diff --git a/firebase_admin/db.py b/firebase_admin/db.py
index fccacf379..8cc23c330 100644
--- a/firebase_admin/db.py
+++ b/firebase_admin/db.py
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 import firebase_admin
 from firebase_admin import utils
 
+from sseclient import SSEClient
+import socket
+import threading
+import time
+from requests import Session
+
+try:
+    from urllib.parse import urlencode, quote
+except:
+    from urllib import urlencode, quote
+
 _DB_ATTRIBUTE = '_database'
 _INVALID_PATH_CHARACTERS = '[].#$'
 _RESERVED_FILTERS = ('$key', '$value', '$priority')
@@ -67,6 +78,70 @@ def _parse_path(path):
             'Invalid path: "{0}". Path contains illegal characters.'.format(path))
     return [seg for seg in path.split('/') if seg]
 
+class KeepAuthSession(Session):
+    """
+    A session that doesn't drop Authentication on redirects between domains.
+    """
+
+    def rebuild_auth(self, prepared_request, response):
+        pass
+
+class ClosableSSEClient(SSEClient):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.should_connect = True
+        super(ClosableSSEClient, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def _connect(self):
+        if self.should_connect:
+            super(ClosableSSEClient, self)._connect()
+        else:
+            raise StopIteration()
+
+    def close(self):
+        self.should_connect = False
+        self.retry = 0
+        self.resp.raw._fp.fp.raw._sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_RDWR)
+        self.resp.raw._fp.fp.raw._sock.close()
+
+class Stream:
+    def __init__(self, url, stream_handler, build_headers, stream_id):
+        self.build_headers = build_headers
+        self.url = url
+        self.stream_handler = stream_handler
+        self.stream_id = stream_id
+        self.sse = None
+        self.thread = None
+        self.start()
+
+    def make_session(self):
+        """
+        Return a custom session object to be passed to the ClosableSSEClient.
+        """
+        session = KeepAuthSession()
+        return session
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.thread = threading.Thread(target=self.start_stream)
+        self.thread.start()
+        return self
+
+    def start_stream(self):
+        self.sse = ClosableSSEClient(self.url, session=self.make_session(), build_headers=self.build_headers)
+        for msg in self.sse:
+            if msg:
+                msg_data = json.loads(msg.data)
+                msg_data["event"] = msg.event
+                if self.stream_id:
+                    msg_data["stream_id"] = self.stream_id
+                self.stream_handler(msg_data)
+
+    def close(self):
+        while not self.sse and not hasattr(self.sse, 'resp'):
+            time.sleep(0.001)
+        self.sse.running = False
+        self.sse.close()
+        self.thread.join()
+        return self
 
 class Reference(object):
     """Reference represents a node in the Firebase realtime database."""
@@ -100,6 +175,22 @@ def parent(self):
             return Reference(client=self._client, segments=self._segments[:-1])
         return None
 
+    def build_headers(self, token=None):
+        headers = {"content-type": "application/json; charset=UTF-8"}
+        if not token and self._client._session.credentials:
+            access_token = self._client._session.credentials.token
+            headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + access_token
+        return headers
+
+    def stream(self, stream_handler, token=None, stream_id=None):
+        # request_ref = self.build_request_url(token)
+        parameters = {}
+        # reset path and build_query for next query
+        request_ref = '{0}{1}.json?{2}'.format(self._client._url, self._pathurl, urlencode(parameters))
+        #self.stream_path = ""
+        #self.build_query = {}
+        return Stream(request_ref, stream_handler, self.build_headers, stream_id)
+
     def child(self, path):
         """Returns a Reference to the specified child node.
 
diff --git a/sseclient/__init__.py b/sseclient/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..093f17efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sseclient/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from .sseclient import SSEClient
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sseclient/sseclient.py b/sseclient/sseclient.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dac48a4de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sseclient/sseclient.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import re
+import time
+import warnings
+import threading
+import six
+
+import requests
+
+
+# Technically, we should support streams that mix line endings.  This regex,
+# however, assumes that a system will provide consistent line endings.
+end_of_field = re.compile(r'\r\n\r\n|\r\r|\n\n')
+
+class SSEClient(object):
+    def __init__(self, url, session, build_headers, last_id=None, retry=3000, **kwargs):
+        self.url = url
+        self.last_id = last_id
+        self.retry = retry
+        self.running = True
+        # Optional support for passing in a requests.Session()
+        self.session = session
+        # function for building auth header when token expires
+        self.build_headers = build_headers
+        self.start_time = None
+        # Any extra kwargs will be fed into the requests.get call later.
+        self.requests_kwargs = kwargs
+
+        # The SSE spec requires making requests with Cache-Control: nocache
+        if 'headers' not in self.requests_kwargs:
+            self.requests_kwargs['headers'] = {}
+        self.requests_kwargs['headers']['Cache-Control'] = 'no-cache'
+
+        # The 'Accept' header is not required, but explicit > implicit
+        self.requests_kwargs['headers']['Accept'] = 'text/event-stream'
+
+        # Keep data here as it streams in
+        self.buf = u''
+
+        self._connect()
+
+    def _connect(self):
+        if self.last_id:
+            self.requests_kwargs['headers']['Last-Event-ID'] = self.last_id
+        headers = self.build_headers()
+        self.requests_kwargs['headers'].update(headers)
+        # Use session if set.  Otherwise fall back to requests module.
+        self.requester = self.session or requests
+        self.resp = self.requester.get(self.url, stream=True, **self.requests_kwargs)
+
+        self.resp_iterator = self.resp.iter_content(decode_unicode=True)
+
+        # TODO: Ensure we're handling redirects.  Might also stick the 'origin'
+        # attribute on Events like the Javascript spec requires.
+        self.resp.raise_for_status()
+
+    def _event_complete(self):
+        return re.search(end_of_field, self.buf) is not None
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        while not self._event_complete():
+            try:
+                nextchar = next(self.resp_iterator)
+                self.buf += nextchar
+            except (StopIteration, requests.RequestException):
+                time.sleep(self.retry / 1000.0)
+                self._connect()
+
+                # The SSE spec only supports resuming from a whole message, so
+                # if we have half a message we should throw it out.
+                head, sep, tail = self.buf.rpartition('\n')
+                self.buf = head + sep
+                continue
+
+        split = re.split(end_of_field, self.buf)
+        head = split[0]
+        tail = "".join(split[1:])
+
+        self.buf = tail
+        msg = Event.parse(head)
+
+        if msg.data == "credential is no longer valid":
+            self._connect()
+            return None
+
+        if msg.data == 'null':
+            return None
+
+        # If the server requests a specific retry delay, we need to honor it.
+        if msg.retry:
+            self.retry = msg.retry
+
+        # last_id should only be set if included in the message.  It's not
+        # forgotten if a message omits it.
+        if msg.id:
+            self.last_id = msg.id
+
+        return msg
+
+    if six.PY2:
+        next = __next__
+
+
+class Event(object):
+
+    sse_line_pattern = re.compile('(?P<name>[^:]*):?( ?(?P<value>.*))?')
+
+    def __init__(self, data='', event='message', id=None, retry=None):
+        self.data = data
+        self.event = event
+        self.id = id
+        self.retry = retry
+
+    def dump(self):
+        lines = []
+        if self.id:
+            lines.append('id: %s' % self.id)
+
+        # Only include an event line if it's not the default already.
+        if self.event != 'message':
+            lines.append('event: %s' % self.event)
+
+        if self.retry:
+            lines.append('retry: %s' % self.retry)
+
+        lines.extend('data: %s' % d for d in self.data.split('\n'))
+        return '\n'.join(lines) + '\n\n'
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse(cls, raw):
+        """
+        Given a possibly-multiline string representing an SSE message, parse it
+        and return a Event object.
+        """
+        msg = cls()
+        for line in raw.split('\n'):
+            m = cls.sse_line_pattern.match(line)
+            if m is None:
+                # Malformed line.  Discard but warn.
+                warnings.warn('Invalid SSE line: "%s"' % line, SyntaxWarning)
+                continue
+
+            name = m.groupdict()['name']
+            value = m.groupdict()['value']
+            if name == '':
+                # line began with a ":", so is a comment.  Ignore
+                continue
+
+            if name == 'data':
+                # If we already have some data, then join to it with a newline.
+                # Else this is it.
+                if msg.data:
+                    msg.data = '%s\n%s' % (msg.data, value)
+                else:
+                    msg.data = value
+            elif name == 'event':
+                msg.event = value
+            elif name == 'id':
+                msg.id = value
+            elif name == 'retry':
+                msg.retry = int(value)
+
+        return msg
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.data