diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index e7322ee3..161ae8e1 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -202,6 +202,62 @@ bool ckmsgq_empty(ckmsgq_t *ckmsgq)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static void childsighandler(const int sig);
+
+/* Create a standalone thread that queues received unix messages for a proc
+ * instance and adds them to linked list of received messages with their
+ * associated receive socket, then signal the associated rmsg_cond for the
+ * process to know we have more queued messages. The unix_msg_t ram must be
+ * freed by the code that removes the entry from the list. */
+static void *unix_receiver(void *arg)
+{
+	proc_instance_t *pi = (proc_instance_t *)arg;
+	int rsockd = pi->us.sockd, sockd;
+	char qname[16];
+
+	sprintf(qname, "%cunixrq", pi->processname[0]);
+	rename_proc(qname);
+	pthread_detach(pthread_self());
+
+	while (42) {
+		unix_msg_t *umsg;
+		char *buf;
+
+		sockd = accept(rsockd, NULL, NULL);
+		if (unlikely(sockd < 0)) {
+			LOGEMERG("Failed to accept on %s socket, exiting", qname);
+			childsighandler(15);
+			break;
+		}
+		buf = recv_unix_msg(sockd);
+		if (unlikely(!buf)) {
+			Close(sockd);
+			LOGWARNING("Failed to get message on %s socket", qname);
+			continue;
+		}
+		umsg = ckalloc(sizeof(unix_msg_t));
+		umsg->sockd = sockd;
+		umsg->buf = buf;
+
+		mutex_lock(&pi->rmsg_lock);
+		DL_APPEND(pi->unix_msgs, umsg);
+		pthread_cond_signal(&pi->rmsg_cond);
+		mutex_unlock(&pi->rmsg_lock);
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void create_unix_receiver(proc_instance_t *pi)
+{
+	pthread_t pth;
+
+	mutex_init(&pi->rmsg_lock);
+	cond_init(&pi->rmsg_cond);
+
+	create_pthread(&pth, unix_receiver, pi);
+}
+
 static void broadcast_proc(ckpool_t *ckp, const char *buf)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -496,8 +552,6 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void childsighandler(const int sig);
-
 /* Send a single message to a process instance when there will be no response,
  * closing the socket immediately. */
 void _send_proc(proc_instance_t *pi, const char *msg, const char *file, const char *func, const int line)
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index fd192f97..08eed951 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ struct ckmsg {
 
 typedef struct ckmsg ckmsg_t;
 
+typedef struct unix_msg unix_msg_t;
+
+struct unix_msg {
+	unix_msg_t *next;
+	unix_msg_t *prev;
+	int sockd;
+	char *buf;
+};
+
 struct ckmsgq {
 	ckpool_t *ckp;
 	char name[16];
@@ -51,6 +60,11 @@ struct proc_instance {
 	int pid;
 	int oldpid;
 	int (*process)(proc_instance_t *);
+
+	/* Linked list of received messages, locking and conditional */
+	unix_msg_t *unix_msgs;
+	mutex_t rmsg_lock;
+	pthread_cond_t rmsg_cond;
 };
 
 struct connsock {
@@ -219,6 +233,7 @@ ckmsgq_t *create_ckmsgq(ckpool_t *ckp, const char *name, const void *func);
 ckmsgq_t *create_ckmsgqs(ckpool_t *ckp, const char *name, const void *func, const int count);
 void ckmsgq_add(ckmsgq_t *ckmsgq, void *data);
 bool ckmsgq_empty(ckmsgq_t *ckmsgq);
+void create_unix_receiver(proc_instance_t *pi);
 
 ckpool_t *global_ckp;