diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6dca9cb0..04ca09c8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1421,6 +1421,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "eyre",
  "flume",
  "futures",
+ "futures-concurrency",
  "once_cell",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -1855,9 +1856,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-concurrency"
-version = "7.2.0"
+version = "7.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "30ce9739c5655304eced9aaea4220e4393b8f60a3a5f1b84d09a206d6a5078a9"
+checksum = "b726119e6cd29cf120724495b2085e1ed3d17821ea17b86de54576d1aa565f5e"
 dependencies = [
  "bitvec",
  "futures-core",
diff --git a/apis/rust/node/Cargo.toml b/apis/rust/node/Cargo.toml
index c242d44c..023904d6 100644
--- a/apis/rust/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apis/rust/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ shared_memory = "0.12.0"
 dora-tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 arrow = "35.0.0"
 futures = "0.3.28"
+futures-concurrency = "7.3.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", features = ["rt"] }
diff --git a/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/merged.rs b/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/merged.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9a10aa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/merged.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+use futures::{Stream, StreamExt};
+use futures_concurrency::stream::Merge;
+
+pub enum MergedEvent<E> {
+    Dora(super::Event),
+    External(E),
+}
+
+pub enum Either<A, B> {
+    First(A),
+    Second(B),
+}
+
+pub trait MergeExternal<'a, E> {
+    type Item;
+
+    fn merge_external(
+        self,
+        external_events: impl Stream<Item = E> + Unpin + 'a,
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Self::Item> + Unpin + 'a>;
+}
+
+impl<'a, E> MergeExternal<'a, E> for super::EventStream
+where
+    E: 'static,
+{
+    type Item = MergedEvent<E>;
+
+    fn merge_external(
+        self,
+        external_events: impl Stream<Item = E> + Unpin + 'a,
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Self::Item> + Unpin + 'a> {
+        let dora = self.map(MergedEvent::Dora);
+        let external = external_events.map(MergedEvent::External);
+        Box::new((dora, external).merge())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, E, F, S> MergeExternal<'a, F> for S
+where
+    S: Stream<Item = MergedEvent<E>> + Unpin + 'a,
+    E: 'a,
+    F: 'a,
+{
+    type Item = MergedEvent<Either<E, F>>;
+
+    fn merge_external(
+        self,
+        external_events: impl Stream<Item = F> + Unpin + 'a,
+    ) -> Box<dyn Stream<Item = Self::Item> + Unpin + 'a> {
+        let first = self.map(|e| match e {
+            MergedEvent::Dora(d) => MergedEvent::Dora(d),
+            MergedEvent::External(e) => MergedEvent::External(Either::First(e)),
+        });
+        let second = external_events.map(|e| MergedEvent::External(Either::Second(e)));
+        Box::new((first, second).merge())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/mod.rs b/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/mod.rs
index 104722f8..f052c123 100644
--- a/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/mod.rs
+++ b/apis/rust/node/src/event_stream/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use dora_core::{
 use eyre::{eyre, Context};
 
 mod event;
+pub mod merged;
 mod thread;
 
 pub struct EventStream {
diff --git a/apis/rust/node/src/lib.rs b/apis/rust/node/src/lib.rs
index a07be734..d23bae9f 100644
--- a/apis/rust/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apis/rust/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 //!
 pub use dora_core;
 pub use dora_core::message::{uhlc, Metadata, MetadataParameters};
-pub use event_stream::{Data, Event, EventStream, MappedInputData};
+pub use event_stream::{merged, Data, Event, EventStream, MappedInputData};
 pub use flume::Receiver;
 pub use node::{DataSample, DoraNode};