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diff --git a/native/src/subscription.rs b/native/src/subscription.rs
index 9ff89ccf..85ad96fa 100644
--- a/native/src/subscription.rs
+++ b/native/src/subscription.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,50 @@ where
     })
 }
 
+/// Returns a [`Subscription`] that will open a channel and asynchronously run a
+/// [`Stream`] that will call the provided closure to produce every `Message`.
+///
+/// When the [`Subscription`] starts, an `on_ready` message will be produced
+/// containing the [`mpsc::Sender`] end of the channel, which can be used by
+/// the parent application to send `Input` to the running [`Subscription`].
+///
+/// The provided closure should use the [`mpsc::Receiver`] argument to await for
+/// any `Input`.
+///
+/// This function is really useful to create asynchronous workers with
+/// bidirectional communication with a parent application.
+///
+/// The `initial` state will be used to uniquely identify the [`Subscription`].
+pub fn worker<T, Fut, Message, Input>(
+    initial: T,
+    on_ready: impl FnOnce(mpsc::Sender<Input>) -> Message + 'static,
+    f: impl FnMut(T, &mut mpsc::Receiver<Input>) -> Fut + Send + Sync + 'static,
+) -> Subscription<Message>
+where
+    T: Clone + Hash + Send + 'static,
+    Fut: Future<Output = (Message, T)> + Send + 'static,
+    Message: Send + 'static,
+    Input: Send + 'static,
+{
+    use futures::future;
+    use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+
+    run(initial, move |initial| {
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel(100);
+
+        futures::stream::once(future::ready(on_ready(sender))).chain(
+            futures::stream::unfold(
+                (f, initial, receiver),
+                move |(mut f, state, mut receiver)| async {
+                    let (message, state) = f(state, &mut receiver).await;
+
+                    Some((message, (f, state, receiver)))
+                },
+            ),
+        )
+    })
+}
+
 struct Runner<T, F, S, Message>
 where
     F: FnOnce(T, EventStream) -> S,