diff --git a/generate.py b/generate.py
index bce6b5e..53f1687 100644
--- a/generate.py
+++ b/generate.py
@@ -18,6 +18,25 @@
     int fd;
     short events;
     short revents;
+    ...;
+};
+struct nn_cmsghdr {
+    size_t cmsg_len;
+    int cmsg_level;
+    int cmsg_type;
+    ...;
+};
+struct nn_iovec {
+    void * iov_base;
+    size_t iov_len;
+    ...;
+};
+struct nn_msghdr {
+    struct nn_iovec *msg_iov;
+    int msg_iovlen;
+    void * msg_control;
+    size_t msg_controllen;
+    ...;
 };
 '''
 
@@ -50,6 +69,13 @@ def functions(hfiles):
                 lines.append(ln)
                 cont = ln.strip()[-1]
 
+    lines.extend([
+        'struct nn_cmsghdr *NN_CMSG_FIRSTHDR(struct nn_msghdr *hdr);',
+        'struct nn_cmsghdr *NN_CMSG_NXTHDR(struct nn_msghdr * hdr, struct nn_cmsghdr *cmsg);',
+        'unsigned char * NN_CMSG_DATA(struct nn_cmsghdr * cmsg);',
+        'size_t NN_CMSG_SPACE(size_t len);',
+        'size_t NN_CMSG_LEN(size_t len);'
+    ])
     return ''.join(ln[10:] if ln.startswith('NN_') else ln for ln in lines)
 
 def symbols(ffi, host_library):
diff --git a/nnpy/__init__.py b/nnpy/__init__.py
index 3db54bf..a3b506c 100644
--- a/nnpy/__init__.py
+++ b/nnpy/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 import os
 
 from .errors import NNError
-from .socket import Socket
+from .socket import Socket, MessageControl
 
 class PollSet(object):
 
diff --git a/nnpy/socket.py b/nnpy/socket.py
index 9544cf1..2f9b63f 100644
--- a/nnpy/socket.py
+++ b/nnpy/socket.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 from . import errors, ffi, nanomsg
 import sys
+import collections
 
 NN_MSG = int(ffi.cast("size_t", -1))
 
 ustr = str if sys.version_info[0] > 2 else unicode
 
+MessageControl = collections.namedtuple('MessageControl', ['level', 'type', 'data'])
+
 class Socket(object):
     """
     Nanomsg scalability protocols (SP) socket.
@@ -86,6 +89,71 @@ def recv(self, flags=0):
         s = ffi.buffer(buf[0], rc)[:]
         nanomsg.nn_freemsg(buf[0])
         return s
+
+    def sendmsg(self, data, control, flags=0):
+        # Some data types can use a zero-copy buffer creation strategy when
+        # paired with new versions of CFFI.  Namely, CFFI 1.8 supports `bytes`
+        # types with `from_buffer`, which is about 18% faster.  We try the fast
+        # way first and degrade as needed for the platform.
+        hdr = ffi.new('struct nn_msghdr *')
+
+        def gen(control_):
+            chdr = ffi.new('struct nn_cmsghdr *')
+            for level, tp, data in control_:
+                chdr.cmsg_level = level
+                chdr.cmsg_type = tp
+                chdr.cmsg_len = nanomsg.NN_CMSG_SPACE(len(data))
+                payload = ffi.buffer(chdr)[:] + data
+                padding = b'\0' * (chdr.cmsg_len - len(payload))
+                yield payload + padding
+
+        control = b''.join(gen(control))
+
+        try:
+            control = ffi.from_buffer(control)
+            data = ffi.from_buffer(data)
+        except TypeError:
+            control = ffi.new('char[%i]' % len(control), control)
+            data = data.encode() if isinstance(data, ustr) else data
+            data = ffi,new('char[%i]' % len(data), data)
+        iov = ffi.new('struct nn_iovec *')
+        iov.iov_base = data
+        iov.iov_len = len(data)
+        hdr.msg_iov = iov
+        hdr.msg_iovlen = 1
+        hdr.msg_control = control
+        hdr.msg_controllen = len(control)
+
+        rc = nanomsg.nn_sendmsg(self.sock, hdr, flags)
+        return errors.convert(rc, rc)
+
+    def recvmsg(self, flags=0):
+        hdr = ffi.new('struct nn_msghdr *')
+        iov = ffi.new('struct nn_iovec *')
+        buf = ffi.new('char**')
+        control = ffi.new('char **')
+        iov.iov_base = buf
+        iov.iov_len = NN_MSG
+        hdr.msg_iov = iov
+        hdr.msg_iovlen = 1
+        hdr.msg_control = control
+        hdr.msg_controllen = NN_MSG
+        rc = nanomsg.nn_recvmsg(self.sock, hdr, flags)
+        errors.convert(rc)
+
+        def gen(hdr_):
+            chdr = nanomsg.NN_CMSG_FIRSTHDR(hdr_)
+            while chdr:
+                yield MessageControl(
+                        chdr.cmsg_level, chdr.cmsg_type,
+                        ffi.buffer(nanomsg.NN_CMSG_DATA(chdr), chdr.cmsg_len - ffi.sizeof(chdr[0]))[:])
+                chdr = nanomsg.NN_CMSG_NXTHDR(hdr_, chdr)
+
+        s = ffi.buffer(buf[0], rc)[:]
+        c = list(gen(hdr))
+        nanomsg.nn_freemsg(buf[0])
+        nanomsg.nn_freemsg(control[0])
+        return s, c
         
     def get_statistic(self, statistic):
         rc = nanomsg.nn_get_statistic(self.sock, statistic)