diff --git a/cereal/SConscript b/cereal/SConscript
index be5f161dea03a4..fccc48f814f4bb 100644
--- a/cereal/SConscript
+++ b/cereal/SConscript
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ env.SharedLibrary('cereal_shared', cereal_objects)
 # Build messaging
 
 services_h = env.Command(['services.h'], ['services.py'], 'python3 ' + cereal_dir.path + '/services.py > $TARGET')
-env.Program('messaging/bridge', ['messaging/bridge.cc'], LIBS=[msgq, 'zmq', common])
+env.Program('messaging/bridge', ['messaging/bridge.cc', 'messaging/msgq_to_zmq.cc'], LIBS=[msgq, 'zmq', common, 'pthread'])
 
 
 socketmaster = env.SharedObject(['messaging/socketmaster.cc'])
diff --git a/cereal/messaging/bridge.cc b/cereal/messaging/bridge.cc
index 8619c1e22640bb..93af988358df85 100644
--- a/cereal/messaging/bridge.cc
+++ b/cereal/messaging/bridge.cc
@@ -1,25 +1,10 @@
-#include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
-#include <csignal>
-#include <iostream>
-#include <map>
-#include <string>
-
-typedef void (*sighandler_t)(int sig);
 
+#include "cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.h"
 #include "cereal/services.h"
-#include "msgq/impl_msgq.h"
-#include "msgq/impl_zmq.h"
+#include "common/util.h"
 
-std::atomic<bool> do_exit = false;
-static void set_do_exit(int sig) {
-  do_exit = true;
-}
-
-void sigpipe_handler(int sig) {
-  assert(sig == SIGPIPE);
-  std::cout << "SIGPIPE received" << std::endl;
-}
+ExitHandler do_exit;
 
 static std::vector<std::string> get_services(std::string whitelist_str, bool zmq_to_msgq) {
   std::vector<std::string> service_list;
@@ -34,41 +19,22 @@ static std::vector<std::string> get_services(std::string whitelist_str, bool zmq
   return service_list;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char** argv) {
-  signal(SIGPIPE, (sighandler_t)sigpipe_handler);
-  signal(SIGINT, (sighandler_t)set_do_exit);
-  signal(SIGTERM, (sighandler_t)set_do_exit);
-
-  bool zmq_to_msgq = argc > 2;
-  std::string ip = zmq_to_msgq ? argv[1] : "127.0.0.1";
-  std::string whitelist_str = zmq_to_msgq ? std::string(argv[2]) : "";
+void msgq_to_zmq(const std::vector<std::string> &endpoints, const std::string &ip) {
+  MsgqToZmq bridge;
+  bridge.run(endpoints, ip);
+}
 
-  Poller *poller;
-  Context *pub_context;
-  Context *sub_context;
-  if (zmq_to_msgq) {  // republishes zmq debugging messages as msgq
-    poller = new ZMQPoller();
-    pub_context = new MSGQContext();
-    sub_context = new ZMQContext();
-  } else {
-    poller = new MSGQPoller();
-    pub_context = new ZMQContext();
-    sub_context = new MSGQContext();
-  }
+void zmq_to_msgq(const std::vector<std::string> &endpoints, const std::string &ip) {
+  auto poller = std::make_unique<ZMQPoller>();
+  auto pub_context = std::make_unique<MSGQContext>();
+  auto sub_context = std::make_unique<ZMQContext>();
+  std::map<SubSocket *, PubSocket *> sub2pub;
 
-  std::map<SubSocket*, PubSocket*> sub2pub;
-  for (auto endpoint : get_services(whitelist_str, zmq_to_msgq)) {
-    PubSocket * pub_sock;
-    SubSocket * sub_sock;
-    if (zmq_to_msgq) {
-      pub_sock = new MSGQPubSocket();
-      sub_sock = new ZMQSubSocket();
-    } else {
-      pub_sock = new ZMQPubSocket();
-      sub_sock = new MSGQSubSocket();
-    }
-    pub_sock->connect(pub_context, endpoint);
-    sub_sock->connect(sub_context, endpoint, ip, false);
+  for (auto endpoint : endpoints) {
+    auto pub_sock = new MSGQPubSocket();
+    auto sub_sock = new ZMQSubSocket();
+    pub_sock->connect(pub_context.get(), endpoint);
+    sub_sock->connect(sub_context.get(), endpoint, ip, false);
 
     poller->registerSocket(sub_sock);
     sub2pub[sub_sock] = pub_sock;
@@ -76,17 +42,30 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   while (!do_exit) {
     for (auto sub_sock : poller->poll(100)) {
-      Message * msg = sub_sock->receive();
-      if (msg == NULL) continue;
-      int ret;
-      do {
-        ret = sub2pub[sub_sock]->sendMessage(msg);
-      } while (ret == -1 && errno == EINTR && !do_exit);
-      assert(ret >= 0 || do_exit);
-      delete msg;
-
-      if (do_exit) break;
+      std::unique_ptr<Message> msg(sub_sock->receive(true));
+      if (msg) {
+        sub2pub[sub_sock]->sendMessage(msg.get());
+      }
     }
   }
+
+  // Clean up allocated sockets
+  for (auto &[sub_sock, pub_sock] : sub2pub) {
+    delete sub_sock;
+    delete pub_sock;
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  bool is_zmq_to_msgq = argc > 2;
+  std::string ip = is_zmq_to_msgq ? argv[1] : "127.0.0.1";
+  std::string whitelist_str = is_zmq_to_msgq ? std::string(argv[2]) : "";
+  std::vector<std::string> endpoints = get_services(whitelist_str, is_zmq_to_msgq);
+
+  if (is_zmq_to_msgq) {
+    zmq_to_msgq(endpoints, ip);
+  } else {
+    msgq_to_zmq(endpoints, ip);
+  }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.cc b/cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..87ce02ac4d3a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+#include "cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.h"
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+#include "common/util.h"
+
+extern ExitHandler do_exit;
+
+static std::string recv_zmq_msg(void *sock) {
+  zmq_msg_t msg;
+  zmq_msg_init(&msg);
+  std::string ret;
+  if (zmq_msg_recv(&msg, sock, 0) > 0) {
+    ret.assign((char *)zmq_msg_data(&msg), zmq_msg_size(&msg));
+  }
+  zmq_msg_close(&msg);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void MsgqToZmq::run(const std::vector<std::string> &endpoints, const std::string &ip) {
+  zmq_context = std::make_unique<ZMQContext>();
+  msgq_context = std::make_unique<MSGQContext>();
+
+  // Create ZMQPubSockets for each endpoint
+  for (auto endpoint : endpoints) {
+    auto &socket_pair = socket_pairs.emplace_back();
+    socket_pair.endpoint = endpoint;
+    socket_pair.pub_sock = std::make_unique<ZMQPubSocket>();
+    int ret = socket_pair.pub_sock->connect(zmq_context.get(), endpoint);
+    if (ret != 0) {
+      printf("Failed to create ZMQ publisher for [%s]: %s\n", endpoint.c_str(), zmq_strerror(zmq_errno()));
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Start ZMQ monitoring thread to monitor socket events
+  std::thread thread(&MsgqToZmq::zmqMonitorThread, this);
+
+  while (!do_exit) {
+    {
+      std::unique_lock lk(mutex);
+      cv.wait(lk, [this]() { return do_exit || !sub2pub.empty(); });
+      if (do_exit) break;
+
+      for (auto sub_sock : msgq_poller->poll(100)) {
+        std::unique_ptr<Message> msg(sub_sock->receive(true));
+        while (msg && sub2pub[sub_sock]->sendMessage(msg.get()) == -1) {
+          if (errno != EINTR) break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    util::sleep_for(1);  // Give zmqMonitorThread a chance to acquire the mutex
+  }
+
+  thread.join();
+}
+
+void MsgqToZmq::zmqMonitorThread() {
+  std::vector<zmq_pollitem_t> pollitems;
+
+  // Set up ZMQ monitor for each pub socket
+  for (int i = 0; i < socket_pairs.size(); ++i) {
+    std::string addr = "inproc://op-bridge-monitor-" + std::to_string(i);
+    zmq_socket_monitor(socket_pairs[i].pub_sock->sock, addr.c_str(), ZMQ_EVENT_ACCEPTED | ZMQ_EVENT_DISCONNECTED);
+
+    void *monitor_socket = zmq_socket(zmq_context->getRawContext(), ZMQ_PAIR);
+    zmq_connect(monitor_socket, addr.c_str());
+    pollitems.emplace_back(zmq_pollitem_t{.socket = monitor_socket, .events = ZMQ_POLLIN});
+  }
+
+  while (!do_exit) {
+    int ret = zmq_poll(pollitems.data(), pollitems.size(), 1000);
+    if (ret < 0) {
+      if (errno == EINTR) {
+        // Due to frequent EINTR signals from msgq, introduce a brief delay (200 ms)
+        // to reduce CPU usage during retry attempts.
+        util::sleep_for(200);
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < pollitems.size(); ++i) {
+      if (pollitems[i].revents & ZMQ_POLLIN) {
+        // First frame in message contains event number and value
+        std::string frame = recv_zmq_msg(pollitems[i].socket);
+        if (frame.empty()) continue;
+
+        uint16_t event_type = *(uint16_t *)(frame.data());
+
+        // Second frame in message contains event address
+        frame = recv_zmq_msg(pollitems[i].socket);
+        if (frame.empty()) continue;
+
+        std::unique_lock lk(mutex);
+        auto &pair = socket_pairs[i];
+        if (event_type & ZMQ_EVENT_ACCEPTED) {
+          printf("socket [%s] connected\n", pair.endpoint.c_str());
+          if (++pair.connected_clients == 1) {
+            // Create new MSGQ subscriber socket and map to ZMQ publisher
+            pair.sub_sock = std::make_unique<MSGQSubSocket>();
+            pair.sub_sock->connect(msgq_context.get(), pair.endpoint, "127.0.0.1");
+            sub2pub[pair.sub_sock.get()] = pair.pub_sock.get();
+            registerSockets();
+          }
+        } else if (event_type & ZMQ_EVENT_DISCONNECTED) {
+          printf("socket [%s] disconnected\n", pair.endpoint.c_str());
+          if (pair.connected_clients == 0 || --pair.connected_clients == 0) {
+            // Remove MSGQ subscriber socket from mapping and reset it
+            sub2pub.erase(pair.sub_sock.get());
+            pair.sub_sock.reset(nullptr);
+            registerSockets();
+          }
+        }
+        cv.notify_one();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Clean up monitor sockets
+  for (int i = 0; i < pollitems.size(); ++i) {
+    zmq_socket_monitor(socket_pairs[i].pub_sock->sock, nullptr, 0);
+    zmq_close(pollitems[i].socket);
+  }
+  cv.notify_one();
+}
+
+void MsgqToZmq::registerSockets() {
+  msgq_poller = std::make_unique<MSGQPoller>();
+  for (const auto &socket_pair : socket_pairs) {
+    if (socket_pair.sub_sock) {
+      msgq_poller->registerSocket(socket_pair.sub_sock.get());
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.h b/cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ebdbe5df690e98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cereal/messaging/msgq_to_zmq.h
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <mutex>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#define private public
+#include "msgq/impl_msgq.h"
+#include "msgq/impl_zmq.h"
+
+class MsgqToZmq {
+public:
+  MsgqToZmq() {}
+  void run(const std::vector<std::string> &endpoints, const std::string &ip);
+
+protected:
+  void registerSockets();
+  void zmqMonitorThread();
+
+  struct SocketPair {
+    std::string endpoint;
+    std::unique_ptr<ZMQPubSocket> pub_sock;
+    std::unique_ptr<MSGQSubSocket> sub_sock;
+    int connected_clients = 0;
+  };
+
+  std::unique_ptr<MSGQContext> msgq_context;
+  std::unique_ptr<ZMQContext> zmq_context;
+  std::mutex mutex;
+  std::condition_variable cv;
+  std::unique_ptr<MSGQPoller> msgq_poller;
+  std::map<SubSocket *, ZMQPubSocket *> sub2pub;
+  std::vector<SocketPair> socket_pairs;
+};