diff --git a/handles/Cargo.toml b/handles/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..947053013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handles/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "cxx-handles-demo"
+version = "0.0.0"
+authors = ["David Tolnay <dtolnay@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+publish = false
+
+[dependencies]
+cxx = "0.5"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cxx-build = "0.5"
+
+[workspace]
diff --git a/handles/build.rs b/handles/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdaf2d315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handles/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fn main() {
+    cxx_build::bridges(&["src/main.rs", "src/handle.rs"])
+        .file("src/test.cc")
+        .compile("cxx-handles-demo");
+}
diff --git a/handles/src/handle.rs b/handles/src/handle.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2dacd87f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handles/src/handle.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#[cxx::bridge(namespace = zx::ffi)]
+pub mod ffi {
+    struct Process {
+        raw: u32,
+    }
+
+    struct Job {
+        raw: u32,
+    }
+}
diff --git a/handles/src/main.rs b/handles/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdd32f39a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handles/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+mod handle;
+
+use cxx::CxxString;
+
+#[cxx::bridge(namespace = my_usage::ffi)]
+mod ffi {
+    #[namespace = "zx::ffi"]
+    extern "C++" {
+        include!("cxx-handles-demo/src/handle.rs.h");
+        type Job = crate::handle::ffi::Job;
+        type Process = crate::handle::ffi::Process;
+    }
+
+    extern "Rust" {
+        fn create_process(name: &CxxString, job: &Job) -> Process;
+    }
+}
+
+fn create_process(name: &CxxString, job: &handle::ffi::Job) -> handle::ffi::Process {
+    println!("{:?} job={}", name, job.raw);
+    handle::ffi::Process { raw: 0 }
+}
+
+fn main() {}
diff --git a/handles/src/test.cc b/handles/src/test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..701ab6885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handles/src/test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include "cxx-handles-demo/src/main.rs.h"
+
+void test() {
+  my_usage::ffi::create_process("name?", zx::ffi::Job{1});
+}