diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 855864a02..80eab2685 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -428,6 +428,18 @@ impl Context {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Create a context from a raw pointer
+    pub unsafe fn from_raw(raw_ctx: *mut c_void) -> Context {
+        Context {
+            raw: Arc::new(RawContext { ctx: raw_ctx }),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get the raw pointer to the context
+    pub fn into_raw(self) -> *mut c_void {
+        self.raw.ctx
+    }
+
     /// Create a new socket.
     ///
     /// Note that the returned socket keeps a an `Arc` reference to