diff --git a/examples/curve_pubsub.rb b/examples/curve_pubsub.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40e552e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/curve_pubsub.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+$:.unshift(File.expand_path("../lib"))
+
+require 'celluloid/zmq'
+Celluloid::ZMQ.init
+
+puts "Curving... PID# #{Process.pid}"
+
+class EncryptedPublishSubscribe
+  include Celluloid::ZMQ
+
+  def run
+    link = "tcp://127.0.0.1:5555"
+
+    s1 = PubSocket.new_curve
+
+    s2 = SubSocket.new_client s1
+    s3 = SubSocket.new_client s1
+    s4 = SubSocket.new_client s1
+    s5 = SubSocket.new_client s1
+
+
+    s1.linger = 100
+    s2.subscribe('') # receive all
+    s3.subscribe('animals') # receive any starting with this string
+    s4.subscribe('animals.dog')
+    s5.subscribe('animals.cat')
+
+    s1.bind(link)
+    s2.connect(link)
+    s3.connect(link)
+    s4.connect(link)
+    s5.connect(link)
+
+    sleep 1
+
+    topic = "animals.dog"
+    payload = "Animal crackers!"
+
+    s1.identity = "publisher-A"
+    puts "sending"
+    # use the new multi-part messaging support to
+    # automatically separate the topic from the body
+    s1.write(topic, payload, s1.identity)
+
+    topic = ''
+    s2.read(topic)
+
+    body = ''
+    s2.read(body) if s2.more_parts?
+
+    identity = ''
+    s2.read(identity) if s2.more_parts?
+    puts "s2 received topic [#{topic}], body [#{body}], identity [#{identity}]"
+
+
+    topic = ''
+    s3.read(topic)
+
+    body = ''
+    s3.read(body) if s3.more_parts?
+    puts "s3 received topic [#{topic}], body [#{body}]"
+
+    topic = ''
+    s4.read(topic)
+
+    body = ''
+    s4.read(body) if s4.more_parts?
+    puts "s4 received topic [#{topic}], body [#{body}]"
+
+    s5_string = ''
+    s5.read(s5_string)
+
+    # we will never get here
+  end
+end
+
+EncryptedPublishSubscribe.new.run
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diff --git a/examples/publish_subscribe.rb b/examples/publish_subscribe.rb
index e91aa37..22345ac 100644
--- a/examples/publish_subscribe.rb
+++ b/examples/publish_subscribe.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+$:.unshift(File.expand_path("../lib"))
+
+puts "PublishSubscribe... PID# #{Process.pid}"
+
 require 'celluloid/zmq'
+Celluloid::ZMQ.init
 
 class PublishSubscribe
   include Celluloid::ZMQ
diff --git a/lib/celluloid/zmq.rb b/lib/celluloid/zmq.rb
index 6884340..cb61e96 100644
--- a/lib/celluloid/zmq.rb
+++ b/lib/celluloid/zmq.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 require 'ffi-rzmq'
 
 require 'celluloid'
+
 require 'celluloid/zmq/mailbox'
 require 'celluloid/zmq/reactor'
 require 'celluloid/zmq/sockets'
 require 'celluloid/zmq/version'
 require 'celluloid/zmq/waker'
 
+require 'celluloid/zmq/curve'
+
 module Celluloid
   # Actors which run alongside 0MQ sockets
   module ZMQ
diff --git a/lib/celluloid/zmq/curve.rb b/lib/celluloid/zmq/curve.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e97bcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/celluloid/zmq/curve.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+module Celluloid
+  module ZMQ
+
+    class Socket
+
+      class << self
+
+        def new_curve(options={})
+          socket = new
+          socket.extend Curve
+          socket.init options
+          socket
+        end
+
+        def new_client(socket)
+          raise UninitializedError, "No server socket to create clients for." unless socket.server?
+          new_curve socket.new_client
+        end
+
+        def new_server(options={})
+          new_curve options.merge(:type=>server)
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+
+    module Curve
+    
+      attr_accessor :curve
+
+      def init(options)
+        raise UninitializedError unless options.is_a? Hash
+        @curve = options.inject({}) { |s,(k,v)| s[k.to_sym] = v; s }
+        unless @curve[:type]
+          if @curve[:server_public_key] and !@curve[:server_private_key]
+            @curve[:type] = :client
+          else
+            @curve[:type] = :server
+          end
+        end
+
+        Celluloid::Logger.info "CurveZMQ wrapper: #{@curve[:type]}"
+
+        case @curve[:type]
+        when :server
+          unless @curve[:server_private_key]
+            @curve[:server_public_key], @curve[:server_private_key] = generate_keypair
+            Celluloid::Logger.info "generated keypair for CurveZMQ server wrapper"
+            Celluloid::Logger.info "public key: #{@curve[:server_public_key]}"
+            Celluloid::Logger.info "private key: #{@curve[:server_private_key]}"
+          end
+          set(::ZMQ::CURVE_SERVER, 1)
+          set(::ZMQ::CURVE_SECRETKEY, @curve[:server_private_key])
+        when :client
+          raise UninitializedError, "No server public key provided to client." unless @curve[:server_public_key]
+          unless @curve[:client_public_key] and @curve[:client_private_key]
+            @curve[:client_public_key], @curve[:client_private_key] = generate_keypair
+            Celluloid::Logger.info "generated keypair for CurveZMQ client wrapper"
+            Celluloid::Logger.info "public key: #{@curve[:client_public_key]}"
+            Celluloid::Logger.info "private key: #{@curve[:client_private_key]}"
+          end
+          set(::ZMQ::CURVE_SERVERKEY, @curve[:server_public_key])
+          set(::ZMQ::CURVE_PUBLICKEY, @curve[:client_public_key])
+          set(::ZMQ::CURVE_SECRETKEY, @curve[:client_private_key])
+        else
+          raise UninitializedError, "No curve socket type specified."
+        end
+
+      end
+  
+      def server?
+        !@curve[:server_private_key].nil?
+      end
+
+      def new_client
+        raise UninitializedError, "No server public key." unless @curve[:server_public_key]
+        { :server_public_key => @curve[:server_public_key] }
+      end
+
+      def generate_keypair
+        ::ZMQ::Util.curve_keypair
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/celluloid/zmq/sockets.rb b/lib/celluloid/zmq/sockets.rb
index 34cf969..0b3bd25 100644
--- a/lib/celluloid/zmq/sockets.rb
+++ b/lib/celluloid/zmq/sockets.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module Celluloid
   module ZMQ
     class Socket
+
       # Create a new socket
       def initialize(type)
         @socket = Celluloid::ZMQ.context.socket ::ZMQ.const_get(type.to_s.upcase)