diff --git a/sysaudit/__init__.py b/sysaudit/__init__.py
index b043f91..989c6bf 100644
--- a/sysaudit/__init__.py
+++ b/sysaudit/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-__all__ = ["audit", "addaudithook"]
+__all__ = ["audit", "addaudithook", "subscribe", "Span"]
 
+import collections
 import sys
 
 # Python 3.8+
@@ -36,3 +37,80 @@ else:
 
             if callback not in _hooks:
                 _hooks.append(callback)
+
+
+_subscriptions = collections.defaultdict(list)
+_subscription_hook_active = False
+
+
+def _subscription_hook(event, args):
+    if event in _subscriptions:
+        # Grab a copy of hooks so we don't need to lock here
+        for hook in _subscriptions[event][:]:
+            hook(args)
+
+
+def subscribe(event, hook):
+    global _subscriptions
+    global _subscription_hook_active
+
+    if not _subscription_hook_active:
+        addaudithook(_subscription_hook)
+        _subscription_hook_active = True
+
+    if hook not in _subscriptions[event]:
+        _subscriptions[event].append(hook)
+
+
+class Span:
+    __slots__ = ("name", "started", "ended")
+
+    class Message:
+        __slots__ = ("type", "span", "data")
+
+        def __init__(self, type, span, data=None):
+            self.type = type
+            self.span = span
+            self.data = data
+
+        def __str__(self):
+            return "{0}(type={1!r}, span={2}, data={3!r})".format(
+                self.__class__.__name__, self.type, self.span, self.data
+            )
+
+    def __init__(self, name):
+        self.name = name
+        self.started = False
+        self.ended = False
+
+    @property
+    def id(self):
+        return id(self)
+
+    def message(self, type, data=None):
+        audit(self.name, self.Message(type, self, data))
+
+    def start(self, data=None):
+        if not self.started:
+            self.message("start", data)
+            self.started = True
+
+    def end(self, data=None):
+        if not self.ended:
+            self.message("end", data)
+            self.ended = True
+
+    def annotate(self, data):
+        self.message("annotate", data)
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        self.start()
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
+        self.end(data=dict(exc_type=exc_type, exc_val=exc_val, exc_tb=exc_tb))
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "{0}(name={1!r}, id={2!r})".format(
+            self.__class__.__name__, self.name, self.id
+        )