diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/AkkaPersistenceEventLog.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/AkkaPersistenceEventLog.scala
index b1183ad..7d12196 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/AkkaPersistenceEventLog.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/AkkaPersistenceEventLog.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import scala.reflect.ClassTag
   *
   * @param journalId Id of the Akka Persistence journal.
   */
-class AkkaPersistenceEventLog(journalId: String)(implicit system: ActorSystem) {
+class AkkaPersistenceEventLog(journalId: String)(implicit system: ActorSystem) extends EventLog[String] {
   private val journal = new Journal(journalId)
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/EventLog.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/EventLog.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e29eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/EventLog.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.github.krasserm.ases.log
+
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+import akka.{Done, NotUsed}
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.{Flow, Sink, Source}
+import com.github.krasserm.ases.{Delivery, Durable, Emitted}
+
+/**
+  * Akka Stream API for events logs. Each individual event log is identified
+  * by an identifier. The type of the identifier (supplied as type argument
+  * `Identifier`) will depend on the concrete event log implementation.
+  */
+trait EventLog[Identifier] {
+
+  /**
+    * Creates a flow representing the event log identified by `identifier`.
+    * Input events are written to the journal and emitted as output events
+    * after successful write. Before input events are requested from upstream
+    * the flow emits events that have been previously written to the journal
+    * (recovery phase).
+    *
+    * During recovery, events are emitted as [[Delivered]] messages, recovery completion
+    * is signaled as [[Recovered]] message, both subtypes of [[Delivery]]. After recovery,
+    * events are again emitted as [[Delivered]] messages.
+    *
+    * It is the application's responsibility to ensure that there is only a
+    * single materialized instance with given `persistenceId` writing to the
+    * journal.
+    *
+    * @param identifier identifier of the event log.
+    * @tparam A event type. Only events that are instances of given type are
+    *           emitted by the flow.
+    */
+  def flow[A: ClassTag](identifier: Identifier): Flow[Emitted[A], Delivery[Durable[A]], NotUsed]
+
+  /**
+    * Creates a source that replays events of the event log identified by `identifier`.
+    * The source completes when the end of the log has been reached.
+    *
+    * During recovery, events are emitted as [[Delivered]] messages, recovery completion
+    * is signaled as [[Recovered]] message, both subtypes of [[Delivery]].
+    *
+    * @param identifier identifier of the event log.
+    * @tparam A event type. Only events that are instances of given type are
+    *           emitted by the source.
+    */
+  def source[A: ClassTag](identifier: Identifier): Source[Delivery[Durable[A]], NotUsed]
+
+  /**
+    * Creates a sink that writes events to the event log identified by
+    * `identifier`.
+    *
+    * @param identifier persistence id of the event log.
+    */
+  def sink[A](identifier: Identifier): Sink[Emitted[A], Future[Done]]
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/KafkaEventLog.scala b/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/KafkaEventLog.scala
index 6a5bb10..b734113 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/KafkaEventLog.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/github/krasserm/ases/log/KafkaEventLog.scala
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import scala.reflect.ClassTag
   * @param host Kafka (bootstrap server) host.
   * @param port Kafka (bootstrap server) port.
   */
-class KafkaEventLog(host: String, port: Int)(implicit system: ActorSystem) {
+class KafkaEventLog(host: String, port: Int)(implicit system: ActorSystem) extends EventLog[TopicPartition] {
   private val kafkaSource = new KafkaSource(host, port)
   private val kafkaSink = new KafkaSink(host, port)
   private val kafkaCodec = new KafkaCodec()