diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 55192fee7..cda929654 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   ],
   "require": {
     "php": "~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0",
+    "ext-pdo": "*",
     "doctrine/dbal": "^3.8.1|^4.0.0",
     "doctrine/migrations": "^3.3.2",
     "patchlevel/hydrator": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php
index 2ad253814..3e0ca5f65 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $index = $this->currentIndex();
 
         $worker = DefaultWorker::create(
-            function () use ($console, &$index, $aggregate, $aggregateId): void {
+            function () use ($console, &$index, $aggregate, $aggregateId, $sleep): void {
                 $stream = $this->store->load(
                     new Criteria(
                         $aggregate,
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ function () use ($console, &$index, $aggregate, $aggregateId): void {
                 }
 
                 $stream->close();
+
+                $this->store->listen($sleep);
             },
             [],
         );
diff --git a/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php b/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php
index 6e49134b7..024cb61be 100644
--- a/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php
+++ b/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Closure;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\PostgreSQLPlatform;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
@@ -327,4 +328,61 @@ private function getCustomHeaders(Message $message): array
             ),
         );
     }
+
+    public function listen(int $microseconds): void
+    {
+        if (!$this->connection->getDatabasePlatform() instanceof PostgreSQLPlatform) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->connection->executeStatement(sprintf('LISTEN "%s"', $this->storeTableName));
+
+        /** @var \PDO $nativeConnection */
+        $nativeConnection = $this->connection->getNativeConnection();
+
+        $notification = $nativeConnection->pgsqlGetNotify(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, $microseconds);
+
+        return;
+
+        if (
+            // no notifications, or for another table or queue
+            (false === $notification || $notification['message'] !== $this->storeTableName)
+        ) {
+            usleep($microseconds);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private function getTriggerSql(): array
+    {
+        $functionName = $this->createTriggerFunctionName();
+
+        return [
+            // create trigger function
+            sprintf(<<<'SQL'
+                CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION %1$s() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+                    BEGIN
+                        PERFORM pg_notify('%2$s');
+                        RETURN NEW;
+                    END;
+                $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+                SQL,
+                $functionName,
+                $this->storeTableName
+            ),
+            // register trigger
+            sprintf('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS notify_trigger ON %s;', $this->storeTableName),
+            sprintf('CREATE TRIGGER notify_trigger AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON %1$s FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE %2$s();', $this->storeTableName, $functionName),
+        ];
+    }
+
+    private function createTriggerFunctionName(): string
+    {
+        $tableConfig = explode('.', $this->storeTableName);
+
+        if (1 === \count($tableConfig)) {
+            return sprintf('notify_%1$s', $tableConfig[0]);
+        }
+
+        return sprintf('%1$s.notify_%2$s', $tableConfig[0], $tableConfig[1]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Store/SubscriptionStore.php b/src/Store/SubscriptionStore.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a888c7b3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Store/SubscriptionStore.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store;
+
+interface SubscriptionStore
+{
+    public function setupSubscription(): void;
+
+    public function wait(): void;
+}