diff --git a/src/GovernanceStaker.sol b/src/GovernanceStaker.sol
index 3c0e418..8bc6a6a 100644
--- a/src/GovernanceStaker.sol
+++ b/src/GovernanceStaker.sol
@@ -82,9 +82,6 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
   /// @notice Emitted when a reward notifier address is enabled or disabled.
   event RewardNotifierSet(address indexed account, bool isEnabled);
 
-  /// @notice Emitted when a surrogate contract is deployed.
-  event SurrogateDeployed(address indexed delegatee, address indexed surrogate);
-
   /// @notice Thrown when an account attempts a call for which it lacks appropriate permission.
   /// @param reason Human readable code explaining why the call is unauthorized.
   /// @param caller The address that attempted the unauthorized call.
@@ -202,10 +199,6 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
   /// @notice Stores the metadata associated with a given deposit.
   mapping(DepositIdentifier depositId => Deposit deposit) public deposits;
 
-  /// @notice Maps the account of each governance delegate with the surrogate contract which holds
-  /// the staked tokens from deposits which assign voting weight to said delegate.
-  mapping(address delegatee => DelegationSurrogate surrogate) public surrogates;
-
   /// @notice Time at which rewards distribution will complete if there are no new rewards.
   uint256 public rewardEndTime;
 
@@ -284,6 +277,14 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
     _setClaimFeeParameters(_params);
   }
 
+  /// @notice A method to get a delegation surrogate contract for a given delegate.
+  /// @param _delegatee The address the delegation surrogate is delegating voting power.
+  /// @return The delegation surrogate.
+  /// @dev A concrete implementation should return a delegate surrogate address for a given
+  /// delegatee. In practice this may be as simple as returning an address stored in a mapping or
+  /// computing it's create2 address.
+  function surrogates(address _delegatee) public view virtual returns (DelegationSurrogate);
+
   /// @notice Timestamp representing the last time at which rewards have been distributed, which is
   /// either the current timestamp (because rewards are still actively being streamed) or the time
   /// at which the reward duration ended (because all rewards to date have already been streamed).
@@ -523,19 +524,12 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
   /// none exists—for a given delegatee.
   /// @param _delegatee Account for which a surrogate is sought.
   /// @return _surrogate The address of the surrogate contract for the delegatee.
+  /// @dev A concrete implementation would either deploy a new delegate surrogate or return an
+  /// existing surrogate for a given delegatee address.
   function _fetchOrDeploySurrogate(address _delegatee)
     internal
     virtual
-    returns (DelegationSurrogate _surrogate)
-  {
-    _surrogate = surrogates[_delegatee];
-
-    if (address(_surrogate) == address(0)) {
-      _surrogate = new DelegationSurrogateVotes(STAKE_TOKEN, _delegatee);
-      surrogates[_delegatee] = _surrogate;
-      emit SurrogateDeployed(_delegatee, address(_surrogate));
-    }
-  }
+    returns (DelegationSurrogate _surrogate);
 
   /// @notice Internal convenience method which calls the `transferFrom` method on the stake token
   /// contract and reverts on failure.
@@ -601,7 +595,7 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
     _checkpointGlobalReward();
     _checkpointReward(deposit);
 
-    DelegationSurrogate _surrogate = surrogates[deposit.delegatee];
+    DelegationSurrogate _surrogate = surrogates(deposit.delegatee);
 
     uint256 _newBalance = deposit.balance + _amount;
     uint256 _newEarningPower =
@@ -629,7 +623,7 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
     address _newDelegatee
   ) internal virtual {
     _revertIfAddressZero(_newDelegatee);
-    DelegationSurrogate _oldSurrogate = surrogates[deposit.delegatee];
+    DelegationSurrogate _oldSurrogate = surrogates(deposit.delegatee);
     uint256 _newEarningPower =
       earningPowerCalculator.getEarningPower(deposit.balance, deposit.owner, _newDelegatee);
 
@@ -696,7 +690,7 @@ abstract contract GovernanceStaker is INotifiableRewardReceiver, Multicall {
 
     deposit.balance = _newBalance.toUint96();
     deposit.earningPower = _newEarningPower.toUint96();
-    _stakeTokenSafeTransferFrom(address(surrogates[deposit.delegatee]), deposit.owner, _amount);
+    _stakeTokenSafeTransferFrom(address(surrogates(deposit.delegatee)), deposit.owner, _amount);
     emit StakeWithdrawn(deposit.owner, _depositId, _amount, deposit.balance);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/extensions/GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes.sol b/src/extensions/GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes.sol
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6775c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extensions/GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+pragma solidity ^0.8.23;
+
+import {DelegationSurrogate} from "src/DelegationSurrogate.sol";
+import {DelegationSurrogateVotes} from "src/DelegationSurrogateVotes.sol";
+import {GovernanceStaker} from "src/GovernanceStaker.sol";
+
+/// @title GovernaceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes
+/// @author [ScopeLift](https://scopelift.co)
+/// @notice This contract extension adds delegation surrogates to the GovernanceStaker base
+/// contract, allowing staked tokens to be delegated to a specific delegate.
+abstract contract GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes is GovernanceStaker {
+  /// @notice Emitted when a surrogate contract is deployed.
+  event SurrogateDeployed(address indexed delegatee, address indexed surrogate);
+
+  /// @notice Maps the account of each governance delegate with the surrogate contract which holds
+  /// the staked tokens from deposits which assign voting weight to said delegate.
+  mapping(address delegatee => DelegationSurrogate surrogate) private storedSurrogates;
+
+  /// @inheritdoc GovernanceStaker
+  function surrogates(address _delegatee) public view override returns (DelegationSurrogate) {
+    return storedSurrogates[_delegatee];
+  }
+
+  /// @inheritdoc GovernanceStaker
+  function _fetchOrDeploySurrogate(address _delegatee)
+    internal
+    virtual
+    override
+    returns (DelegationSurrogate _surrogate)
+  {
+    _surrogate = storedSurrogates[_delegatee];
+
+    if (address(_surrogate) == address(0)) {
+      _surrogate = new DelegationSurrogateVotes(STAKE_TOKEN, _delegatee);
+      storedSurrogates[_delegatee] = _surrogate;
+      emit SurrogateDeployed(_delegatee, address(_surrogate));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/harnesses/GovernanceStakerHarness.sol b/test/harnesses/GovernanceStakerHarness.sol
index 78b5dd2..b340a81 100644
--- a/test/harnesses/GovernanceStakerHarness.sol
+++ b/test/harnesses/GovernanceStakerHarness.sol
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import {DelegationSurrogateVotes} from "src/DelegationSurrogateVotes.sol";
 import {GovernanceStaker} from "src/GovernanceStaker.sol";
 import {GovernanceStakerPermitAndStake} from "src/extensions/GovernanceStakerPermitAndStake.sol";
 import {GovernanceStakerOnBehalf} from "src/extensions/GovernanceStakerOnBehalf.sol";
+import {GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes} from
+  "src/extensions/GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes.sol";
+
 import {IERC20} from "openzeppelin/token/ERC20/IERC20.sol";
 import {SafeERC20} from "openzeppelin/token/ERC20/utils/SafeERC20.sol";
 import {EIP712} from "openzeppelin/utils/cryptography/EIP712.sol";
@@ -15,7 +18,8 @@ import {DelegationSurrogate} from "src/DelegationSurrogate.sol";
 contract GovernanceStakerHarness is
   GovernanceStaker,
   GovernanceStakerPermitAndStake,
-  GovernanceStakerOnBehalf
+  GovernanceStakerOnBehalf,
+  GovernanceStakerDelegateSurrogateVotes
 {
   constructor(
     IERC20 _rewardsToken,