diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.cxx b/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.cxx
index c3adf113..04c42ab8 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.cxx
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ struct DDSSession::Impl
     explicit Impl(DDSEnvironment env)
         : fEnv(std::move(env))
         , fRMSPlugin(DDSRMSPlugin::localhost)
-        , fDDSService()
         , fDDSCustomCmd(fDDSService)
         , fId(to_string(fSession.create()))
         , fStopOnDestruction(false)
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ struct DDSSession::Impl
     explicit Impl(Id existing, DDSEnvironment env)
         : fEnv(std::move(env))
         , fRMSPlugin(DDSRMSPlugin::localhost)
-        , fDDSService()
         , fDDSCustomCmd(fDDSService)
         , fId(std::move(existing))
         , fStopOnDestruction(false)
@@ -90,6 +88,20 @@ struct DDSSession::Impl
         });
     }
 
+    explicit Impl(dds::tools_api::CSession nativeSession, DDSEnv env)
+        : fEnv(std::move(env))
+        , fRMSPlugin(DDSRMSPlugin::localhost)
+        , fSession(std::move(nativeSession))
+        , fDDSCustomCmd(fDDSService)
+        , fId(to_string(fSession.getSessionID()))
+        , fStopOnDestruction(false)
+    {
+        // Sanity check
+        if (!fSession.IsRunning()) {
+            throw std::runtime_error("Given CSession must be running");
+        }
+    }
+
     ~Impl()
     {
         if (fStopOnDestruction) {
@@ -118,11 +130,15 @@ struct DDSSession::Impl
 };
 
 DDSSession::DDSSession(DDSEnvironment env)
-    : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(env))
+    : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(std::move(env)))
 {}
 
 DDSSession::DDSSession(Id existing, DDSEnvironment env)
-    : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(std::move(existing), env))
+    : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(std::move(existing), std::move(env)))
+{}
+
+DDSSession::DDSSession(dds::tools_api::CSession nativeSession, DDSEnv env)
+    : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(std::move(nativeSession), std::move(env)))
 {}
 
 auto DDSSession::GetEnv() const -> DDSEnvironment { return fImpl->fEnv; }
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.h b/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.h
index 93156401..44c846d2 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.h
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/DDSSession.h
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ class DDSSession
     explicit DDSSession(DDSEnvironment env = DDSEnvironment());
     explicit DDSSession(Id existing, DDSEnvironment env = DDSEnvironment());
 
+    /// @brief Construct with already existing native DDS API objects
+    /// @param nativeSession Existing and initialized CSession (either via create() or attach())
+    /// @param env Optional DDSEnv
+    explicit DDSSession(dds::tools_api::CSession nativeSession, DDSEnv env = {});
+
     auto GetEnv() const -> DDSEnvironment;
     auto GetId() const -> Id;
     auto GetRMSPlugin() const -> DDSRMSPlugin;
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ class DDSSession
     void SendCommand(const std::string&);
 
     friend auto operator<<(std::ostream& os, const DDSSession& session) -> std::ostream&;
+
   private:
     struct Impl;
     std::shared_ptr<Impl> fImpl;
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.cxx b/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.cxx
index ec72bffd..c2d46415 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.cxx
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ struct DDSTopology::Impl
         , fTopo(fTopoFile.string())
     {}
 
+    explicit Impl(dds::topology_api::CTopology nativeTopology, DDSEnvironment env)
+        : fEnv(std::move(env))
+        , fTopo(std::move(nativeTopology))
+    {}
+
     DDSEnvironment fEnv;
     Path fTopoFile;
     dds::topology_api::CTopology fTopo;
@@ -43,6 +48,10 @@ DDSTopology::DDSTopology(Path topoFile, DDSEnvironment env)
     : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(std::move(topoFile), std::move(env)))
 {}
 
+DDSTopology::DDSTopology(dds::topology_api::CTopology nativeTopology, DDSEnv env)
+    : fImpl(std::make_shared<Impl>(std::move(nativeTopology), std::move(env)))
+{}
+
 auto DDSTopology::GetEnv() const -> DDSEnvironment { return fImpl->fEnv; }
 
 auto DDSTopology::GetTopoFile() const -> Path
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.h b/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.h
index 635094eb..c530d73e 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.h
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/DDSTopology.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #define FAIR_MQ_SDK_DDSTOPOLOGY_H
 
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <fairmq/sdk/DDSInfo.h>
 #include <fairmq/sdk/DDSEnvironment.h>
 #include <memory>
 #include <string>
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ class DDSTopology
     /// @param env DDS environment
     explicit DDSTopology(Path topoFile, DDSEnvironment env = DDSEnvironment());
 
+    /// @brief Construct with already existing native DDS API objects
+    /// @param nativeTopology Existing and initialized CTopology
+    /// @param env Optional DDSEnv
+    explicit DDSTopology(dds::topology_api::CTopology nativeTopology, DDSEnv env = {});
+
     /// @brief Get associated DDS environment
     auto GetEnv() const -> DDSEnvironment;
 
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx
index 3516d1ce..418aede0 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 
 #include "Topology.h"
 
-#include <fairlogger/Logger.h>
-
+#include <DDS/Tools.h>
+#include <DDS/Topology.h>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp>
-
-#include <utility>
-#include <thread>
+#include <condition_variable>
+#include <fairlogger/Logger.h>
 #include <future>
 #include <mutex>
-#include <condition_variable>
+#include <thread>
+#include <utility>
 
 namespace fair {
 namespace mq {
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ Topology::Topology(DDSTopology topo, DDSSession session)
     fExecutionThread = std::thread(&Topology::WaitForState, this);
 }
 
+Topology::Topology(dds::topology_api::CTopology nativeTopo,
+                   dds::tools_api::CSession nativeSession,
+                   DDSEnv env)
+    : Topology(DDSTopo(std::move(nativeTopo), env), DDSSession(std::move(nativeSession), env))
+{}
+
 auto Topology::ChangeState(TopologyTransition transition, ChangeStateCallback cb, Duration timeout) -> void
 {
     {
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h
index 3ae5fa22..8813e7e9 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h
@@ -87,9 +87,18 @@ class Topology
 {
   public:
     /// @brief (Re)Construct a FairMQ topology from an existing DDS topology
-    /// @param topo Initialized DDS CTopology
+    /// @param topo DDSTopology
+    /// @param session DDSSession
     explicit Topology(DDSTopology topo, DDSSession session = DDSSession());
 
+    /// @brief (Re)Construct a FairMQ topology based on already existing native DDS API objects
+    /// @param nativeTopo Existing CTopology
+    /// @param nativeSession Existing and initialized CSession (either via create() or attach())
+    /// @param env Optional DDSEnv (needed primarily for unit testing)
+    explicit Topology(dds::topology_api::CTopology nativeTopo,
+                      dds::tools_api::CSession nativeSession,
+                      DDSEnv env = {});
+
     explicit Topology(const Topology&) = delete;
     Topology& operator=(const Topology&) = delete;
     explicit Topology(Topology&&) = delete;
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index ab18edc4..74395e69 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ if(BUILD_SDK)
         SDK
         Tools
         DDS::dds_topology_lib
+        DDS::dds_tools_lib
         INCLUDES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         TIMEOUT 15
diff --git a/test/sdk/_topology.cxx b/test/sdk/_topology.cxx
index b322c7e2..e280a7d7 100644
--- a/test/sdk/_topology.cxx
+++ b/test/sdk/_topology.cxx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "TopologyFixture.h"
 
 #include <DDS/Topology.h>
+#include <DDS/Tools.h>
 #include <fairmq/sdk/Topology.h>
 #include <fairmq/Tools.h>
 
@@ -16,6 +17,18 @@ namespace {
 
 using Topology = fair::mq::test::TopologyFixture;
 
+TEST(Topology2, ConstructionWithNativeDdsApiObjects)
+{
+    // This is only needed for this unit test
+    fair::mq::sdk::DDSEnv env(CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR);
+
+    // Example usage:
+    dds::topology_api::CTopology nativeTopo(fair::mq::tools::ToString(SDK_TESTSUITE_SOURCE_DIR, "/test_topo.xml"));
+    dds::tools_api::CSession nativeSession;
+    nativeSession.create();
+    fair::mq::sdk::Topology topo(nativeTopo, nativeSession, env);
+}
+
 TEST_F(Topology, Construction)
 {
     fair::mq::sdk::Topology topo(mDDSTopo, mDDSSession);