diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/fairmq/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bdc2d9f..299d5da1 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ target_link_libraries(${target}
   Boost::filesystem
   FairLogger::FairLogger
   StateMachine
+  DDS::dds_topology_lib # TODO Eventually hide this in the future
 
   PRIVATE
   Boost::boost
   DDS::dds_intercom_lib
   DDS::dds_tools_lib
-  DDS::dds_topology_lib
   Tools
 )
 set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx
index 86a6ffc3..2b22d327 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.cxx
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ namespace fair {
 namespace mq {
 namespace sdk {
 
-Topology::Topology()
+Topology::Topology(dds::topology_api::CTopology topo)
+    : fDDSTopology(std::move(topo))
 {}
 
 }   // namespace sdk
diff --git a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h
index 5409fe2b..e6ed2bed 100644
--- a/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h
+++ b/fairmq/sdk/Topology.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #ifndef FAIR_MQ_SDK_TOPOLOGY_H
 #define FAIR_MQ_SDK_TOPOLOGY_H
 
+#include <DDS/Topology.h>
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace fair {
@@ -23,11 +24,12 @@ class Topology
 {
   public:
 
-    /// Construct a FairMQ topology from a existing DDS session via the dds::topology_api
-    /// @param topo a shared_ptr to an initialized CTopology object
-    explicit Topology();
+    /// Construct a FairMQ topology from an existing DDS session via the dds::topology_api
+    /// @param topo An initialized CTopology object
+    explicit Topology(dds::topology_api::CTopology topo);
 
   private:
+    dds::topology_api::CTopology fDDSTopology;
 };
 
 }   // namespace sdk
diff --git a/test/sdk/_topology.cxx b/test/sdk/_topology.cxx
index 42bf6bba..7449688b 100644
--- a/test/sdk/_topology.cxx
+++ b/test/sdk/_topology.cxx
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ namespace {
 
 using Topology = fair::mq::test::TopologyFixture;
 
-TEST_F(Topology, Basic)
+TEST_F(Topology, Construction)
 {
-  fair::mq::sdk::Topology topo;
+  fair::mq::sdk::Topology topo(mDDSTopology);
 }
 
 }   // namespace