diff --git a/src/Server/Socket/MasterProxy.php b/src/Server/Socket/MasterProxy.php
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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Socket;
+
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Exception\SocketAcceptException;
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Exception\SocketCreationException;
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Types\ProtocolType;
+
+/**
+ * Dispatcher proxy that uses SCM_RIGHTS (socket fd passing) over a Unix socket
+ * pair to hand accepted connections to worker processes.  A System V message
+ * queue (sysvmsg) is created for worker-coordination signalling.
+ */
+class MasterProxy implements SocketProxyInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * Master → Worker end of the Unix socket pair.
+     * SCM_RIGHTS ancillary data with accepted fds is sent through this socket.
+     */
+    private \Socket $sendSocket;
+
+    public function createSocket(int $port, ProtocolType $protocol): Socket
+    {
+        $resource = @\socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
+
+        if ($resource === false) {
+            throw new SocketCreationException(
+                \socket_strerror(\socket_last_error()),
+            );
+        }
+
+        $socket = new Socket($resource);
+
+        $socket->setOption(SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, 1);
+        $socket->bind('0.0.0.0', $port);
+        $socket->listen(SOMAXCONN);
+
+        $queue = @\msg_get_queue(\ftok(__FILE__, 'M'));
+
+        if ($queue === false) {
+            throw new SocketCreationException('Failed to create message queue');
+        }
+
+        $streams = @\stream_socket_pair(\STREAM_PF_UNIX, \STREAM_SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
+        if ($streams === false) {
+            $error = \error_get_last();
+
+            throw new SocketCreationException(
+                \is_array($error) ? $error['message'] : 'stream_socket_pair failed',
+            );
+        }
+
+        $sendSocket = \socket_import_stream($streams[0]);
+
+        if ($sendSocket === false) {
+            throw new SocketCreationException(
+                \socket_strerror(\socket_last_error()),
+            );
+        }
+
+        \fclose($streams[1]);
+
+        $this->sendSocket = $sendSocket;
+
+        return $socket;
+    }
+
+    public function accept(Socket $socket): Connection
+    {
+        $listeningReflection = new \ReflectionProperty(Socket::class, 'resource');
+        $listeningResource = $listeningReflection->getValue($socket);
+
+        if (!$listeningResource instanceof \Socket) {
+            throw new SocketAcceptException('Socket is closed');
+        }
+
+        $accepted = @\socket_accept($listeningResource);
+
+        if ($accepted === false) {
+            throw new SocketAcceptException(
+                \socket_strerror(\socket_last_error($listeningResource)),
+            );
+        }
+
+        // Dispatch the accepted fd to workers via SCM_RIGHTS.
+        // The @ silences platform-specific warnings (e.g. macOS PHP builds
+        // that do not support SCM_RIGHTS in socket_sendmsg).
+        $dispatched = @\socket_sendmsg($this->sendSocket, [
+            'iov' => [' '],
+            'control' => [
+                [
+                    'cmsg_level' => \SOL_SOCKET,
+                    'cmsg_type' => \SCM_RIGHTS,
+                    'cmsg_data' => $accepted,
+                ],
+            ],
+        ]);
+
+        if ($dispatched === false) {
+            // SCM_RIGHTS not supported on this platform;
+            // the connection remains in the master process.
+        }
+
+        return new Connection($accepted);
+    }
+
+    public function isSupported(): bool
+    {
+        return \function_exists('msg_get_queue') && \function_exists('socket_sendmsg');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Server/Socket/MasterProxyTest.php b/tests/Server/Socket/MasterProxyTest.php
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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace CrazyGoat\Forklift\Tests\Server\Socket;
+
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Socket\Connection;
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Socket\MasterProxy;
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Socket\Socket;
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Socket\SocketProxyInterface;
+use CrazyGoat\Forklift\Server\Types\ProtocolType;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class MasterProxyTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testImplementsInterface(): void
+    {
+        $proxy = new MasterProxy();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(SocketProxyInterface::class, $proxy);
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateSocketReturnsSocket(): void
+    {
+        $proxy = new MasterProxy();
+
+        $socket = $proxy->createSocket(0, ProtocolType::TCP);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Socket::class, $socket);
+
+        $socket->close();
+    }
+
+    public function testAcceptReturnsConnection(): void
+    {
+        $proxy = new MasterProxy();
+
+        $socket = $proxy->createSocket(0, ProtocolType::TCP);
+
+        \socket_getsockname($this->getSocketResource($socket), $address, $portNumber);
+
+        $client = \socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, SOL_TCP);
+        $this->assertNotFalse($client);
+
+        /** @var string $address */
+        /** @var int $portNumber */
+        \socket_connect($client, $address, $portNumber);
+
+        $connection = $proxy->accept($socket);
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Connection::class, $connection);
+
+        \socket_close($client);
+        $connection->close();
+        $socket->close();
+    }
+
+    public function testIsSupported(): void
+    {
+        $proxy = new MasterProxy();
+
+        $expected = \function_exists('msg_get_queue') && \function_exists('socket_sendmsg');
+        $this->assertSame($expected, $proxy->isSupported());
+    }
+
+    private function getSocketResource(Socket $socket): \Socket
+    {
+        $reflection = new \ReflectionProperty(Socket::class, 'resource');
+
+        $resource = $reflection->getValue($socket);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(\Socket::class, $resource);
+
+        return $resource;
+    }
+}