diff --git a/application.properties b/application.properties
index b0f4e3d..857de87 100644
--- a/application.properties
+++ b/application.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ spring.datasource.username=sa
 spring.datasource.password=password
 #-
 #spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create
+#-
+de.ph87.data.message.receive.mqtt.host=10.0.0.50
+de.ph87.data.message.receive.mqtt.topic=#
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ph87/data/message/receive/mqtt/MqttConfig.java b/src/main/java/de/ph87/data/message/receive/mqtt/MqttConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb55d66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ph87/data/message/receive/mqtt/MqttConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package de.ph87.data.message.receive.mqtt;
+
+import lombok.*;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.*;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.*;
+
+@Data
+@Component
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "de.ph87.data.message.receive.mqtt")
+public class MqttConfig {
+  
+  private String host;
+  
+  private int port = 1883;
+  
+  private String topic;
+  
+  private String clientId;
+  
+  private int connectTimeoutSec = 3;
+  
+  private long retrySec = 3;
+  
+  private int connectKeepAliveSec = 3;
+  
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ph87/data/message/receive/mqtt/MqttReceiver.java b/src/main/java/de/ph87/data/message/receive/mqtt/MqttReceiver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a64539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ph87/data/message/receive/mqtt/MqttReceiver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package de.ph87.data.message.receive.mqtt;
+
+import jakarta.annotation.*;
+import lombok.*;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.*;
+import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.*;
+import org.eclipse.paho.client.mqttv3.persist.*;
+import org.springframework.boot.context.event.*;
+import org.springframework.context.event.EventListener;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.*;
+
+import java.nio.charset.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Service
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
+public class MqttReceiver {
+  
+  private final MqttConfig config;
+  
+  @Nullable
+  private MqttClient client;
+  
+  private final Thread thread = new Thread(this::run, "MQTT-WATCH");
+  
+  private boolean stop = false;
+  
+  @EventListener(ApplicationStartedEvent.class)
+  public void startup() {
+    thread.start();
+  }
+  
+  @PreDestroy
+  public void preDestroy() {
+    synchronized (thread) {
+      stop = true;
+      thread.notifyAll();
+      log.debug("stopping...");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private void run() {
+    try {
+      log.debug("started");
+      while (!stop) {
+        synchronized (thread) {
+          if (client == null || !client.isConnected()) {
+            _connect();
+          } else {
+            thread.wait();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      log.error("Interrupted");
+    } finally {
+      log.debug("terminating...");
+      _disconnect();
+      log.debug("terminated");
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private void _connect() throws InterruptedException {
+    final String clientId;
+    final boolean cleanSession;
+    final MqttClientPersistence persistence;
+    final String uri = "tcp://%s:%d".formatted(config.getHost(), config.getPort());
+    if (config.getClientId() != null && !config.getClientId().isEmpty()) {
+      clientId = config.getClientId();
+      cleanSession = false;
+      persistence = new MqttDefaultFilePersistence("./data");
+    } else {
+      clientId = "DATA_TMP_" + UUID.randomUUID();
+      cleanSession = true;
+      persistence = new MemoryPersistence();
+    }
+    try {
+      log.info("Connecting mqtt broker: {} as \"{}\"{}", uri, clientId, cleanSession ? " [CLEAN SESSION]" : "");
+      client = new MqttClient(uri, clientId, persistence);
+      final MqttConnectOptions options = new MqttConnectOptions();
+      options.setAutomaticReconnect(true);
+      options.setCleanSession(cleanSession);
+      options.setConnectionTimeout(config.getConnectTimeoutSec());
+      client.connect(options);
+      log.info("MQTT broker connected.");
+      client.subscribe(config.getTopic(), this::_receive);
+    } catch (MqttException e) {
+      log.error("Failed to connect MQTT broker: {}", e.getMessage());
+      client = null;
+      synchronized (thread) {
+        log.debug("Retrying in {} seconds...", config.getRetrySec());
+        thread.wait(config.getRetrySec() * 1000);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private void _disconnect() {
+    if (client != null && client.isConnected()) {
+      try {
+        client.disconnect();
+      } catch (MqttException e) {
+        log.error(e.toString());
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private void _receive(final String topic, final MqttMessage mqttMessage) {
+    Thread.currentThread().setName("MQTT-RECEIVE");
+    final String payload = new String(mqttMessage.getPayload(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    final String payloadLoggable = payload.replace("\n", "\\n").replace("\r", "\\r");
+    log.debug("received: topic={}, message={}", topic, payloadLoggable);
+  }
+  
+}