diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 585fb4d..0cc7953 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ if(MW_TRY_VULKAN)
     if(HAVE_VULKAN_VULKAN_H)
         set(MW_BUILD_VULKAN ON)
         list(APPEND SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/widget/vulkan.c")
+        target_compile_definitions(
+          Mw
+          PRIVATE
+          MW_VULKAN
+        )
         message(STATUS "Vulkan widget has been enabled")
     else()
         message(WARNING "Vulkan widget has been disabled")
diff --git a/pl/rules.pl b/pl/rules.pl
index 6c23006..3da1928 100644
--- a/pl/rules.pl
+++ b/pl/rules.pl
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ if (param_get("opengl")) {
     new_object("src/widget/opengl.c");
 }
 if (param_get("vulkan")) {
+    add_cflags("-DMW_VULKAN");
     new_object("src/widget/vulkan.c");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/cocoa.m b/src/backend/cocoa.m
index 7051367..4cdc5b2 100644
--- a/src/backend/cocoa.m
+++ b/src/backend/cocoa.m
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #include "../../external/stb_ds.h"
 #include "Mw/LowLevel/Cocoa.h"
 
+#ifdef MW_VULKAN
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_core.h>
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_metal.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __clang__
 #pragma clang push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
@@ -1087,5 +1092,17 @@ static int MwLLCocoaCallInitImpl(void) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef MW_VULKAN
+VkMetalSurfaceCreateInfoEXT MwCocoaGetMetalSurfaceCreateInfo(MwWidget handle) {
+	VkMetalSurfaceCreateInfoEXT createInfo = {
+	    .sType  = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_METAL_SURFACE_CREATE_INFO_EXT,
+	    .pNext  = NULL,
+	    .flags  = 0,
+	    .pLayer = (CAMetalLayer*)[handle->lowlevel->cocoa.real->view layer],
+	};
+	return createInfo;
+};
+#endif
+
 #include "call.c"
 CALL(Cocoa);
diff --git a/src/widget/vulkan.c b/src/widget/vulkan.c
index 1a9ea12..195384c 100644
--- a/src/widget/vulkan.c
+++ b/src/widget/vulkan.c
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 #ifdef USE_WAYLAND
 #include <vulkan/vulkan_wayland.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_COCOA
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_metal.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAS_VK_ENUM_STRING_HELPER
 #include <vulkan/vk_enum_string_helper.h>
@@ -167,6 +170,8 @@ static void destroy(MwWidget handle) {
 static void* vulkan_lib_load() {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	return MwDynamicOpen("vulkan-1.dll");
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+	return MwDynamicOpen("libvulkan.dylib");
 #else
 	return MwDynamicOpen("libvulkan.so");
 #endif
@@ -230,6 +235,11 @@ static int vulkan_instance_setup(MwWidget handle, vulkan_t* o) {
 		MwWaylandAlwaysRender = MwTRUE;
 	}
 #endif
+#ifdef USE_WAYLAND
+	if(handle->lowlevel->common.type == MwLLBackendCocoa) {
+		arrput(enabledExtensions, VK_EXT_METAL_SURFACE_EXTENSION_NAME);
+	}
+#endif
 
 	/* passing null gives us all the extensions provided by the current vulkan implementation */
 	VK_CMD(_vkEnumerateInstanceExtensionProperties(NULL, &extension_count, NULL));
@@ -338,6 +348,16 @@ static int vulkan_surface_setup(MwWidget handle, vulkan_t* o) {
 		};
 		VK_CMD(_vkCreateWaylandSurfaceKHR(o->vkInstance, &createInfo, NULL, &o->vkSurface));
 	}
+#endif
+#ifdef USE_COCOA
+	if(handle->lowlevel->common.type == MwLLBackendCocoa) {
+		VkMetalSurfaceCreateInfoEXT MwCocoaGetMetalSurfaceCreateInfo(MwWidget handle);
+		VkMetalSurfaceCreateInfoEXT inf = MwCocoaGetMetalSurfaceCreateInfo(handle);
+
+		LOAD_VK_FUNCTION(vkCreateMetalSurfaceEXT);
+
+		VK_CMD(_vkCreateMetalSurfaceEXT(o->vkInstance, &inf, NULL, &o->vkSurface));
+	}
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }