diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f88d0d5..9fc19f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ authors = ["The Loki Authors"]
 keywords = ["windowing"]
 categories = ["gui"]
 
+[features]
+default = ["raw-window-handle"]
+raw-window-handle = ["dep:raw-window-handle"]
+
+[dependencies]
+raw-window-handle = { version = "0.5.2", optional = true }
+
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 loki-linux = { path = "./loki-linux" }
 
diff --git a/src/lok.rs b/src/lok.rs
index 2e172ea..4b947a3 100644
--- a/src/lok.rs
+++ b/src/lok.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,19 @@ pub trait LokinitBackend {
     fn fetch_monitors(&mut self) -> Vec<Monitor> {
         unimplemented!()
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+    fn raw_display_handle(&self) -> raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle;
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+    fn raw_window_handle_for(&self, window_handle: WindowHandle) -> raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+unsafe impl raw_window_handle::HasRawDisplayHandle for dyn LokinitBackend {
+    fn raw_display_handle(&self) -> raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle {
+        self.raw_display_handle()
+    }
 }
 
 thread_local! {
@@ -75,7 +88,13 @@ pub fn init_backend<B: LokinitBackend + 'static>() {
 pub fn with<R>(callback: impl FnOnce(&mut dyn LokinitBackend) -> R) -> R {
     INSTANCE.with(|instance| {
         let mut instance = instance.borrow_mut();
-        let instance = instance.as_deref_mut().expect("Lokinit is not initialized");
+        let instance = instance
+            .as_deref_mut()
+            .expect(if INITIALIZED.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                "Accessing Lokinit from a non-main thread"
+            } else {
+                "Lokinit is not initialized"
+            });
         (callback)(instance)
     })
 }
@@ -99,3 +118,13 @@ pub fn set_screen_mode(handle: WindowHandle, screen_mode: ScreenMode) {
 pub fn fetch_monitors() -> Vec<Monitor> {
     with(|instance| instance.fetch_monitors())
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+pub fn raw_display_handle() -> raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle {
+    with(|instance| instance.raw_display_handle())
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+pub fn raw_window_handle(window_handle: WindowHandle) -> raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle {
+    with(|instance| instance.raw_window_handle_for(window_handle))
+}
diff --git a/src/native/linux/mod.rs b/src/native/linux/mod.rs
index 4e669ac..49cc7cb 100644
--- a/src/native/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/src/native/linux/mod.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ impl LokinitBackend for LinuxBackend {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+    fn raw_display_handle(&self) -> raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle {
+        match self {
+            Self::X11(_x11) => todo!(),
+            Self::Wayland(_wl) => todo!(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+    fn raw_window_handle_for(&self, window_handle: WindowHandle) -> raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle {
+        match self {
+            Self::X11(_x11) => todo!(),
+            Self::Wayland(_wl) => todo!(),
+        }
+    }
+
     fn set_screen_mode(&mut self, handle: WindowHandle, screen_mode: ScreenMode) {
         match self {
             Self::X11(x11) => x11.set_screen_mode(handle, screen_mode),
diff --git a/src/native/macos/mod.rs b/src/native/macos/mod.rs
index a6b0eac..a10b34c 100644
--- a/src/native/macos/mod.rs
+++ b/src/native/macos/mod.rs
@@ -181,4 +181,14 @@ impl LokinitBackend for MacosBackend {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+    fn raw_display_handle(&self) -> raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle {
+        todo!()
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+    fn raw_window_handle_for(&self, window_handle: WindowHandle) -> raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle {
+        todo!()
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/window.rs b/src/window.rs
index a64e543..2d74d8d 100644
--- a/src/window.rs
+++ b/src/window.rs
@@ -118,3 +118,17 @@ impl WindowBuilder {
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 pub struct WindowHandle(pub(crate) usize);
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+unsafe impl raw_window_handle::HasRawWindowHandle for WindowHandle {
+    fn raw_window_handle(&self) -> raw_window_handle::RawWindowHandle {
+        crate::lok::raw_window_handle(*self)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "raw-window-handle")]
+unsafe impl raw_window_handle::HasRawDisplayHandle for WindowHandle {
+    fn raw_display_handle(&self) -> raw_window_handle::RawDisplayHandle {
+        crate::lok::raw_display_handle()
+    }
+}