diff --git a/examples/z_sub_shm.py b/examples/z_sub_shm.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61ffb228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/z_sub_shm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 ZettaScale Technology
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   ZettaScale Zenoh Team, <zenoh@zettascale.tech>
+#
+import zenoh
+
+
+def main(conf: zenoh.Config, key: str):
+    # initiate logging
+    zenoh.init_log_from_env_or("error")
+
+    print("Opening session...")
+    with zenoh.open(conf) as session:
+        print(f"Declaring Subscriber on '{key}'...")
+        with session.declare_subscriber(key) as sub:
+            print("Press CTRL-C to quit...")
+            for sample in sub:
+                payload_type, payload = handle_bytes(sample.payload)
+                print(
+                    f">> [Subscriber] Received {sample.kind} ('{sample.key_expr}': '{payload}')[{payload_type}] ",
+                    end="",
+                )
+                if att := sample.attachment:
+                    attachment_type, attachment = handle_bytes(att)
+                    print(f" ({attachment_type}: {attachment})")
+                print()
+
+
+def handle_bytes(bytes: zenoh.ZBytes) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    bytes_type = "SHM" if bytes.as_shm() is not None else "RAW"
+    return bytes_type, bytes.to_string()
+
+
+# --- Command line argument parsing --- --- --- --- --- ---
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import argparse
+    import json
+
+    import common
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        prog="z_sub_queued", description="zenoh sub example"
+    )
+    common.add_config_arguments(parser)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--key",
+        "-k",
+        dest="key",
+        default="demo/example/**",
+        type=str,
+        help="The key expression to subscribe to.",
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    conf = common.get_config_from_args(args)
+
+    main(conf, args.key)
diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
index 921bb9e3..c683ce5d 100644
--- a/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ impl ZBytes {
             if let Ok(buf) = obj.downcast_exact::<crate::shm::ZShmMut>() {
                 return Ok(Self(buf.borrow_mut().take()?.into()));
             }
+            #[cfg(feature = "shared-memory")]
+            if let Ok(buf) = obj.downcast_exact::<crate::shm::ZShm>() {
+                return Ok(Self(buf.borrow().0.clone().into()));
+            }
             Err(PyTypeError::new_err(format!(
                 "expected bytes/str type, found '{}'",
                 obj.get_type().name().unwrap()
@@ -65,6 +69,11 @@ impl ZBytes {
             .map_err(|_| PyValueError::new_err("not an UTF8 error"))
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "shared-memory")]
+    fn as_shm(&self) -> Option<crate::shm::ZShm> {
+        self.0.as_shm().map(ToOwned::to_owned).map_into()
+    }
+
     fn __len__(&self) -> usize {
         self.0.len()
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5c8779f3..08e2e552 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub(crate) mod zenoh {
         #[pymodule_export]
         use crate::shm::{
             AllocAlignment, BlockOn, Deallocate, Defragment, GarbageCollect, JustAlloc,
-            MemoryLayout, ShmProvider, ZShmMut,
+            MemoryLayout, ShmProvider, ZShm, ZShmMut,
         };
     }
 
diff --git a/src/shm.rs b/src/shm.rs
index 798d6210..0f067033 100644
--- a/src/shm.rs
+++ b/src/shm.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use pyo3::{
     prelude::*,
     types::{PyByteArray, PyBytes, PySlice, PyString, PyType},
 };
-use zenoh::shm::{ChunkAllocResult, PosixShmProviderBackend};
+use zenoh::shm::{ChunkAllocResult, PosixShmProviderBackend, ShmBuf};
 
 use crate::{
     macros::{downcast_or_new, wrapper, zerror},
@@ -210,6 +210,23 @@ impl ShmProvider {
     }
 }
 
+wrapper!(zenoh::shm::ZShm);
+
+#[pymethods]
+impl ZShm {
+    fn is_valid(&self) -> bool {
+        self.0.is_valid()
+    }
+
+    fn __str__<'py>(&self, py: Python<'py>) -> PyResult<Bound<'py, PyString>> {
+        Ok(PyString::new(py, str::from_utf8(&self.0).into_pyres()?))
+    }
+
+    fn __bytes__<'py>(&self, py: Python<'py>) -> Bound<'py, PyBytes> {
+        PyBytes::new(py, &self.0)
+    }
+}
+
 #[pyclass]
 pub(crate) struct ZShmMut {
     buf: Option<zenoh::shm::ZShmMut>,
diff --git a/zenoh/__init__.pyi b/zenoh/__init__.pyi
index 9ccfe919..2c86f7bb 100644
--- a/zenoh/__init__.pyi
+++ b/zenoh/__init__.pyi
@@ -1271,9 +1271,13 @@ class ZBytes:
     encouraged to use any data format of their choice like JSON, protobuf,
     flatbuffers, etc."""
 
-    def __new__(cls, bytes: bytearray | bytes | str | shm.ZShmMut = None) -> Self: ...
+    def __new__(
+        cls, bytes: bytearray | bytes | str | shm.ZShm | shm.ZShmMut = None
+    ) -> Self: ...
     def to_bytes(self) -> bytes: ...
     def to_string(self) -> str: ...
+    @_unstable
+    def as_shm(self) -> shm.ZShm | None: ...
     def __bool__(self) -> bool: ...
     def __len__(self) -> int: ...
     def __bytes__(self) -> bytes: ...
diff --git a/zenoh/shm.pyi b/zenoh/shm.pyi
index 8834dc40..9a3a6c49 100644
--- a/zenoh/shm.pyi
+++ b/zenoh/shm.pyi
@@ -122,6 +122,15 @@ class ShmProvider:
 
 _IntoMemoryLayout = MemoryLayout | tuple[int, AllocAlignment] | int
 
+@_unstable
+@final
+class ZShm:
+    """A SHM buffer"""
+
+    def is_valid(self) -> bool: ...
+    def __bytes__(self) -> bytes: ...
+    def __str__(self) -> str: ...
+
 @_unstable
 @final
 class ZShmMut: