diff --git a/build.c b/build.c
index bafcc8c..b59cda4 100644
--- a/build.c
+++ b/build.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     char *CXX = strcpy(calloc(1024, 1), or_else(getenv("CXX"), "g++"));
     char *EXEC_SUFFIX = strcpy(calloc(1024, 1), maybe(getenv("EXEC_SUFFIX")));
 
-    char *EXAMPLE_FILES[] = {"Http3Server", "Broadcast", "HelloWorld", "Crc32", "ServerName",
+    char *EXAMPLE_FILES[] = {"LoadBalancer", "Http3Server", "Broadcast", "HelloWorld", "Crc32", "ServerName",
     "EchoServer", "BroadcastingEchoServer", "UpgradeSync", "UpgradeAsync", "ParameterRoutes"};
 
     strcat(CXXFLAGS, " -march=native -O3 -Wpedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wsign-conversion -Wconversion -std=c++20 -Isrc -IuSockets/src");
diff --git a/examples/LoadBalancer.cpp b/examples/LoadBalancer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d76891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/LoadBalancer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#include "App.h"
+#include <thread>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <mutex>
+
+/* Note that SSL is disabled unless you build with WITH_OPENSSL=1 */
+const int SSL = 1;
+
+unsigned int roundRobin = 0;
+unsigned int hardwareConcurrency = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+std::vector<std::thread *> threads(hardwareConcurrency);
+std::vector<uWS::SSLApp *> apps;
+std::mutex m;
+
+namespace uWS {
+struct LocalCluster {
+
+    //std::vector<std::thread *> threads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
+    std::vector<uWS::SSLApp *> apps;
+    std::mutex m;
+
+
+    static void loadBalancer() {
+        static std::atomic<unsigned int> roundRobin = 0; // atomic fetch_add
+    }
+
+    LocalCluster(SocketContextOptions options = {}, std::function<void(uWS::SSLApp &)> cb = nullptr) {
+
+    }
+};
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+    // can be strictly round robin or not
+
+    // uWS::LocalCluster({
+    //     .key_file_name = "misc/key.pem",
+    //     .cert_file_name = "misc/cert.pem",
+    //     .passphrase = "1234"
+    // },
+    // [](uWS::SSLApp &app) {
+    //     /* Here this App instance is defined */
+    //     app.get("/*", [](auto *res, auto * /*req*/) {
+    //         res->end("Hello world!");
+    //     }).listen(3000, [](auto *listen_socket) {
+    //         if (listen_socket) {
+    //             /* Note that us_listen_socket_t is castable to us_socket_t */
+    //             std::cout << "Thread " << std::this_thread::get_id() << " listening on port " << us_socket_local_port(SSL, (struct us_socket_t *) listen_socket) << std::endl;
+    //         } else {
+    //             std::cout << "Thread " << std::this_thread::get_id() << " failed to listen on port 3000" << std::endl;
+    //         }
+    //     });
+    // });
+
+    std::transform(threads.begin(), threads.end(), threads.begin(), [](std::thread *) {
+
+        return new std::thread([]() {
+
+            // lock this
+            m.lock();
+            apps.emplace_back(new uWS::SSLApp({
+                .key_file_name = "misc/key.pem",
+                .cert_file_name = "misc/cert.pem",
+                .passphrase = "1234"
+            }));
+            uWS::SSLApp *app = apps.back();
+
+            app->get("/*", [](auto *res, auto * /*req*/) {
+                res->end("Hello world!");
+            }).listen(3000, [](auto *listen_socket) {
+                if (listen_socket) {
+                    /* Note that us_listen_socket_t is castable to us_socket_t */
+                    std::cout << "Thread " << std::this_thread::get_id() << " listening on port " << us_socket_local_port(SSL, (struct us_socket_t *) listen_socket) << std::endl;
+                } else {
+                    std::cout << "Thread " << std::this_thread::get_id() << " failed to listen on port 3000" << std::endl;
+                }
+            }).preOpen([](LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR fd) {
+
+                /* Distribute this socket in round robin fashion */
+                std::cout << "About to load balance " << fd << " to " << roundRobin << std::endl;
+
+                auto receivingApp = apps[roundRobin];
+                apps[roundRobin]->getLoop()->defer([fd, receivingApp]() {
+                    receivingApp->adoptSocket(fd);
+                });
+
+                roundRobin = (roundRobin + 1) % hardwareConcurrency;
+                return -1;
+            });
+            m.unlock();
+            app->run();
+            std::cout << "Fallthrough!" << std::endl;
+            delete app;
+        });
+    });
+
+    std::for_each(threads.begin(), threads.end(), [](std::thread *t) {
+        t->join();
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/App.h b/src/App.h
index 904e218..f0e2a4d 100644
--- a/src/App.h
+++ b/src/App.h
@@ -575,6 +575,12 @@ public:
         return std::move(*this);
     }
 
+    /* Register event handler for accepted FD. Can be used together with adoptSocket. */
+    TemplatedApp &&preOpen(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR (*handler)(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR)) {
+        httpContext->onPreOpen(handler);
+        return std::move(*this);
+    }
+
     /* adopt an externally accepted socket */
     TemplatedApp &&adoptSocket(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR accepted_fd) {
         httpContext->adoptAcceptedSocket(accepted_fd);
@@ -586,6 +592,10 @@ public:
         return std::move(*this);
     }
 
+    Loop *getLoop() {
+        return (Loop *) httpContext->getLoop();
+    }
+
 };
 
 typedef TemplatedApp<false> App;
diff --git a/src/HttpContext.h b/src/HttpContext.h
index 11d1a4e..1f47b8b 100644
--- a/src/HttpContext.h
+++ b/src/HttpContext.h
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ private:
     /* Minimum allowed receive throughput per second (clients uploading less than 16kB/sec get dropped) */
     static const int HTTP_RECEIVE_THROUGHPUT_BYTES = 16 * 1024;
 
+    us_loop_t *getLoop() {
+        return us_socket_context_loop(SSL, getSocketContext());
+    }
+
     us_socket_context_t *getSocketContext() {
         return (us_socket_context_t *) this;
     }
@@ -483,6 +487,10 @@ public:
         return us_socket_context_listen_unix(SSL, getSocketContext(), path, options, sizeof(HttpResponseData<SSL>));
     }
 
+    void onPreOpen(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR (*handler)(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR)) {
+        us_socket_context_on_pre_open(SSL, getSocketContext(), handler);
+    }
+
     /* Adopt an externally accepted socket into this HttpContext */
     us_socket_t *adoptAcceptedSocket(LIBUS_SOCKET_DESCRIPTOR accepted_fd) {
         return us_adopt_accepted_socket(SSL, getSocketContext(), accepted_fd, sizeof(HttpResponseData<SSL>), 0, 0);