diff --git a/helm/blueapi/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/blueapi/templates/deployment.yaml
index 7032e816a..92063d3b0 100644
--- a/helm/blueapi/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/blueapi/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,21 @@ spec:
           env:
             - name: SCRATCH_AREA
               value: {{ .Values.scratch.containerPath }}
+        {{- if .Values.listener.enabled -}}
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}-document-listener
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.listener.resources | nindent 12 }}
+          args:
+            - "-c"
+            - "/config/config.yaml"
+            {{- with .Values.existingSecret }}
+            - "-c"
+            - "/config/secret.yaml"
+            {{- end }}
+            - "listen"
+        {{- end }}
       {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
       nodeSelector:
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/helm/blueapi/values.yaml b/helm/blueapi/values.yaml
index a449e3c3f..4e7bbb259 100644
--- a/helm/blueapi/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/blueapi/values.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ affinity: {}
 
 hostNetwork: false # May be needed for talking to arcane protocols such as EPICS
 
+listener:
+  enabled: true
+  resources: {}
+
 scratch:
   hostPath: "" # example: /usr/local/blueapi-software-scratch
   containerPath: /blueapi-plugins/scratch
diff --git a/src/blueapi/cli/amq.py b/src/blueapi/cli/amq.py
index abd85678d..b9b6c0b3c 100644
--- a/src/blueapi/cli/amq.py
+++ b/src/blueapi/cli/amq.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ def __init__(self, message: str) -> None:
         super().__init__(message)
 
 
+_Event = Union[WorkerEvent, ProgressEvent, DataEvent]
+
+
 class AmqClient:
     app: MessagingTemplate
     complete: threading.Event
@@ -42,7 +45,8 @@ def subscribe_to_topics(
         callback = BestEffortCallback()
 
         def on_event_wrapper(
-            ctx: MessageContext, event: Union[WorkerEvent, ProgressEvent, DataEvent]
+            ctx: MessageContext,
+            event: _Event,
         ) -> None:
             if isinstance(event, WorkerEvent):
                 if (on_event is not None) and (ctx.correlation_id == correlation_id):
@@ -55,9 +59,15 @@ def on_event_wrapper(
             elif isinstance(event, DataEvent):
                 callback(event.name, event.doc)
 
+        self.subscribe_to_all_events(on_event_wrapper)
+
+    def subscribe_to_all_events(
+        self,
+        on_event: Callable[[MessageContext, _Event], None],
+    ) -> None:
         self.app.subscribe(
             self.app.destinations.topic("public.worker.event"),
-            on_event_wrapper,
+            on_event,
         )
 
     def wait_for_complete(self, timeout: Optional[float] = None) -> None:
diff --git a/src/blueapi/cli/cli.py b/src/blueapi/cli/cli.py
index 3c90effb8..3e2e458c9 100644
--- a/src/blueapi/cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/blueapi/cli/cli.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 from blueapi import __version__
 from blueapi.cli.amq import AmqClient
 from blueapi.config import ApplicationConfig, ConfigLoader
+from blueapi.core import DataEvent
+from blueapi.messaging import MessageContext
 from blueapi.messaging.stomptemplate import StompMessagingTemplate
 from blueapi.service.main import start
 from blueapi.service.model import WorkerTask
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
     print_schema_as_yaml,
     write_schema_as_yaml,
 )
-from blueapi.worker import RunPlan, WorkerEvent, WorkerState
+from blueapi.worker import ProgressEvent, RunPlan, WorkerEvent, WorkerState
 
 from .rest import BlueapiRestClient
 
@@ -127,6 +129,30 @@ def get_devices(obj: dict) -> None:
     pprint(client.get_devices().dict())
 
 
+@controller.command(name="listen")
+@check_connection
+@click.pass_obj
+def listen_to_events(obj: dict) -> None:
+    """Listen to events output by blueapi"""
+    config: ApplicationConfig = obj["config"]
+    amq_client = AmqClient(StompMessagingTemplate.autoconfigured(config.stomp))
+
+    def on_event(
+        context: MessageContext,
+        event: Union[WorkerEvent, ProgressEvent, DataEvent],
+    ) -> None:
+        converted = json.dumps(event.dict(), indent=2)
+        print(converted)
+
+    print(
+        "Subscribing to all bluesky events from "
+        f"{config.stomp.host}:{config.stomp.port}"
+    )
+    with amq_client:
+        amq_client.subscribe_to_all_events(on_event)
+        input("Press enter to exit")
+
+
 @controller.command(name="run")
 @click.argument("name", type=str)
 @click.argument("parameters", type=str, required=False)