diff --git a/ports/cef/browser.rs b/ports/cef/browser.rs
index 2df1357762e..206b2e2f92a 100644
--- a/ports/cef/browser.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/browser.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use interfaces::{CefBrowser, CefBrowserHost, CefClient, CefFrame, CefRequestCont
 use interfaces::{cef_browser_t, cef_browser_host_t, cef_client_t, cef_frame_t};
 use interfaces::{cef_request_context_t};
 use servo::Browser;
-use types::{cef_browser_settings_t, cef_string_t, cef_window_info_t};
+use types::{cef_browser_settings_t, cef_string_t, cef_window_info_t, cef_window_handle_t};
 use window;
 use wrappers::CefWrap;
 
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ pub struct ServoCefBrowser {
     pub client: CefClient,
     /// Whether the on-created callback has fired yet.
     pub callback_executed: Cell<bool>,
+    /// the display system window handle: only to be used with host.get_window_handle()
+    window_handle: cef_window_handle_t,
 
     id: isize,
     servo_browser: RefCell<ServoBrowser>,
@@ -100,10 +102,12 @@ impl ServoCefBrowser {
     pub fn new(window_info: &cef_window_info_t, client: CefClient) -> ServoCefBrowser {
         let frame = ServoCefFrame::new().as_cef_interface();
         let host = ServoCefBrowserHost::new(client.clone()).as_cef_interface();
+        let mut window_handle: cef_window_handle_t = 0;
 
         let servo_browser = if window_info.windowless_rendering_enabled == 0 {
             let glutin_window = glutin_app::create_window();
             let servo_browser = Browser::new(Some(glutin_window.clone()));
+            window_handle = glutin_window.platform_window() as cef_window_handle_t;
             ServoBrowser::OnScreen(servo_browser)
         } else {
             ServoBrowser::Invalid
@@ -121,6 +125,7 @@ impl ServoCefBrowser {
             servo_browser: RefCell::new(servo_browser),
             message_queue: RefCell::new(vec!()),
             id: id,
+            window_handle: window_handle,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -199,6 +204,10 @@ pub fn close(browser: CefBrowser) {
     });
 }
 
+pub fn get_window(browser: &CefBrowser) -> cef_window_handle_t {
+    browser.downcast().window_handle
+}
+
 pub fn browser_callback_after_created(browser: CefBrowser) {
     if browser.downcast().client.is_null_cef_object() {
         return
diff --git a/ports/cef/browser_host.rs b/ports/cef/browser_host.rs
index 67939d1d74f..412fd51f3da 100644
--- a/ports/cef/browser_host.rs
+++ b/ports/cef/browser_host.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use eutil::Downcast;
 use interfaces::{CefBrowser, CefBrowserHost, CefClient, cef_browser_t, cef_browser_host_t, cef_client_t};
-use types::{cef_mouse_button_type_t, cef_mouse_event, cef_rect_t, cef_key_event};
+use types::{cef_mouse_button_type_t, cef_mouse_event, cef_rect_t, cef_key_event, cef_window_handle_t};
 use types::cef_key_event_type_t::{KEYEVENT_CHAR, KEYEVENT_KEYDOWN, KEYEVENT_KEYUP, KEYEVENT_RAWKEYDOWN};
 use browser::{self, ServoCefBrowserExtensions};
 
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ full_cef_class_impl! {
         fn initialize_compositing(&this,) -> () {{
             this.downcast().send_window_event(WindowEvent::InitializeCompositing);
         }}
+
+        fn get_window_handle(&this,) -> cef_window_handle_t {{
+            let t = this.downcast();
+            let browser = t.browser.borrow();
+            browser::get_window(&browser.as_ref().unwrap()) as cef_window_handle_t
+        }}
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ports/glutin/window.rs b/ports/glutin/window.rs
index 48a1c9b61c9..98c9ed1f4c2 100644
--- a/ports/glutin/window.rs
+++ b/ports/glutin/window.rs
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ impl Window {
         Rc::new(window)
     }
 
+    pub fn platform_window(&self) -> glutin::WindowID {
+        unsafe { self.window.platform_window() }
+    }
+
     fn nested_window_resize(width: u32, height: u32) {
         unsafe {
             match g_nested_event_loop_listener {