
             .fn_proto_multi, .fn_proto_one, .fn_proto_simple => |function_tag| {
-                var function = try self.parseFunction(function_tag, @enumFromInt(index), path, source);
-                if (function) |*capture| {
-                    if (capture.args.len == 0) {
+                var maybe_function = try self.parseFunction(
+                    function_tag,
+                    @enumFromInt(index),
+                    path,
+                    source,
+                );
+                if (maybe_function) |*function| {
+                    if (std.mem.eql(u8, function.name, receive_message)) {
+                        try channel_routes.append(function.*);
+                    }
+
+                    if (!std.mem.eql(u8, function.name, receive_message) and function.args.len == 0) {
                         std.debug.print(
                             "Expected at least 1 argument for view function `{s}` in `{s}`",
-                            .{ capture.name, path },
+                            .{ function.name, path },
                         );
                         return error.JetzigMissingViewArgument;
                     }
 
-                    for (capture.args, 0..) |arg, arg_index| {
+                    for (function.args, 0..) |arg, arg_index| {
                         if (std.mem.eql(u8, try arg.typeBasename(), "StaticRequest")) {
-                            capture.static = jetzig.build_options.build_static;
-                            capture.legacy = arg_index + 1 < capture.args.len;
-                            try static_routes.append(capture.*);
+                            function.static = jetzig.build_options.build_static;
+                            function.legacy = arg_index + 1 < function.args.len;
+                            try static_routes.append(function.*);
                         } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, try arg.typeBasename(), "Request")) {
-                            capture.static = false;
-                            capture.legacy = arg_index + 1 < capture.args.len;
-                            try dynamic_routes.append(capture.*);
+                            function.static = false;
+                            function.legacy = arg_index + 1 < function.args.len;
+                            try dynamic_routes.append(function.*);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -447,6 +493,7 @@ fn generateRoutesForView(self: *Routes, dir: std.fs.Dir, path: []const u8) !Rout
     return .{
         .dynamic = dynamic_routes.items,
         .static = static_routes.items,
+        .channel = channel_routes.items,
     };
 }
 
@@ -618,6 +665,10 @@ fn parseFunction(
 
         var it = fn_proto.iterate(&self.ast);
         while (it.next()) |arg| {
+            // We don't need to resolve args for `receiveMessage` as it only has one form (it was
+            // added after the removal of the `data` arg from view functions).
+            if (std.mem.eql(u8, receive_message, function_name)) continue;
+
             if (arg.name_token) |arg_token| {
                 const arg_name = self.ast.tokenSlice(arg_token);
                 const node = self.ast.nodes.get(@intFromEnum(arg.type_expr.?));
@@ -645,7 +696,7 @@ fn parseFunction(
 fn parseTypeExpr(self: *Routes, node: std.zig.Ast.Node) ![]const u8 {
     switch (node.tag) {
         // Currently all expected params are pointers, keeping this here in case that changes in future:
-        .identifier => {},
+        .identifier => return self.ast.tokenSlice(@as(u32, @intCast(node.main_token))),
         .ptr_type_aligned => {
             var buf = std.ArrayList([]const u8).init(self.allocator);
             defer buf.deinit();
@@ -663,6 +714,14 @@ fn parseTypeExpr(self: *Routes, node: std.zig.Ast.Node) ![]const u8 {
         else => {},
     }
 
+    // TODO: Output source line
+    std.log.err(
+        "Unexpected token type `{s}` in `{s}`",
+        .{
+            @tagName(node.tag),
+            self.ast.tokenSlice(@as(u32, @intCast(node.main_token))),
+        },
+    );
     return error.JetzigAstParserError;
 }
 
@@ -671,7 +730,7 @@ fn isActionFunctionName(name: []const u8) bool {
         if (std.mem.eql(u8, field.name, name)) return true;
     }
 
-    return false;
+    return std.mem.eql(u8, receive_message, name);
 }
 
 inline fn chompExtension(path: []const u8) []const u8 {
diff --git a/src/jetzig.zig b/src/jetzig.zig
index fcdf434..5267b94 100644
--- a/src/jetzig.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig.zig
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub const auth = @import("jetzig/auth.zig");
 pub const callbacks = @import("jetzig/callbacks.zig");
 pub const debug = @import("jetzig/debug.zig");
 pub const TemplateContext = @import("jetzig/TemplateContext.zig");
+pub const channels = @import("jetzig/channels.zig");
 
 pub const DateTime = jetcommon.types.DateTime;
 pub const Time = jetcommon.types.Time;
diff --git a/src/jetzig/App.zig b/src/jetzig/App.zig
index 7ec3d95..597bb2d 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/App.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/App.zig
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ pub fn start(self: *const App, routes_module: type, options: AppOptions) !void {
     defer mime_map.deinit();
     try mime_map.build();
 
-    const routes = try createRoutes(self.allocator, if (@hasDecl(routes_module, "routes")) &routes_module.routes else &.{});
+    const routes = try createRoutes(self.allocator, if (@hasDecl(routes_module, "routes"))
+        &routes_module.routes
+    else
+        &.{});
+
     defer {
         for (routes) |var_route| {
             var_route.deinitParams();
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ pub fn start(self: *const App, routes_module: type, options: AppOptions) !void {
         self.allocator.free(custom_route.template);
     };
 
+    const channel_routes = if (@hasDecl(routes_module, "channel_routes"))
+        routes_module.channel_routes
+    else
+        std.StaticStringMap(jetzig.channels.Route).initComptime(.{});
+
     var store = try jetzig.kv.Store.GeneralStore.init(self.allocator, self.env.logger, .general);
     defer store.deinit();
 
@@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ pub fn start(self: *const App, routes_module: type, options: AppOptions) !void {
         self.allocator,
         self.env,
         routes,
+        channel_routes,
         self.custom_routes.items,
         if (@hasDecl(routes_module, "jobs")) &routes_module.jobs else &.{},
         if (@hasDecl(routes_module, "jobs")) &routes_module.mailers else &.{},
diff --git a/src/jetzig/channels.zig b/src/jetzig/channels.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ceeac5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/channels.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub const Channel = @import("channels/Channel.zig");
+pub const Message = @import("channels/Message.zig");
+pub const Route = @import("channels/Route.zig");
diff --git a/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig b/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e1053e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/channels/Channel.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const httpz = @import("httpz");
+
+const Channel = @This();
+
+connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn,
+
+pub fn publish(self: Channel, data: []const u8) !void {
+    try self.connection.write(data);
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig b/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1cb269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/channels/Message.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+const Channel = @import("Channel.zig");
+
+const Message = @This();
+
+data: []const u8,
+channel_name: ?[]const u8,
+payload: []const u8,
+channel: Channel,
+
+pub fn init(channel: Channel, data: []const u8) Message {
+    const channel_name = parseChannelName(data);
+    const payload = parsePayload(data, channel_name);
+    return .{ .data = data, .channel = channel, .channel_name = channel_name, .payload = payload };
+}
+
+fn parseChannelName(data: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
+    return if (std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, data, ':')) |index|
+        if (index > 1) data[0..index] else null
+    else
+        null;
+}
+
+fn parsePayload(data: []const u8, maybe_channel_name: ?[]const u8) []const u8 {
+    return if (maybe_channel_name) |channel_name|
+        data[channel_name.len + 1 ..]
+    else
+        data;
+}
+
+test "message with channel and payload" {
+    const message = Message.init("foo:bar");
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(message.channel_name.?, "foo");
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(message.payload, "bar");
+}
+
+test "message with payload only" {
+    const message = Message.init("bar");
+    try std.testing.expectEqual(message.channel_name, null);
+    try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(message.payload, "bar");
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/channels/Route.zig b/src/jetzig/channels/Route.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64269ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/channels/Route.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
+
+const Route = @This();
+
+receiveMessageFn: *const fn (jetzig.channels.Message) anyerror!void,
+
+pub fn receiveMessage(route: Route, message: jetzig.channels.Message) !void {
+    try route.receiveMessageFn(message);
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
index f783983..ff09bc9 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
 logger: jetzig.loggers.Logger,
 env: jetzig.Environment,
 routes: []const *const jetzig.views.Route,
+channel_routes: std.StaticStringMap(jetzig.channels.Route),
 custom_routes: []const jetzig.views.Route,
 job_definitions: []const jetzig.JobDefinition,
 mailer_definitions: []const jetzig.MailerDefinition,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ pub fn init(
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
     env: jetzig.Environment,
     routes: []const *const jetzig.views.Route,
+    channel_routes: std.StaticStringMap(jetzig.channels.Route),
     custom_routes: []const jetzig.views.Route,
     job_definitions: []const jetzig.JobDefinition,
     mailer_definitions: []const jetzig.MailerDefinition,
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ pub fn init(
         .logger = env.logger,
         .env = env,
         .routes = routes,
+        .channel_routes = channel_routes,
         .custom_routes = custom_routes,
         .job_definitions = job_definitions,
         .mailer_definitions = mailer_definitions,
@@ -176,14 +179,20 @@ pub fn processNextRequest(
     try self.logger.logRequest(&request);
 }
 
+/// Attempt to match a channel name to a view with a Channel implementation.
+pub fn matchChannelRoute(self: *const Server, channel_name: []const u8) ?jetzig.channels.Route {
+    return self.channel_routes.get(channel_name);
+}
+
 fn upgradeWebsocket(self: *const Server, httpz_request: *httpz.Request, httpz_response: *httpz.Response) !bool {
     return try httpz.upgradeWebsocket(
         jetzig.http.Websocket,
         httpz_request,
         httpz_response,
-        jetzig.http.Websocket.Context{ .allocator = self.allocator },
+        jetzig.http.Websocket.Context{ .allocator = self.allocator, .server = self },
     );
 }
+
 fn maybeMiddlewareRender(request: *jetzig.http.Request, response: *const jetzig.http.Response) !bool {
     if (request.middleware_rendered) |_| {
         // Request processing ends when a middleware renders or redirects.
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig
index fb815d1..0a88e42 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Websocket.zig
@@ -1,24 +1,35 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
+
 const httpz = @import("httpz");
 
 pub const Context = struct {
     allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    server: *const jetzig.http.Server,
 };
 
 const Websocket = @This();
 
-connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn,
 allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn,
+server: *const jetzig.http.Server,
 
 pub fn init(connection: *httpz.websocket.Conn, context: Context) !Websocket {
     return .{
-        .connection = connection,
         .allocator = context.allocator,
+        .connection = connection,
+        .server = context.server,
     };
 }
 
 pub fn clientMessage(self: *Websocket, data: []const u8) !void {
-    const message = try std.mem.concat(self.allocator, u8, &.{ "Hello from Jetzig websocket. Your message was: ", data });
-    try self.connection.write(message);
+    const channel = jetzig.channels.Channel{ .connection = self.connection };
+    const message = jetzig.channels.Message.init(channel, data);
+
+    if (message.channel_name) |target_channel_name| {
+        if (self.server.matchChannelRoute(target_channel_name)) |route| {
+            try route.receiveMessage(message);
+        } else try self.server.logger.WARN("Unrecognized channel: {s}", .{target_channel_name});
+    } else try self.server.logger.WARN("Invalid channel message format.", .{});
 }
diff --git a/src/tests.zig b/src/tests.zig
index 2746893..07ff09c 100644
--- a/src/tests.zig
+++ b/src/tests.zig
@@ -11,5 +11,7 @@ test {
     _ = @import("jetzig/http/Path.zig");
     _ = @import("jetzig/jobs/Job.zig");
     _ = @import("jetzig/mail/Mail.zig");
+    _ = @import("jetzig/channels/Channel.zig");
+    _ = @import("jetzig/channels/Message.zig");
     _ = @import("jetzig/loggers/LogQueue.zig");
 }