diff --git a/components/shared/webrender/rendering_context.rs b/components/shared/webrender/rendering_context.rs
index 3ea7cbe6ebc..96aa4cb32ee 100644
--- a/components/shared/webrender/rendering_context.rs
+++ b/components/shared/webrender/rendering_context.rs
@@ -90,6 +90,22 @@ impl RenderingContext {
         Ok(RenderingContext(Rc::new(data)))
     }
 
+    pub fn create_surface(
+        &self,
+        surface_type: SurfaceType<NativeWidget>,
+    ) -> Result<Surface, Error> {
+        let device = &mut self.0.device.borrow_mut();
+        let context = &self.0.context.borrow();
+        let surface_access = SurfaceAccess::GPUOnly;
+        device.create_surface(&context, surface_access, surface_type)
+    }
+
+    pub fn destroy_surface(&self, mut surface: Surface) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let device = &self.0.device.borrow();
+        let context = &mut self.0.context.borrow_mut();
+        device.destroy_surface(context, &mut surface)
+    }
+
     pub fn create_surface_texture(&self, surface: Surface) -> Result<SurfaceTexture, Error> {
         let device = &self.0.device.borrow();
         let context = &mut self.0.context.borrow_mut();