diff --git a/auth.go b/auth.go
index e69f82e..5af154a 100644
--- a/auth.go
+++ b/auth.go
@@ -102,12 +102,15 @@ type auth struct {
 }
 
 type BindBind struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName  xml.Name `xml:"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-bind bind"`
 	Resource string   `xml:"resource,omitempty"`
 	Jid      string   `xml:"jid,omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (b *BindBind) Namespace() string {
+	return b.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 // Session is obsolete in RFC 6121.
 // Added for compliance with RFC 3121.
 // Remove when ejabberd purely conforms to RFC 6121.
diff --git a/component.go b/component.go
index 6a6445b..e5fde3b 100644
--- a/component.go
+++ b/component.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ type ComponentOptions struct {
 // in XEP-0114, XEP-0355 and XEP-0356.
 type Component struct {
 	ComponentOptions
+	router *Router
 
 	// TCP level connection
 	conn net.Conn
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ type Component struct {
 	decoder     *xml.Decoder
 }
 
-func NewComponent(opts ComponentOptions) (*Component, error) {
-	c := Component{ComponentOptions: opts}
+func NewComponent(opts ComponentOptions, r *Router) (*Component, error) {
+	c := Component{ComponentOptions: opts, router: r}
 	// Create a default channel that developers can override
 	c.RecvChannel = make(chan Packet)
 	return &c, nil
@@ -122,10 +123,13 @@ func (c *Component) SetHandler(handler EventHandler) {
 // Recv abstracts receiving preparsed XMPP packets from a channel.
 // Channel allow client to receive / dispatch packets in for range loop.
 // TODO: Deprecate this function in favor of reading directly from the RecvChannel ?
+/*
 func (c *Component) Recv() <-chan Packet {
 	return c.RecvChannel
 }
+*/
 
+// Receiver Go routine receiver
 func (c *Component) recv() (err error) {
 	for {
 		val, err := next(c.decoder)
@@ -137,12 +141,11 @@ func (c *Component) recv() (err error) {
 		// Handle stream errors
 		switch p := val.(type) {
 		case StreamError:
-			c.RecvChannel <- val
-			close(c.RecvChannel)
+			c.router.Route(c.conn, val)
 			c.streamError(p.Error.Local, p.Text)
 			return errors.New("stream error: " + p.Error.Local)
 		}
-		c.RecvChannel <- val
+		c.router.Route(c.conn, val)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/iot_control.go b/iot_control.go
index 3079246..5e80957 100644
--- a/iot_control.go
+++ b/iot_control.go
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 type ControlSet struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName xml.Name       `xml:"urn:xmpp:iot:control set"`
 	Fields  []ControlField `xml:",any"`
 }
 
+func (c *ControlSet) Namespace() string {
+	return c.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 type ControlGetForm struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"urn:xmpp:iot:control getForm"`
 }
@@ -24,3 +27,7 @@ type ControlSetResponse struct {
 	IQPayload
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"urn:xmpp:iot:control setResponse"`
 }
+
+func (c *ControlSetResponse) Namespace() string {
+	return c.XMLName.Space
+}
diff --git a/iq.go b/iq.go
index d69df71..9cd334a 100644
--- a/iq.go
+++ b/iq.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ TODO support ability to put Raw payload inside IQ
 // presence or iq stanza.
 // It is intended to be added in the payload of the erroneous stanza.
 type Err struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"error"`
 	Code    int      `xml:"code,attr,omitempty"`
 	Type    string   `xml:"type,attr,omitempty"`
@@ -24,6 +23,10 @@ type Err struct {
 	Text    string `xml:"urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:xmpp-stanzas text,omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (x *Err) Namespace() string {
+	return x.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 // UnmarshalXML implements custom parsing for IQs
 func (x *Err) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
 	x.XMLName = start.Name
@@ -120,6 +123,10 @@ func (x Err) MarshalXML(e *xml.Encoder, start xml.StartElement) (err error) {
 type IQ struct { // Info/Query
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"iq"`
 	PacketAttrs
+	// FIXME: We can only have one payload:
+	//   "An IQ stanza of type "get" or "set" MUST contain exactly one
+	//    child element, which specifies the semantics of the particular
+	//    request."
 	Payload []IQPayload `xml:",omitempty"`
 	RawXML  string      `xml:",innerxml"`
 	Error   Err         `xml:"error,omitempty"`
@@ -229,18 +236,23 @@ func (iq *IQ) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, start xml.StartElement) error {
 // ============================================================================
 // Generic IQ Payload
 
-type IQPayload interface{}
+type IQPayload interface {
+	Namespace() string
+}
 
 // Node is a generic structure to represent XML data. It is used to parse
 // unreferenced or custom stanza payload.
 type Node struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName xml.Name
 	Attrs   []xml.Attr `xml:"-"`
 	Content string     `xml:",innerxml"`
 	Nodes   []Node     `xml:",any"`
 }
 
+func (n *Node) Namespace() string {
+	return n.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 // Attr represents generic XML attributes, as used on the generic XML Node
 // representation.
 type Attr struct {
@@ -283,13 +295,16 @@ const (
 
 // Disco Info
 type DiscoInfo struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName  xml.Name  `xml:"http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#info query"`
 	Node     string    `xml:"node,attr,omitempty"`
 	Identity Identity  `xml:"identity"`
 	Features []Feature `xml:"feature"`
 }
 
+func (d *DiscoInfo) Namespace() string {
+	return d.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 type Identity struct {
 	XMLName  xml.Name `xml:"identity,omitempty"`
 	Name     string   `xml:"name,attr,omitempty"`
@@ -304,12 +319,15 @@ type Feature struct {
 
 // Disco Items
 type DiscoItems struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName xml.Name    `xml:"http://jabber.org/protocol/disco#items query"`
 	Node    string      `xml:"node,attr,omitempty"`
 	Items   []DiscoItem `xml:"item"`
 }
 
+func (d *DiscoItems) Namespace() string {
+	return d.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 type DiscoItem struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"item"`
 	Name    string   `xml:"name,attr,omitempty"`
@@ -322,13 +340,16 @@ type DiscoItem struct {
 
 // Version
 type Version struct {
-	IQPayload
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"jabber:iq:version query"`
 	Name    string   `xml:"name,omitempty"`
 	Version string   `xml:"version,omitempty"`
 	OS      string   `xml:"os,omitempty"`
 }
 
+func (v *Version) Namespace() string {
+	return v.XMLName.Space
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // Registry init
 
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fcba0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router.go
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+package xmpp
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+/*
+The XMPP router helps client and component developer select which XMPP they would like to process,
+and associate processing code depending on the router configuration.
+
+TODO: Automatically reply to IQ that do not match any route, to comply to XMPP standard.
+*/
+
+type Router struct {
+	// Routes to be matched, in order.
+	routes []*Route
+}
+
+// NewRouter returns a new router instance.
+func NewRouter() *Router {
+	return &Router{}
+}
+
+func (r *Router) Route(w io.Writer, p Packet) {
+	var match RouteMatch
+	if r.Match(p, &match) {
+		match.Handler.HandlePacket(w, p)
+	}
+}
+
+// NewRoute registers an empty routes
+func (r *Router) NewRoute() *Route {
+	route := &Route{}
+	r.routes = append(r.routes, route)
+	return route
+}
+
+func (r *Router) Match(p Packet, match *RouteMatch) bool {
+	for _, route := range r.routes {
+		if route.Match(p, match) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Handle registers a new route with a matcher for a given packet name (iq, message, presence)
+// See Route.Packet() and Route.Handler().
+func (r *Router) Handle(name string, handler Handler) *Route {
+	return r.NewRoute().Packet(name).Handler(handler)
+}
+
+// HandleFunc registers a new route with a matcher for for a given packet name (iq, message, presence)
+// See Route.Path() and Route.HandlerFunc().
+func (r *Router) HandleFunc(name string, f func(io.Writer, Packet)) *Route {
+	return r.NewRoute().Packet(name).HandlerFunc(f)
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Route
+type Handler interface {
+	HandlePacket(w io.Writer, p Packet)
+}
+
+type Route struct {
+	handler Handler
+	// Matchers are used to "specialize" routes and focus on specific packet features
+	matchers []matcher
+}
+
+func (r *Route) Handler(handler Handler) *Route {
+	r.handler = handler
+	return r
+}
+
+// The HandlerFunc type is an adapter to allow the use of
+// ordinary functions as XMPP handlers. If f is a function
+// with the appropriate signature, HandlerFunc(f) is a
+// Handler that calls f.
+type HandlerFunc func(io.Writer, Packet)
+
+// HandlePacket calls f(w, p)
+func (f HandlerFunc) HandlePacket(w io.Writer, p Packet) {
+	f(w, p)
+}
+
+// HandlerFunc sets a handler function for the route
+func (r *Route) HandlerFunc(f HandlerFunc) *Route {
+	return r.Handler(f)
+}
+
+// addMatcher adds a matcher to the route
+func (r *Route) addMatcher(m matcher) *Route {
+	r.matchers = append(r.matchers, m)
+	return r
+}
+
+func (r *Route) Match(p Packet, match *RouteMatch) bool {
+	for _, m := range r.matchers {
+		if matched := m.Match(p, match); !matched {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+
+	// We have a match, let's pass info route match info
+	match.Route = r
+	match.Handler = r.handler
+	return true
+}
+
+// --------------------
+// Match on packet name
+
+type nameMatcher string
+
+func (n nameMatcher) Match(p Packet, match *RouteMatch) bool {
+	var name string
+	// TODO: To avoid type switch everywhere in matching, I think we will need to have
+	//    to move to a concrete type for packets, to make matching and comparison more natural.
+	//    Current code structure is probably too rigid.
+	// Maybe packet types should even be from an enum.
+	switch p.(type) {
+	case Message:
+		name = "message"
+	case IQ:
+		name = "iq"
+	case Presence:
+		name = "presence"
+	}
+	if name == string(n) {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// Packet matches on a packet name (iq, message, presence, ...)
+// It matches on the Local part of the xml.Name
+func (r *Route) Packet(name string) *Route {
+	name = strings.ToLower(name)
+	return r.addMatcher(nameMatcher(name))
+}
+
+// -------------------------
+// Match on IQ and namespace
+
+// nsIqMather matches on a list of IQ  payload namespaces
+type nsIQMatcher []string
+
+func (m nsIQMatcher) Match(p Packet, match *RouteMatch) bool {
+	// TODO
+	iq, ok := p.(IQ)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	if len(iq.Payload) < 1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	return matchInArray(m, iq.Payload[0].Namespace())
+}
+
+// IQNamespaces adds an IQ matcher, expecting both an IQ and a
+func (r *Route) IQNamespaces(namespaces ...string) *Route {
+	for k, v := range namespaces {
+		namespaces[k] = strings.ToLower(v)
+	}
+	return r.addMatcher(nsIQMatcher(namespaces))
+}
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Matchers
+
+// Matchers are used to "specialize" routes and focus on specific packet features
+type matcher interface {
+	Match(Packet, *RouteMatch) bool
+}
+
+// RouteMatch extracts and gather match information
+type RouteMatch struct {
+	Route   *Route
+	Handler Handler
+}
+
+// matchInArray is a generic matching function to check if a string is a list
+// of specific function
+func matchInArray(arr []string, value string) bool {
+	for _, str := range arr {
+		if str == value {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/router_test.go b/router_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09b2ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package xmpp_test
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gosrc.io/xmpp"
+)
+
+var successFlag = []byte("matched")
+
+func TestNameMatcher(t *testing.T) {
+	router := xmpp.NewRouter()
+	router.HandleFunc("message", func(w io.Writer, p xmpp.Packet) {
+		_, _ = w.Write(successFlag)
+	})
+
+	// Check that a message packet is properly matched
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	// TODO: We want packet creation code to use struct to use default values
+	msg := xmpp.NewMessage("chat", "", "test@localhost", "1", "")
+	msg.Body = "Hello"
+	router.Route(&buf, msg)
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), successFlag) {
+		t.Error("Message was not matched and routed properly")
+	}
+
+	// Check that an IQ packet is not matched
+	buf = bytes.Buffer{}
+	iq := xmpp.NewIQ("get", "", "localhost", "1", "")
+	iq.Payload = append(iq.Payload, &xmpp.DiscoInfo{})
+	router.Route(&buf, iq)
+	if bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), successFlag) {
+		t.Error("IQ should not have been matched and routed")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIQNSMatcher(t *testing.T) {
+	router := xmpp.NewRouter()
+	router.NewRoute().
+		IQNamespaces(xmpp.NSDiscoInfo, xmpp.NSDiscoItems).
+		HandlerFunc(func(w io.Writer, p xmpp.Packet) {
+			_, _ = w.Write(successFlag)
+		})
+
+	// Check that an IQ with proper namespace does match
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	iqDisco := xmpp.NewIQ("get", "", "localhost", "1", "")
+	// TODO: Add a function to generate payload with proper namespace initialisation
+	iqDisco.Payload = append(iqDisco.Payload, &xmpp.DiscoInfo{
+		XMLName: xml.Name{
+			Space: xmpp.NSDiscoInfo,
+			Local: "query",
+		}})
+	router.Route(&buf, iqDisco)
+	if !bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), successFlag) {
+		t.Errorf("IQ should have been matched and routed: %v", iqDisco)
+	}
+
+	// Check that another namespace is not matched
+	buf = bytes.Buffer{}
+	iqVersion := xmpp.NewIQ("get", "", "localhost", "1", "")
+	// TODO: Add a function to generate payload with proper namespace initialisation
+	iqVersion.Payload = append(iqVersion.Payload, &xmpp.DiscoInfo{
+		XMLName: xml.Name{
+			Space: "jabber:iq:version",
+			Local: "query",
+		}})
+	router.Route(&buf, iqVersion)
+	if bytes.Equal(buf.Bytes(), successFlag) {
+		t.Errorf("IQ should not have been matched and routed: %v", iqVersion)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/stream.go b/stream.go
index d25ce58..20759ba 100644
--- a/stream.go
+++ b/stream.go
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import (
 
 // ============================================================================
 // StreamFeatures Packet
-// Reference: https://xmpp.org/registrar/stream-features.html
+// Reference: The active stream features are published on
+//            https://xmpp.org/registrar/stream-features.html
+// Note: That page misses draft and experimental XEP (i.e CSI, etc)
 
 type StreamFeatures struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"http://etherx.jabber.org/streams features"`
diff --git a/stream_manager.go b/stream_manager.go
index b353c2b..5ed780d 100644
--- a/stream_manager.go
+++ b/stream_manager.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package xmpp // import "gosrc.io/xmpp"
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/xerrors"
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ type StreamManager struct {
 
 	// Store low level metrics
 	Metrics *Metrics
+
+	wg sync.WaitGroup
 }
 
 type PostConnect func(c StreamClient)
@@ -47,8 +50,10 @@ func NewStreamManager(client StreamClient, pc PostConnect) *StreamManager {
 	}
 }
 
-// Start launch the connection loop
-func (sm *StreamManager) Start() error {
+// Run launchs the connection of the underlying client or component
+// and wait until Disconnect is called, or for the manager to terminate due
+// to an unrecoverable error.
+func (sm *StreamManager) Run() error {
 	if sm.client == nil {
 		return errors.New("missing stream client")
 	}
@@ -72,7 +77,13 @@ func (sm *StreamManager) Start() error {
 	}
 	sm.client.SetHandler(handler)
 
-	return sm.connect()
+	sm.wg.Add(1)
+	if err := sm.connect(); err != nil {
+		sm.wg.Done()
+		return err
+	}
+	sm.wg.Wait()
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Stop cancels pending operations and terminates existing XMPP client.
@@ -80,6 +91,7 @@ func (sm *StreamManager) Stop() {
 	// Remove on disconnect handler to avoid triggering reconnect
 	sm.client.SetHandler(nil)
 	sm.client.Disconnect()
+	sm.wg.Done()
 }
 
 // connect manages the reconnection loop and apply the define backoff to avoid overloading the server.