diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/ReactiveMessageChannel.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/ReactiveMessageChannel.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.messaging;
+
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+/**
+ * Contract for reactive, non-blocking sending of messages.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.2
+ */
+public interface ReactiveMessageChannel {
+
+	/**
+	 * Send a {@link Message} to this channel. If the message is sent
+	 * successfully, return {@code true}. Or if not sent due to a non-fatal
+	 * reason, return {@code false}.
+	 * @param message the message to send
+	 * @return completion {@link Mono} returning {@code true} on success,
+	 * {@code false} if not sent, or an error signal.
+	 */
+	Mono<Boolean> send(Message<?> message);
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/ReactiveSubscribableChannel.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/ReactiveSubscribableChannel.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.messaging;
+
+/**
+ * {@link MessageChannel} that maintains a registry of subscribers to handle
+ * messages sent through this channel.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.2
+ */
+public interface ReactiveSubscribableChannel extends ReactiveMessageChannel {
+
+	/**
+	 * Register a message handler.
+	 * @return {@code true} if the handler was subscribed or {@code false} if it
+	 * was already subscribed.
+	 */
+	boolean subscribe(ReactiveMessageHandler handler);
+
+	/**
+	 * Un-register a message handler.
+	 * @return {@code true} if the handler was un-registered, or {@code false}
+	 * if was not registered.
+	 */
+	boolean unsubscribe(ReactiveMessageHandler handler);
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/support/DefaultReactiveMessageChannel.java b/spring-messaging/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/support/DefaultReactiveMessageChannel.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.messaging.support;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArraySet;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanNameAware;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+import org.springframework.messaging.ReactiveMessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.messaging.ReactiveSubscribableChannel;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of {@link ReactiveSubscribableChannel}.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.2
+ */
+public class DefaultReactiveMessageChannel implements ReactiveSubscribableChannel, BeanNameAware {
+
+	private static final Mono<Boolean> SUCCESS_RESULT = Mono.just(true);
+
+	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(DefaultReactiveMessageChannel.class);
+
+
+	private final Set<ReactiveMessageHandler> handlers = new CopyOnWriteArraySet<>();
+
+	private String beanName;
+
+
+	public DefaultReactiveMessageChannel() {
+		this.beanName = getClass().getSimpleName() + "@" + ObjectUtils.getIdentityHexString(this);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * A message channel uses the bean name primarily for logging purposes.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanName(String name) {
+		this.beanName = name;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the bean name for this message channel.
+	 */
+	public String getBeanName() {
+		return this.beanName;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean subscribe(ReactiveMessageHandler handler) {
+		boolean result = this.handlers.add(handler);
+		if (result) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug(getBeanName() + " added " + handler);
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean unsubscribe(ReactiveMessageHandler handler) {
+		boolean result = this.handlers.remove(handler);
+		if (result) {
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug(getBeanName() + " removed " + handler);
+			}
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public Mono<Boolean> send(Message<?> message) {
+		return Flux.fromIterable(this.handlers)
+				.concatMap(handler -> handler.handleMessage(message))
+				.then(SUCCESS_RESULT);
+	}
+
+}