diff --git a/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionBootCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionBootCommand.php
index 6f53cbe9e..c0e42b106 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionBootCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionBootCommand.php
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 use Closure;
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Console\InputHelper;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\Store;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\SubscriptionStore;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Subscription\Engine\SubscriptionEngine;
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Subscription\Engine\SubscriptionEngineCriteria;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\DefaultWorker;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
@@ -20,6 +23,13 @@
 )]
 final class SubscriptionBootCommand extends SubscriptionCommand
 {
+    public function __construct(
+        SubscriptionEngine $engine,
+        private readonly Store $store,
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($engine);
+    }
+
     public function configure(): void
     {
         parent::configure();
@@ -76,6 +86,10 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $criteria = $this->subscriptionEngineCriteria($input);
         $criteria = $this->resolveCriteriaIntoCriteriaWithOnlyIds($criteria);
 
+        if ($this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore) {
+            $this->store->setupSubscription();
+        }
+
         if ($setup) {
             $this->engine->setup($criteria);
         }
@@ -85,15 +99,21 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $finished = false;
 
         $worker = DefaultWorker::create(
-            function (Closure $stop) use ($criteria, $messageLimit, &$finished): void {
+            function (Closure $stop) use ($criteria, $messageLimit, &$finished, $sleep): void {
                 $this->engine->boot($criteria, $messageLimit);
 
-                if (!$this->isBootingFinished($criteria)) {
+                if ($this->isBootingFinished($criteria)) {
+                    $finished = true;
+                    $stop();
+
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (!$this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore) {
                     return;
                 }
 
-                $finished = true;
-                $stop();
+                $this->store->wait($sleep);
             },
             [
                 'runLimit' => $runLimit,
@@ -103,7 +123,8 @@ function (Closure $stop) use ($criteria, $messageLimit, &$finished): void {
             $logger,
         );
 
-        $worker->run($sleep);
+        $supportSubscription = $this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore && $this->store->supportSubscription();
+        $worker->run($supportSubscription ? 0 : $sleep);
 
         return $finished ? 0 : 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionRunCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionRunCommand.php
index 40d1b8fcd..87548d907 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionRunCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/SubscriptionRunCommand.php
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 namespace Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Console\Command;
 
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Console\InputHelper;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\Store;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\SubscriptionStore;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Subscription\Engine\SubscriptionEngine;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\DefaultWorker;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
@@ -18,6 +21,13 @@
 )]
 final class SubscriptionRunCommand extends SubscriptionCommand
 {
+    public function __construct(
+        SubscriptionEngine $engine,
+        private readonly Store $store,
+    ) {
+        parent::__construct($engine);
+    }
+
     protected function configure(): void
     {
         parent::configure();
@@ -75,11 +85,21 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
         $criteria = $this->subscriptionEngineCriteria($input);
         $criteria = $this->resolveCriteriaIntoCriteriaWithOnlyIds($criteria);
 
+        if ($this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore) {
+            $this->store->setupSubscription();
+        }
+
         $logger = new ConsoleLogger($output);
 
         $worker = DefaultWorker::create(
-            function () use ($criteria, $messageLimit): void {
+            function () use ($criteria, $messageLimit, $sleep): void {
                 $this->engine->run($criteria, $messageLimit);
+
+                if (!$this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                $this->store->wait($sleep);
             },
             [
                 'runLimit' => $runLimit,
@@ -94,7 +114,8 @@ function () use ($criteria, $messageLimit): void {
             $this->engine->boot($criteria);
         }
 
-        $worker->run($sleep);
+        $supportSubscription = $this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore && $this->store->supportSubscription();
+        $worker->run($supportSubscription ? 0 : $sleep);
 
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php
index 2ad253814..f08d21a1e 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/WatchCommand.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Serializer\EventSerializer;
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\Criteria;
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\Store;
+use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store\SubscriptionStore;
 use Patchlevel\Worker\DefaultWorker;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
@@ -65,8 +66,12 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
 
         $index = $this->currentIndex();
 
+        if ($this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore) {
+            $this->store->setupSubscription();
+        }
+
         $worker = DefaultWorker::create(
-            function () use ($console, &$index, $aggregate, $aggregateId): void {
+            function () use ($console, &$index, $aggregate, $aggregateId, $sleep): void {
                 $stream = $this->store->load(
                     new Criteria(
                         $aggregate,
@@ -81,11 +86,17 @@ function () use ($console, &$index, $aggregate, $aggregateId): void {
                 }
 
                 $stream->close();
+
+                if (!$this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                $this->store->wait($sleep);
             },
-            [],
         );
 
-        $worker->run($sleep);
+        $supportSubscription = $this->store instanceof SubscriptionStore && $this->store->supportSubscription();
+        $worker->run($supportSubscription ? 0 : $sleep);
 
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php b/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php
index c22c80f14..7c9c909a9 100644
--- a/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php
+++ b/src/Store/DoctrineDbalStore.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Closure;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Connection;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Exception\UniqueConstraintViolationException;
+use Doctrine\DBAL\Platforms\PostgreSQLPlatform;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Query\QueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
 use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
@@ -17,11 +18,14 @@
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\EventBus\Serializer\HeadersSerializer;
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Schema\DoctrineSchemaConfigurator;
 use Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Serializer\EventSerializer;
+use PDO;
 
 use function array_fill;
 use function array_filter;
 use function array_values;
+use function class_exists;
 use function count;
+use function explode;
 use function floor;
 use function implode;
 use function in_array;
@@ -29,7 +33,7 @@
 use function is_string;
 use function sprintf;
 
-final class DoctrineDbalStore implements Store, ArchivableStore, DoctrineSchemaConfigurator
+final class DoctrineDbalStore implements Store, ArchivableStore, SubscriptionStore, DoctrineSchemaConfigurator
 {
     /**
      * PostgreSQL has a limit of 65535 parameters in a single query.
@@ -327,4 +331,59 @@ private function getCustomHeaders(Message $message): array
             ),
         );
     }
+
+    public function supportSubscription(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->connection->getDatabasePlatform() instanceof PostgreSQLPlatform && class_exists(PDO::class);
+    }
+
+    public function wait(int $timeoutMilliseconds): void
+    {
+        if (!$this->supportSubscription()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->connection->executeStatement(sprintf('LISTEN "%s"', $this->storeTableName));
+
+        /** @var PDO $nativeConnection */
+        $nativeConnection = $this->connection->getNativeConnection();
+
+        $nativeConnection->pgsqlGetNotify(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC, $timeoutMilliseconds);
+    }
+
+    public function setupSubscription(): void
+    {
+        if (!$this->supportSubscription()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $functionName = $this->createTriggerFunctionName();
+
+        $this->connection->executeStatement(sprintf(
+            <<<'SQL'
+                CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION %1$s() RETURNS TRIGGER AS $$
+                    BEGIN
+                        PERFORM pg_notify('%2$s');
+                        RETURN NEW;
+                    END;
+                $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+                SQL,
+            $functionName,
+            $this->storeTableName,
+        ));
+
+        $this->connection->executeStatement(sprintf('DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS notify_trigger ON %s;', $this->storeTableName));
+        $this->connection->executeStatement(sprintf('CREATE TRIGGER notify_trigger AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE ON %1$s FOR EACH ROW EXECUTE PROCEDURE %2$s();', $this->storeTableName, $functionName));
+    }
+
+    private function createTriggerFunctionName(): string
+    {
+        $tableConfig = explode('.', $this->storeTableName);
+
+        if (count($tableConfig) === 1) {
+            return sprintf('notify_%1$s', $tableConfig[0]);
+        }
+
+        return sprintf('%1$s.notify_%2$s', $tableConfig[0], $tableConfig[1]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Store/SubscriptionStore.php b/src/Store/SubscriptionStore.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b99ab0116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Store/SubscriptionStore.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Patchlevel\EventSourcing\Store;
+
+interface SubscriptionStore
+{
+    public function supportSubscription(): bool;
+
+    public function setupSubscription(): void;
+
+    public function wait(int $timeoutMilliseconds): void;
+}