diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index dc9108d1251..01b89a9ef50 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ To release a new version of Spyder you need to follow these steps:
 * Update our subrepos with the following commands, but only if new versions are available!
 
       git subrepo pull external-deps/spyder-kernels
+      git subrepo pull external-deps/spyder-kernels-server
       git subrepo pull external-deps/python-lsp-server
       git subrepo pull external-deps/qtconsole
 
diff --git a/external-deps/qtconsole/qtconsole/comms.py b/external-deps/qtconsole/qtconsole/comms.py
index 74f8ce5c990..78cf5641cff 100644
--- a/external-deps/qtconsole/qtconsole/comms.py
+++ b/external-deps/qtconsole/qtconsole/comms.py
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ def get_comm(self, comm_id, closing=False):
         except KeyError:
             if closing:
                 return
-            self.log.warning("No such comm: %s", comm_id)
             # don't create the list of keys if debug messages aren't enabled
             if self.log.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):
+                self.log.debug("No such comm: %s", comm_id)
                 self.log.debug("Current comms: %s", list(self.comms.keys()))
 
     # comm message handlers
diff --git a/external-deps/spyder-kernels-server/.gitignore b/external-deps/spyder-kernels-server/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..570961b3a3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external-deps/spyder-kernels-server/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.DS_Store
+*.egg-info
+__pycache__
diff --git a/installers/Windows/req-extras-pull-request.txt b/installers/Windows/req-extras-pull-request.txt
index df35dfafbff..766417e3f29 100644
--- a/installers/Windows/req-extras-pull-request.txt
+++ b/installers/Windows/req-extras-pull-request.txt
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ spyder-terminal>=1.2.2
 
 # Spyder external dependencies (spyder-kernels and qdarkstyle)
 ./external-deps/spyder-kernels
+./external-deps/spyder-kernels-server
 ./external-deps/qdarkstyle
diff --git a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/mixins.py b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/mixins.py
index 792a42f51a4..c96adaebc85 100644
--- a/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/mixins.py
+++ b/spyder/plugins/ipythonconsole/widgets/mixins.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 IPython Console mixins.
 """
 import zmq
+import sys
+
+from qtpy.QtCore import QProcess
 
 # Local imports
 from spyder.plugins.ipythonconsole.utils.kernel_handler import KernelHandler
@@ -17,11 +20,19 @@ class KernelConnectorMixin:
     """Needs https://github.com/jupyter/jupyter_client/pull/835"""
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
+        self.hostname = None
+        self.sshkey = None
+        self.password = None
+        self.start_local_server()
         self.port = "5556"
         self.context = zmq.Context()
         self.socket = self.context.socket(zmq.REQ)
         self.socket.connect("tcp://localhost:%s" % self.port)
 
+    def start_local_server(self):
+        self.server = QProcess(self)
+        self.server.start(sys.executable, ["-m", "spyder_kernels_server"])
+
     def new_kernel(self, kernel_spec):
         """Get a new kernel"""
         self.socket.send_pyobj(["open_kernel", kernel_spec])
@@ -29,11 +40,9 @@ def new_kernel(self, kernel_spec):
         if connection_file == "error":
             raise connection_info
 
-        hostname, sshkey, password = None, None, None
-
         kernel_handler = KernelHandler.new_from_spec(
             kernel_spec, connection_file, connection_info,
-            hostname, sshkey, password
+            self.hostname, self.sshkey, self.password
         )
 
         kernel_handler.sig_request_close.connect(self.close_kernel)
@@ -45,7 +54,6 @@ def close_kernel(self, connection_file):
         self.socket.recv_pyobj()
 
 
-
 class CachedKernelMixin:
     """Cached kernel mixin."""
     def __init__(self):