diff --git a/src/server/streamableHttp.ts b/src/server/streamableHttp.ts
index 3bf84e430..10a72ce4a 100644
--- a/src/server/streamableHttp.ts
+++ b/src/server/streamableHttp.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import { IncomingMessage, ServerResponse } from "node:http";
 import { Transport } from "../shared/transport.js";
-import { MessageExtraInfo, RequestInfo, isInitializeRequest, isJSONRPCError, isJSONRPCRequest, isJSONRPCResponse, JSONRPCMessage, JSONRPCMessageSchema, RequestId, SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS, DEFAULT_NEGOTIATED_PROTOCOL_VERSION } from "../types.js";
+import { MessageExtraInfo, RequestInfo, isInitializeRequest, isJSONRPCError, isJSONRPCRequest, isJSONRPCResponse, JSONRPCMessage, JSONRPCMessageSchema, RequestId, ServerEvents, SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS, DEFAULT_NEGOTIATED_PROTOCOL_VERSION, EventListener } from "../types.js";
 import getRawBody from "raw-body";
 import contentType from "content-type";
 import { randomUUID } from "node:crypto";
 import { AuthInfo } from "./auth/types.js";
+import { EventEmitter } from "node:events";
 
 const MAXIMUM_MESSAGE_SIZE = "4mb";
 
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ export interface EventStore {
  * Configuration options for StreamableHTTPServerTransport
  */
 export interface StreamableHTTPServerTransportOptions {
+  /**
+   * For any pre-existing sessions that we need new transport for
+   * If provided then the tranport will be considered _initialized
+   */
+  sessionId?: string;
+
   /**
    * Function that generates a session ID for the transport.
    * The session ID SHOULD be globally unique and cryptographically secure (e.g., a securely generated UUID, a JWT, or a cryptographic hash)
@@ -40,6 +47,13 @@ export interface StreamableHTTPServerTransportOptions {
    */
   sessionIdGenerator: (() => string) | undefined;
 
+  /**
+   * Disabling local SSE means that the transport will not automatically send SSE messages to the local handler.
+   * You need to implement your own pub/sub mechanism to handle SSE messages by listening to the `responseSse` event 
+   * and emitting them to the `sse` for any events that match the transport sessionId
+   */
+  disableLocalSse?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * A callback for session initialization events
    * This is called when the server initializes a new session.
@@ -143,6 +157,8 @@ export class StreamableHTTPServerTransport implements Transport {
   private _allowedHosts?: string[];
   private _allowedOrigins?: string[];
   private _enableDnsRebindingProtection: boolean;
+  readonly events = new EventEmitter<ServerEvents>();
+
 
   sessionId?: string;
   onclose?: () => void;
@@ -158,6 +174,14 @@ export class StreamableHTTPServerTransport implements Transport {
     this._allowedHosts = options.allowedHosts;
     this._allowedOrigins = options.allowedOrigins;
     this._enableDnsRebindingProtection = options.enableDnsRebindingProtection ?? false;
+    if (options.sessionId) {
+      this.sessionId = options.sessionId;
+      this._initialized = true; // Assume initialized if session ID is provided
+    }
+    if (!options.disableLocalSse) {
+      // If we are not disabling local SSE, we pipe see responses to the local handler
+      this.events.on('responseSse', (data) => this.events.emit('sse', data));
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -297,11 +321,19 @@ export class StreamableHTTPServerTransport implements Transport {
     // otherwise the client will just wait for the first message
     res.writeHead(200, headers).flushHeaders();
 
-    // Assign the response to the standalone SSE stream
+    // Write any message matching the sessionId to the SSE stream
+    const listener: EventListener<ServerEvents['sse']> = ({ sessionId, message, eventId }) => {
+      if (sessionId === this.sessionId) {
+        this.writeSSEEvent(res, message, eventId);
+      }
+    };
+    this.events.on('sse', listener);
+
     this._streamMapping.set(this._standaloneSseStreamId, res);
     // Set up close handler for client disconnects
     res.on("close", () => {
       this._streamMapping.delete(this._standaloneSseStreamId);
+      this.events.removeListener('sse', listener);
     });
   }
 
@@ -680,8 +712,11 @@ export class StreamableHTTPServerTransport implements Transport {
         eventId = await this._eventStore.storeEvent(this._standaloneSseStreamId, message);
       }
 
-      // Send the message to the standalone SSE stream
-      this.writeSSEEvent(standaloneSse, message, eventId);
+      // We emit the responseSse event.  If disableLocalSse is set to true this message will not be automatically sent to any local SSE handler
+      // You can listen for the responseSse and emit to a pub/sub.  You can also listen for sse events from pubs/sub and emit them
+      // to events['sse'] to send them to the local SSE handler.
+      this.events.emit('responseSse',{sessionId: this.sessionId, message, eventId});
+
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 323e37389..a0f5d3e21 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -1643,3 +1643,11 @@ export type ClientResult = Infer<typeof ClientResultSchema>;
 export type ServerRequest = Infer<typeof ServerRequestSchema>;
 export type ServerNotification = Infer<typeof ServerNotificationSchema>;
 export type ServerResult = Infer<typeof ServerResultSchema>;
+
+/* Server events */
+export type ServerEvents = {
+  responseSse: [{ sessionId?: string, message: JSONRPCMessage, eventId?: string }];
+  sse: [{ sessionId?: string, message: JSONRPCMessage, eventId?: string }];
+}
+
+export type EventListener<K extends any[]> = (...args: K) => void;
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