diff --git a/packages/driver-streams-node/src/duplex.js b/packages/driver-streams-node/src/duplex.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..129e10d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/driver-streams-node/src/duplex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// @syndicate-lang/driver-streams-node, Stream support for Syndicate/js
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Tony Garnock-Jones <tonyg@leastfixedpoint.com>
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Just enough functionality to make a pair of Readable/Writable
+// streams appear to be a Duplex stream from the POV of the Syndicate
+// driver in this package.
+
+const util = require('util');
+const events = require('events');
+
+function Duplex(r, w) {
+  this.r = r;
+  this.w = w;
+}
+
+Duplex.prototype.on = function (evt, cb) {
+  switch (evt) {
+    case 'readable':
+    case 'end':
+      this.r.on(evt, cb);
+      break;
+    case 'drain':
+      this.w.on(evt, cb);
+      break;
+    case 'close':
+    case 'error':
+      this.r.on(evt, cb);
+      this.w.on(evt, cb);
+      break;
+    default: throw new Error("Duplex: unsupported event: " + evt);
+  }
+  return this;
+};
+
+function proxyProp(name, target) {
+  Object.defineProperty(Duplex.prototype, name, {
+    configurable: true,
+    enumerable: true,
+    get: function () { return this[target][name]; }
+  });
+}
+
+proxyProp('readableLength', 'r');
+proxyProp('writableLength', 'w');
+proxyProp('writableHighWaterMark', 'w');
+
+Duplex.prototype.read = function (size) {
+  return this.r.read(size);
+};
+
+Duplex.prototype.write = function (chunk, cb) {
+  return this.w.write(chunk, cb);
+};
+
+util.inherits(Duplex, events.EventEmitter);
+
+module.exports = Duplex;
diff --git a/packages/driver-streams-node/src/subprocess.js b/packages/driver-streams-node/src/subprocess.js
index 49f23dc..e37bfcf 100644
--- a/packages/driver-streams-node/src/subprocess.js
+++ b/packages/driver-streams-node/src/subprocess.js
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 
 import { currentFacet, Observe, Dataspace, genUuid, Bytes } from "@syndicate-lang/core";
 const S = activate require("./streams");
+const Duplex = require("./duplex");
 const child_process = require('child_process');
 
 assertion type Subprocess(id, command, args, options);
+assertion type SubprocessAddress(command, args, options);
 message type SubprocessError(id, err);
 
 assertion type SubprocessRunning(id, pid, stdio);
@@ -29,12 +31,36 @@ assertion type SubprocessExit(id, code, signal);
 message type SubprocessKill(id, signal); // also on frame teardown
 
 export {
-  Subprocess, SubprocessError,
+  Subprocess, SubprocessAddress, SubprocessError,
   SubprocessRunning, SubprocessExit,
   SubprocessKill,
 };
 
 spawn named 'driver/Subprocess' {
+  during S.OutgoingConnection($id, SubprocessAddress($command, $args, $options))
+  spawn named ['SubprocessConnection', id] {
+    const establishingFacet = currentFacet();
+
+    const sp = child_process.spawn(command,
+                                   args.toJS(),
+                                   (options || Map()).set('stdio',
+                                                          ['pipe', 'pipe', 'inherit']).toJS());
+    const rejecter = Dataspace.wrapExternal(() => {
+      send S.ConnectionRejected(id, null);
+      establishingFacet.stop();
+    });
+    sp.on('exit', rejecter);
+    sp.on('error', rejecter);
+
+    process.nextTick(Dataspace.wrapExternal(() => {
+      sp.off('exit', rejecter);
+      sp.off('error', rejecter);
+      send S.ConnectionAccepted(id);
+      const s = new Duplex(sp.stdout, sp.stdin);
+      establishingFacet.stop(() => { react S.duplexStreamBehaviour(id, s); });
+    }));
+  }
+
   during Subprocess($id, $command, $args, $options) spawn named ['Subprocess', id] {
     const sp = child_process.spawn(command, args.toJS(), options ? options.toJS() : void 0);