diff --git a/yama/src/chunking.rs b/yama/src/chunking.rs
index 286fca3..98780a7 100644
--- a/yama/src/chunking.rs
+++ b/yama/src/chunking.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ pub const FASTCDC_AVG: usize = 1024 * 1024;
 // 8 MiB
 pub const FASTCDC_MAX: usize = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
 
+pub trait ChunkSubmissionTarget {
+    fn submit(&self, chunk_id: ChunkId, chunk_data: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
+}
+
+impl<RP: RawPile> ChunkSubmissionTarget for Pile<RP> {
+    fn submit(&self, chunk_id: ChunkId, chunk_data: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        self.submit_chunk(chunk_id, chunk_data)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ChunkSubmissionTarget for crossbeam_channel::Sender<(ChunkId, Vec<u8>)> {
+    fn submit(&self, chunk_id: ChunkId, chunk_data: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        self.send((chunk_id, chunk_data.to_vec()))
+            .map_err(|_| anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to send to pipeline."))
+    }
+}
+
 /// A chunker that will generate nested chunks of chunk references if there is that much data
 /// to store.
 /// The root RecursiveChunker is fed data bytes.