diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68b5185..320b4db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,23 @@ else()
   target_link_libraries(irimager_class PRIVATE IRImager::IRImager)
 endif(IRImager_mock)
 
+add_library(irlogger_to_spd OBJECT
+  "src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.cpp"
+)
+set_target_properties(irlogger_to_spd PROPERTIES
+  PRIVATE_HEADER
+    "src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.hpp"
+  POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON # -fPIC
+)
+target_link_libraries(irlogger_to_spd
+  PUBLIC
+    propagate_const::propagate_const
+  PRIVATE
+    spdlog::spdlog_header_only
+    uvw::uvw
+    uv_a # static version, since we need very new v1.46.0 features
+)
+
 add_library(logger OBJECT
   "src/nqm/irimager/logger.cpp"
 )
@@ -121,6 +138,7 @@ target_link_libraries(logger
     pybind11::pybind11
   PRIVATE
     spdlog::spdlog_header_only
+    irlogger_to_spd
 )
 
 pybind11_add_module(irimager MODULE
@@ -135,6 +153,7 @@ target_link_libraries(irimager
   PRIVATE
     pybind11::headers
     irimager_class
+    irlogger_to_spd
     logger
 )
 
diff --git a/src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.cpp b/src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f39dbf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+#include "./irlogger_to_spd.hpp"
+
+#include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <exception>
+#include <future>
+#include <memory>
+#include <uvw.hpp>
+
+class IRLoggerToSpd::impl {
+ public:
+  impl(const std::filesystem::path &socket_path) { start_thread(socket_path); }
+
+  virtual ~impl() {
+    try {
+      stop_thread();
+    } catch (std::exception &e) {
+      spdlog::error("IRLoggerToSpd thread crashed: {}", e.what());
+    }
+  }
+
+ private:
+  void start_thread(const std::filesystem::path &socket_path) {
+    spdlog::debug("starting thread");
+
+    logger_thread = std::async(
+        std::launch::async,
+        [this,
+         socket_path  // capture by value, since this will run in another thread
+    ] {
+          spdlog::debug("started in new thread");
+
+          auto loop = uvw::loop::get_default();
+
+          // TODO: do we need to check for nullptr?
+          this->message = loop->resource<uvw::async_handle>();
+
+          spdlog::debug("checking for early stop");
+
+          if (this->stop) {  // in case calling thread stopped this before
+                             // `message` was created
+            spdlog::info("early exit!");
+            loop->stop();
+          }
+
+          this->message->on<uvw::async_event>(
+              [this, &loop](const uvw::async_event &, uvw::async_handle &) {
+                if (this->stop) {
+                  loop->stop();
+                }
+              });
+
+          spdlog::debug("message handler added");
+
+#ifdef FIFO_STREAMING_WORKKING
+          auto log_file_reader = loop->resource<uvw::pipe_handle>();
+
+          log_file_reader->on<uvw::connect_event>(
+              [](const uvw::connect_event &, uvw::pipe_handle &pipe_handle) {
+                spdlog::debug("Connection");
+                pipe_handle.on<uvw::end_event>(
+                    [](const uvw::end_event &, uvw::pipe_handle &srv) {
+                      srv.close();
+                    });
+                pipe_handle.on<uvw::data_event>(
+                    [](const uvw::data_event &data, uvw::pipe_handle &) {
+                      auto string_data =
+                          std::string_view(data.data.get(), data.length);
+
+                      // TODO PARSE LOGS
+                      spdlog::info(string_data);
+                    });
+                pipe_handle.read();
+              });
+
+          log_file_reader->on<uvw::error_event>(
+              [&loop](const uvw::error_event &error, uvw::pipe_handle &) {
+                spdlog::error("log_file_reader error {}", error.what());
+              });
+
+          spdlog::debug("Connecting to socket {}", socket_path.string());
+          log_file_reader->connect(socket_path.string());
+          log_file_reader->read();
+#endif
+
+#define UVW_FILE_STREAMING 1
+#ifdef UVW_FILE_STREAMING
+          /**
+           * This currently works, but it's very inefficient, since it maxes
+           * out the CPU to 100%!
+           */
+          auto log_file_reader = loop->resource<uvw::file_req>();
+
+          size_t file_offset = 0;
+          log_file_reader->on<uvw::fs_event>([&](const auto &event, auto &req) {
+            switch (event.type) {
+              case uvw::fs_req::fs_type::READ: {
+                if (event.result != 0) {
+                  auto string_data =
+                      std::string_view(event.read.data.get(), event.result);
+                  file_offset += event.result;
+
+                  // TODO: PARSE LOGS somehow?
+                  spdlog::info(string_data);
+                }
+
+                [[fallthrough]];
+              }
+              case uvw::fs_req::fs_type::OPEN:
+                req.read(static_cast<int64_t>(file_offset), 16);
+                break;
+              default:
+                spdlog::error(
+                    "Unexpected fs_req type {}",
+                    static_cast<std::underlying_type_t<uvw::fs_req::fs_type>>(
+                        event.type));
+                [[fallthrough]];
+              case uvw::fs_req::fs_type::CLOSE:
+                spdlog::debug("Closing file {}", socket_path.string());
+                log_file_reader->close();
+            }
+          });
+
+          spdlog::debug("Reading from file at {}", socket_path.string());
+          log_file_reader->open(socket_path.string(),
+                                uvw::file_req::file_open_flags::RDONLY, 0644);
+#endif  // POSIX hack
+
+          spdlog::debug("running loop in another thread");
+          loop->run();
+        });
+  }
+
+  void stop_thread() {
+    stop = true;
+    if (message != nullptr) {
+      message->send();
+    }
+
+    logger_thread.get();
+  }
+
+  std::shared_future<void> logger_thread;
+
+  /** Send messages to libuv thread from here */
+  std::shared_ptr<uvw::async_handle> message;
+  /** If `true`, stop the logger thread when a @p message is received */
+  std::atomic<bool> stop = false;
+};
+
+/**
+ * @see IRLoggerToSpd::IRLoggerToSpd() documentation.
+ */
+static std::filesystem::path default_socket_path() {
+  const char *xdg_runtime_dir_ptr = std::getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+  if (xdg_runtime_dir_ptr) {
+    auto xdg_runtime_dir =
+        std::filesystem::path(xdg_runtime_dir_ptr) / "nqm-irimager";
+    try {
+      std::filesystem::create_directory(xdg_runtime_dir);
+      return xdg_runtime_dir / "irlogger.fifo";
+    } catch (const std::filesystem::filesystem_error &e) {
+      // on no_such_file_or_directory error, just use temp_directory_path()
+      if (e.code() != std::errc::no_such_file_or_directory) {
+        throw e;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  auto temp_dir = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path() / "nqm-irimager";
+  std::filesystem::create_directory(temp_dir);
+  return temp_dir / "irlogger.fifo";
+}
+
+IRLoggerToSpd::IRLoggerToSpd() : IRLoggerToSpd(default_socket_path()) {}
+
+IRLoggerToSpd::IRLoggerToSpd(const std::filesystem::path &socket_path)
+    : pImpl{std::make_unique<IRLoggerToSpd::impl>(socket_path)} {}
+
+IRLoggerToSpd::~IRLoggerToSpd() {}
diff --git a/src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.hpp b/src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..750856c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nqm/irimager/irlogger_to_spd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "propagate_const.h"
+
+class IRLoggerToSpd {
+ public:
+  /**
+   * Creates an IRLoggerToSpd using a random named socket.
+   *
+   * - The socket is placed into `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/nqm-irimager/` if it exists.
+   * - Otherwise, an `{std::filesystem::temp_directory_path()}/nqm-irimager/`
+   *   is used.
+   */
+  IRLoggerToSpd();
+  /**
+   * Creates an IRLoggerToSpd using a socket on the given path.
+   */
+  IRLoggerToSpd(const std::filesystem::path &socket_path);
+
+  virtual ~IRLoggerToSpd();
+
+  /** pImpl implementation */
+  struct impl;
+
+ private:
+  // pImpl, see https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/pimpl
+  std::experimental::fundamentals_v2::propagate_const<std::unique_ptr<impl>>
+      pImpl;
+};
diff --git a/src/nqm/irimager/logger.cpp b/src/nqm/irimager/logger.cpp
index e2d5216..bac866f 100644
--- a/src/nqm/irimager/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/nqm/irimager/logger.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #include <spdlog/spdlog.h>
 
 #include <atomic>
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include "./irlogger_to_spd.hpp"
 
 /** Map spdlog's spd::level::level_enum enum to our LogLevel enum */
 inline LogLevel spd_level_to_irimager_level(spdlog::level::level_enum input) {
@@ -38,14 +41,26 @@ struct Logger::impl {
    *
    * @param logging_callback The function to call with log data.
    */
-  impl(LoggingCallback logging_callback) { redirect_spd(logging_callback); }
+  impl(LoggingCallback logging_callback) {
+    redirect_spd(logging_callback);
+
+    // construct after calling redirect_spd, so we can see logs during
+    // construction
+    ir_logger_to_spd = std::make_unique<IRLoggerToSpd>();
+  }
 
-  virtual ~impl() { reset_spd_redirect(); }
+  virtual ~impl() {
+    ir_logger_to_spd = nullptr;
+    reset_spd_redirect();
+  }
 
  private:
   /** If we've called redirect_spd(), this var stores the original logger */
   std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> old_logger;
 
+  /** Handles piping IRImageSDK logs to spdlog */
+  std::unique_ptr<IRLoggerToSpd> ir_logger_to_spd;
+
   /** Redirects calls to `spdlog::log()` in C++ to the given callback */
   void redirect_spd(LoggingCallback logging_callback) {
     reset_spd_redirect();