diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Avalonia.Windowing.csproj b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Avalonia.Windowing.csproj
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index 0000000000..758ec7cf29
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Avalonia.Base\Avalonia.Base.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Avalonia.Controls\Avalonia.Controls.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Folder Include="Bindings\" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Remove="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/EventsLoop.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/EventsLoop.cs
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/EventsLoop.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings
+{
+    public class EventsLoop : IDisposable
+    {
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern IntPtr winit_events_loop_new(out IntPtr eventsLoopProxyHandle);
+
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern void winit_events_loop_destroy(IntPtr handle);
+
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern void winit_events_loop_run(IntPtr handle);
+
+        public IntPtr Handle { get; private set;  }
+        private readonly EventsLoopProxy _eventsLoopProxy;
+
+        public EventsLoop()
+        {
+            Handle = winit_events_loop_new(out var elpHandle);
+            _eventsLoopProxy = new EventsLoopProxy(elpHandle);
+        }
+
+        public void Run()
+        {
+            // We need a delegate callback here to support talking back to the C# code.
+            // Send an event type enum and then unsafely construct the event
+            winit_events_loop_run(Handle);
+        }
+
+        public void Wakeup()
+        {
+            _eventsLoopProxy.Wakeup();
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _eventsLoopProxy.Dispose();
+            winit_events_loop_destroy(Handle);
+        }
+
+        private class EventsLoopProxy : IDisposable
+        {
+            [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+            private static extern void winit_events_loop_proxy_destroy(IntPtr handle);
+
+            private readonly IntPtr _handle;
+            public EventsLoopProxy(IntPtr handle)
+            {
+                _handle = handle;
+            }
+
+            public void Wakeup()
+            {
+
+            }
+
+            public void Dispose()
+            {
+                winit_events_loop_proxy_destroy(_handle);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/GlWindow.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/GlWindow.cs
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/GlWindow.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A window and GL context pair.
+    /// Due to platform specific quirks, the ordering of window and context creation must be controlled by winit.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GlWindowWrapper : IWindowWrapper
+    {
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern IntPtr winit_gl_window_new(IntPtr eventsLoopHandle);
+
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern IntPtr winit_gl_window_destroy(IntPtr handle);
+
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern IntPtr winit_gl_window_set_title(IntPtr handle, string title);
+
+        private IntPtr _handle;
+        public GlWindowWrapper(EventsLoop eventsLoop)
+        {
+            _handle = winit_gl_window_new(eventsLoop.Handle);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            winit_gl_window_destroy(_handle);
+        }
+
+        public void SetTitle(string title)
+        {
+            winit_gl_window_set_title(_handle, title);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/IWindowWrapper.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/IWindowWrapper.cs
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index 0000000000..fe12ac54c6
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/IWindowWrapper.cs
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+using System;
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// An interface used to abstract between Window and GlWindow.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IWindowWrapper : IDisposable
+    {
+        void SetTitle(string title);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/Monitors.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/Monitors.cs
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index 0000000000..cb5aba6591
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/Monitors.cs
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+using System;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings
+{
+    public class Monitors : IScreenImpl
+    {
+        public int ScreenCount => 1;
+        public Screen[] AllScreens => new Screen[] { new Screen(Rect.Empty, Rect.Empty, true) };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/Window.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/Window.cs
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/Bindings/Window.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings
+{
+    public class WindowWrapper : IWindowWrapper
+    {
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern IntPtr winit_window_new(IntPtr eventsLoopHandle);
+
+        [DllImport("winit_wrapper")]
+        private static extern IntPtr winit_window_destroy(IntPtr handle);
+
+        private IntPtr _handle;
+        public WindowWrapper(EventsLoop eventsLoop) 
+        {
+            _handle = winit_window_new(eventsLoop.Handle); 
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            winit_window_destroy(_handle);
+        }
+
+        public void SetTitle(string title) 
+        {
+            
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/IconLoader.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/IconLoader.cs
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/IconLoader.cs
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+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing
+{
+    public class WindowIcon : IWindowIconImpl
+    {
+        public void Save(Stream outputStream)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class IconLoader : IPlatformIconLoader
+    {
+        public IconLoader()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public IWindowIconImpl LoadIcon(string fileName)
+        {
+            return new WindowIcon();
+        }
+
+        public IWindowIconImpl LoadIcon(Stream stream)
+        {
+            return new WindowIcon();
+        }
+
+        public IWindowIconImpl LoadIcon(IBitmapImpl bitmap)
+        {
+            return new WindowIcon();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WIndowingPlatform.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WIndowingPlatform.cs
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index 0000000000..696171dda7
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WIndowingPlatform.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+using System;
+using System.Reactive.Disposables;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Threading;
+using Avalonia.Input;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+using Avalonia.Threading;
+using Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing
+{
+    // Exposing C# Enums to Rust will again prove to be a massive PITA.
+    public enum WinitEventType 
+    {
+        MouseMove    
+    }
+
+    public struct MouseMoveData
+    {
+    }
+
+    public class DummyPlatformHandle : IPlatformHandle
+    {
+        public IntPtr Handle => IntPtr.Zero;
+
+        public string HandleDescriptor => "Dummy";
+    }
+
+
+    public class CursorFactory : IStandardCursorFactory
+    {
+        public IPlatformHandle GetCursor(StandardCursorType cursorType)
+        {
+            return new DummyPlatformHandle();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class WindowingPlatform : IPlatformThreadingInterface, IWindowingPlatform
+    {
+        internal static WindowingPlatform Instance { get; private set; }
+        private readonly EventsLoop _eventsLoop;
+
+        public WindowingPlatform()
+        {
+            _eventsLoop = new EventsLoop();
+        }
+
+        public static void Initialize() 
+        {
+            Instance = new WindowingPlatform();
+            Instance.DoInitialize();
+        }
+
+        public void DoInitialize() 
+        {
+            AvaloniaLocator.CurrentMutable
+                .Bind<IWindowingPlatform>().ToConstant(this)
+                .Bind<IPlatformIconLoader>().ToConstant(new IconLoader())
+                .Bind<IStandardCursorFactory>().ToConstant(new CursorFactory())
+                .Bind<IPlatformThreadingInterface>().ToConstant(this);
+        }
+
+        public bool CurrentThreadIsLoopThread => true;
+        public event Action<DispatcherPriority?> Signaled;
+
+        public IEmbeddableWindowImpl CreateEmbeddableWindow()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public IPopupImpl CreatePopup()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public IWindowImpl CreateWindow() => new Window(new GlWindowWrapper(_eventsLoop));
+
+        public void RunLoop(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            _eventsLoop.Run();
+        }
+
+        public void Signal(DispatcherPriority priority)
+        {
+            _eventsLoop.Wakeup();
+        }
+
+        public IDisposable StartTimer(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan interval, Action tick)
+        {
+            return Disposable.Create(() => { });
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WindowImpl.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WindowImpl.cs
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index 0000000000..ed9d6e2031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WindowImpl.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+using Avalonia.Input;
+using Avalonia.Input.Raw;
+using Avalonia.Platform;
+using Avalonia.Rendering;
+using Avalonia.Windowing.Bindings;
+
+namespace Avalonia.Windowing
+{
+    public class Window : IWindowImpl
+    {
+        IWindowWrapper _windowWrapper;
+
+        public Window(IWindowWrapper wrapper)
+        {
+            _windowWrapper = wrapper;
+        }
+
+        public WindowState WindowState { get; set; }
+        public Action<WindowState> WindowStateChanged { get; set; }
+        public Func<bool> Closing { get; set; }
+        public Point Position { get; set; }
+        public Action<Point> PositionChanged { get; set; }
+        public Action Deactivated { get; set; }
+        public Action Activated { get; set; }
+
+        public IPlatformHandle Handle => new DummyPlatformHandle();
+
+        public Size MaxClientSize => Size.Empty;
+
+        public IScreenImpl Screen => new Monitors();
+
+        public Size ClientSize => Size.Empty;
+        public double Scaling => 1.0;
+
+        public IEnumerable<object> Surfaces => new List<object>() { this };
+
+        public Action<RawInputEventArgs> Input { get; set; }
+        public Action<Rect> Paint { get; set; }
+        public Action<Size> Resized { get; set; }
+        public Action<double> ScalingChanged { get; set; }
+        public Action Closed { get; set; }
+
+        public IMouseDevice MouseDevice => throw new NotImplementedException();
+
+        public void Activate()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void BeginMoveDrag()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void BeginResizeDrag(WindowEdge edge)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void CanResize(bool value)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public IRenderer CreateRenderer(IRenderRoot root)
+        {
+            return new ImmediateRenderer(root);
+        }
+
+        public void Dispose()
+        {
+            _windowWrapper.Dispose();
+        }
+
+        public void Hide()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Invalidate(Rect rect)
+        {
+            //Paint?.Invoke(rect);
+        }
+
+        public Point PointToClient(Point point)
+        {
+            return point;
+        }
+
+        public Point PointToScreen(Point point)
+        {
+            return point;
+        }
+
+        public void Resize(Size clientSize)
+        {
+            // This is where we size the window accordingly..
+        }
+
+        public void SetCursor(IPlatformHandle cursor)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void SetIcon(IWindowIconImpl icon)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void SetInputRoot(IInputRoot inputRoot)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void SetMinMaxSize(Size minSize, Size maxSize)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void SetSystemDecorations(bool enabled)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void SetTitle(string title)
+        {
+            _windowWrapper.SetTitle(title);
+        }
+
+        public void SetTopmost(bool value)
+        {
+        }
+
+        public void Show()
+        {
+        }
+
+        public IDisposable ShowDialog()
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        public void ShowTaskbarIcon(bool value)
+        {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WindowingPlatformExtensions.cs b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WindowingPlatformExtensions.cs
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index 0000000000..2307adbeca
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+++ b/src/Avalonia.Windowing/WindowingPlatformExtensions.cs
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+using System;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
+
+namespace Avalonia
+{
+    public static class WindowingPlatformExtensions
+    {
+        public static T UseWinit<T>(this T builder, bool? useDeferredRendering = null) where T : AppBuilderBase<T>, new()
+        {
+           // if (useDeferredRendering.HasValue)
+           //     MonoMac.MonoMacPlatform.UseDeferredRendering = useDeferredRendering.Value;
+            return builder.UseWindowingSubsystem(Windowing.WindowingPlatform.Initialize, "Winit");
+        }
+    }
+}
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