diff --git a/src/events/event.rs b/src/events/event.rs
index cbc694bf..fb1e9813 100644
--- a/src/events/event.rs
+++ b/src/events/event.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::error::Result;
 use crate::events::generate_event_id;
+use crate::events::payload::EventReceivePayload;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt};
@@ -45,8 +46,8 @@ impl Event {
     }
 
     /// Decodes the data to the given type
-    pub fn data<T: DeserializeOwned>(&self) -> Result<T> {
-        let data = rmp_serde::from_read(&self.data[..])?;
+    pub fn data<T: EventReceivePayload>(&self) -> Result<T> {
+        let data = T::from_payload_bytes(&self.data[..])?;
 
         Ok(data)
     }
diff --git a/src/events/payload.rs b/src/events/payload.rs
index b39f4916..99aa027f 100644
--- a/src/events/payload.rs
+++ b/src/events/payload.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use crate::prelude::IPCResult;
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
+use std::io::Read;
 
+/// Trait to convert event data into sending bytes
+/// It is implemented for all types that implement Serialize
 pub trait EventSendPayload {
     fn to_payload_bytes(self) -> IPCResult<Vec<u8>>;
 }
@@ -15,3 +19,38 @@ where
         Ok(bytes)
     }
 }
+
+/// Trait to get the event data from receiving bytes.
+/// It is implemented for all types that are DeserializeOwned
+pub trait EventReceivePayload: Sized {
+    fn from_payload_bytes<R: Read>(reader: R) -> IPCResult<Self>;
+}
+
+impl<T> EventReceivePayload for T
+where
+    T: DeserializeOwned,
+{
+    fn from_payload_bytes<R: Read>(reader: R) -> IPCResult<Self> {
+        let type_data = rmp_serde::from_read(reader)?;
+        Ok(type_data)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A payload wrapper type for sending bytes directly without
+/// serializing them
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct BytePayload {
+    bytes: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+impl BytePayload {
+    pub fn new(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
+        Self { bytes }
+    }
+}
+
+impl EventSendPayload for BytePayload {
+    fn to_payload_bytes(self) -> IPCResult<Vec<u8>> {
+        Ok(self.bytes)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 74ce621c..f053f100 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ mod namespaces;
 pub use events::error_event;
 pub use events::event;
 pub use events::event_handler;
+pub use events::payload;
 pub use ipc::builder::IPCBuilder;
 pub use macros::*;
 pub use namespaces::builder::NamespaceBuilder;
@@ -126,5 +127,6 @@ pub mod prelude {
     pub use crate::namespace::Namespace;
     pub use crate::namespaces::builder::NamespaceBuilder;
     pub use crate::namespaces::provider_trait::*;
+    pub use crate::payload::*;
     pub use crate::*;
 }