diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 463bf1a918228f53e72a949d5d1ad99750d3a363..e21431c505d84f9e21d82408e4f1966e42321364 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ module.exports = {
   Surface: makeSurface({
     View,
     GLCanvas,
+    getGLCanvas: glSurface => glSurface.refs.canvas,
     dimensionInvariant: (value, field) =>
       isAnimated(value)
       ? invariant(false, "GL.Surface "+field+" prop cannot be an Animated object. Use GL.AnimatedSurface instead")
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ module.exports = {
   AnimatedSurface: makeSurface({
     View: Animated.View,
     GLCanvas: Animated.createAnimatedComponent(GLCanvas),
+    getGLCanvas: glSurface => glSurface.refs.canvas.refs.node,
     dimensionInvariant: (value, field) =>
       invariant(
         isAnimated(value) || typeof value === "number" && value > 0,
diff --git a/src/makeSurface.js b/src/makeSurface.js
index 429193d5baaaefd9a4acc32f0c1bc908749d66cd..f8636b493563f400bb9eec41f07bbe9368aefe3a 100644
--- a/src/makeSurface.js
+++ b/src/makeSurface.js
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ export default C => {
     renderVcontent,
     renderVGL,
     getPixelRatio,
+    C.getGLCanvas,
   );
 };