diff --git a/src/Updux.js b/src/Updux.js
index eeaa6e8..36f2455 100644
--- a/src/Updux.js
+++ b/src/Updux.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import moize from 'moize';
 import u from '@yanick/updeep';
-import { createStore as reduxCreateStore } from 'redux';
+import { createStore as reduxCreateStore, applyMiddleware } from 'redux';
 import { mapValues } from 'lodash-es';
 
 import { buildInitial } from './buildInitial/index.js';
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { buildActions } from './buildActions/index.js';
 import { buildSelectors } from './buildSelectors/index.js';
 import { action } from './actions.js';
 import { buildUpreducer } from './buildUpreducer.js';
+import { buildMiddleware } from './buildMiddleware/index.js';
 
 /**
  *  @public
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export class Updux {
     #actions = {};
     #selectors = {};
     #mutations = {};
+    #effects = [];
 
     constructor(config) {
         this.#initial = config.initial ?? {};
@@ -39,12 +41,26 @@ export class Updux {
             .forEach((action) => {
                 throw new Error(`action '${action}' is not defined`);
             });
+
+        if (config.effects) {
+            this.#effects = Object.entries(config.effects);
+        }
     }
 
     #memoInitial = moize(buildInitial);
     #memoActions = moize(buildActions);
     #memoSelectors = moize(buildSelectors);
     #memoUpreducer = moize(buildUpreducer);
+    #memoMiddleware = moize(buildMiddleware);
+
+    get middleware() {
+        return this.#memoMiddleware(
+            this.#effects,
+            this.actions,
+            this.selectors,
+            this.#subduxes
+        );
+    }
 
     get initial() {
         return this.#memoInitial(this.#initial, this.#subduxes);
@@ -101,7 +117,12 @@ export class Updux {
     }
 
     createStore() {
-        const store = reduxCreateStore(this.reducer);
+
+        const store = reduxCreateStore(
+            this.reducer,
+            this.initial,
+            applyMiddleware(this.middleware)
+        );
 
         store.actions = this.actions;
 
diff --git a/src/Updux.test.js b/src/Updux.test.js
index da09330..7d30994 100644
--- a/src/Updux.test.js
+++ b/src/Updux.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { test } from 'tap';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
 
 import { Updux } from './Updux.js';
 import { action } from './actions.js';
@@ -145,3 +146,25 @@ test('mutations', { todo: false }, async (t) => {
         alpha: { quux: 13 },
     });
 });
+
+test( 'middleware', async(t) => {
+    const fooEffect = sinon.fake.returns(true);
+
+    const dux = new Updux({
+        effects: {
+            foo: () => next => action => {
+                fooEffect();
+                next(action);
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    const store = dux.createStore();
+
+    t.notOk( fooEffect.called, 'not called yet' );
+
+    store.dispatch({type: 'foo'});
+
+    t.ok( fooEffect.called, "now it's been called" );
+
+} );
diff --git a/src/buildMiddleware/index.js b/src/buildMiddleware/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3808ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/buildMiddleware/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+import u from '@yanick/updeep';
+import { mapValues, map, get } from 'lodash-es';
+import { Updux } from '../Updux.js';
+
+const middlewareFor = (type, middleware) => (api) => (next) => (action) => {
+    if (type !== '*' && action.type !== type) return next(action);
+
+    return middleware(api)(next)(action);
+};
+
+const sliceMw = (slice, mw) => (api) => {
+    const getSliceState = () => get(api.getState(), slice);
+    return mw({ ...api, getState: getSliceState });
+};
+
+function augmentMiddlewareApi(api, actions, selectors) {
+    const getState = () => api.getState();
+    const dispatch = (action) => api.dispatch(action);
+
+    Object.assign(
+        getState,
+        mapValues(selectors, (selector) => {
+            return (...args) => {
+                let result = selector(api.getState());
+
+                if (typeof result === 'function') return result(...args);
+
+                return result;
+            };
+        })
+    );
+
+    Object.assign(
+        dispatch,
+        mapValues(actions, (action) => {
+            return (...args) => api.dispatch(action(...args));
+        })
+    );
+
+    return {
+        ...api,
+        getState,
+        dispatch,
+        actions,
+        selectors,
+    };
+}
+
+export const effectToMiddleware = (effect, actions, selectors) => {
+    let mw = effect;
+    let action = '*';
+
+    if (Array.isArray(effect)) {
+        action = effect[0];
+        mw = effect[1];
+        mw = middlewareFor(action, mw);
+    }
+
+    return (api) => mw(augmentMiddlewareApi(api, actions, selectors));
+};
+
+const composeMw = (mws) => (api) => (original_next) =>
+    mws.reduceRight((next, mw) => mw(api)(next), original_next);
+
+export function buildMiddleware(
+    effects = [],
+    actions = {},
+    selectors = {},
+    sub = {}
+) {
+    let inner = map(sub, ({ middleware }, slice) =>
+        middleware ? sliceMw(slice, middleware) : undefined
+    ).filter((x) => x);
+
+    const local = effects.map((effect) =>
+        effectToMiddleware(effect, actions, selectors)
+    );
+
+    const mws = [...local, ...inner];
+
+    return composeMw(mws);
+}
diff --git a/src/buildMiddleware/test.js b/src/buildMiddleware/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6736e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/buildMiddleware/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { test } from 'tap';
+import sinon from 'sinon';
+
+import { buildMiddleware } from './index.js';
+import { action } from '../actions.js';
+
+test('single effect', async (t) => {
+    const effect = (api) => (next) => (action) => {
+        t.same(action, { type: 'foo' });
+        t.has(api, {
+            actions: {},
+            selectors: {},
+        });
+        next();
+    };
+
+    const middleware = buildMiddleware([effect]);
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        middleware({})(resolve)({ type: 'foo' });
+    });
+});
+
+test('augmented api', async (t) => {
+    const effect = (api) => (next) => async (action) => {
+        await t.test('selectors', async (t) => {
+            t.same(api.getState.getB(), 1);
+            t.same(api.selectors.getB({ a: { b: 2 } }), 2);
+
+            t.same(api.getState(), { a: { b: 1 } });
+        });
+
+        await t.test('dispatch', async (t) => {
+            t.same(api.actions.actionOne(), { type: 'actionOne' });
+            api.dispatch.actionOne('the payload');
+        });
+
+        next();
+    };
+
+    const middleware = buildMiddleware(
+        [effect],
+        {
+            actionOne: action('actionOne'),
+        },
+        {
+            getB: (state) => state.a.b,
+        }
+    );
+
+    const getState = sinon.fake.returns({ a: { b: 1 } });
+    const dispatch = sinon.fake.returns();
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+        middleware({
+            getState,
+            dispatch,
+        })(resolve)({ type: 'foo' });
+    });
+
+    t.ok(dispatch.calledOnce);
+
+    t.ok(dispatch.calledWith({ type: 'actionOne', payload: 'the payload' }));
+});
+
+test('subduxes', async (t) => {
+    const effect1 = (api) => (next) => (action) => {
+        next({
+            type: action.type,
+            payload: [...action.payload, 1],
+        });
+    };
+    const effect2 = (api) => (next) => (action) => {
+        next({
+            type: action.type,
+            payload: [...action.payload, 2],
+        });
+    };
+    const effect3 = (api) => (next) => (action) => {
+        next({
+            type: action.type,
+            payload: [...action.payload, 3],
+        });
+    };
+
+    const mw = buildMiddleware(
+        [effect1],
+        {},
+        {},
+        {
+            a: { middleware: effect2 },
+            b: { middleware: effect3 },
+        }
+    );
+
+    mw({})(({ payload }) => {
+        t.same(payload, [1, 2, 3]);
+    })({ type: 'foo', payload: [] });
+
+    t.test('api for subduxes', async (t) => {
+        const effect = (api) => (next) => (action) => {
+            t.same(api.getState(), 3);
+            next();
+        };
+
+        const mwInner = buildMiddleware([effect]);
+        const mwOuter = buildMiddleware(
+            [],
+            {},
+            {},
+            { alpha: { middleware: mwInner } }
+        );
+
+        await new Promise((resolve) => {
+            mwOuter({
+                getState: () => ({ alpha: 3 }),
+            })(resolve)({ type: 'foo' });
+        });
+    });
+});