diff --git a/dlopen2/src/raw/common.rs b/dlopen2/src/raw/common.rs
index 17e0d77..062b8d0 100644
--- a/dlopen2/src/raw/common.rs
+++ b/dlopen2/src/raw/common.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ use std::ffi::{CStr, CString, OsStr};
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use super::unix::{
     addr_info_cleanup, addr_info_init, addr_info_obtain, close_lib, get_sym, open_lib, open_self,
-    Handle,
 };
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use super::windows::{
     addr_info_cleanup, addr_info_init, addr_info_obtain, close_lib, get_sym, open_lib, open_self,
-    Handle,
 };
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub use super::unix::Handle;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+pub use super::windows::Handle;
+
 use std::mem::{size_of, transmute_copy};
 
 /**
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ pub struct Library {
 }
 
 impl Library {
+
     /**
     Open a dynamic library.
 
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ impl Library {
     }
 
     /**
-    Obtain symbol from opened library.
+    Obtains a symbol from the opened library.
 
     **Note:** the `T` template type needs to have a size of a pointer.
     Because Rust does not support static casts at the moment, the size of the type
@@ -152,6 +156,7 @@ impl Library {
         let cname = CString::new(name)?;
         self.symbol_cstr(cname.as_ref())
     }
+
     ///Equivalent of the `symbol` method but takes `CStr` as a argument.
     pub unsafe fn symbol_cstr<T>(&self, name: &CStr) -> Result<T, Error> {
         //TODO: convert it to some kind of static assertion (not yet supported in Rust)
@@ -169,6 +174,15 @@ impl Library {
             Ok(transmute_copy(&raw))
         }
     }
+
+    /**
+    Returns the raw OS handle for the opened library.
+
+    This is `HMODULE` on Windows and `*mut c_void` on Unix systems. Don't use unless absolutely necessary.
+    */
+    pub unsafe fn into_raw(&self) -> Handle {
+        return self.handle;
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for Library {
diff --git a/dlopen2/src/raw/mod.rs b/dlopen2/src/raw/mod.rs
index 94c5e6c..611c3d0 100644
--- a/dlopen2/src/raw/mod.rs
+++ b/dlopen2/src/raw/mod.rs
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ mod unix;
 #[cfg(windows)]
 mod windows;
 
-pub use self::common::{AddressInfo, AddressInfoObtainer, Library, OverlappingSymbol};
+pub use self::common::{AddressInfo, AddressInfoObtainer, Library, OverlappingSymbol, Handle};
diff --git a/dlopen2/src/symbor/container.rs b/dlopen2/src/symbor/container.rs
index c90c585..3b556fb 100644
--- a/dlopen2/src/symbor/container.rs
+++ b/dlopen2/src/symbor/container.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::raw;
+
 use super::super::Error;
 use super::api::SymBorApi;
 use super::Library;
@@ -73,6 +75,15 @@ where
         let api = T::load(static_ref)?;
         Ok(Self { api, lib })
     }
+
+    /**
+    Returns the raw OS handle for the opened library.
+
+    This is `HMODULE` on Windows and `*mut c_void` on Unix systems. Don't use unless absolutely necessary.
+    */
+    pub unsafe fn into_raw(&self) -> raw::Handle {
+        self.lib.into_raw()
+    }
 }
 
 impl<T> Deref for Container<T>
diff --git a/dlopen2/src/symbor/library.rs b/dlopen2/src/symbor/library.rs
index 612afe9..c096323 100644
--- a/dlopen2/src/symbor/library.rs
+++ b/dlopen2/src/symbor/library.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::raw;
+
 use super::super::raw::Library as RawLib;
 use super::ptr_or_null::PtrOrNull;
 use super::ptr_or_null_mut::PtrOrNullMut;
@@ -143,6 +145,15 @@ impl Library {
     pub unsafe fn reference_mut_cstr<T>(&self, name: &CStr) -> Result<&mut T, Error> {
         self.lib.symbol_cstr(name)
     }
+
+    /**
+    Returns the raw OS handle for the opened library.
+
+    This is `HMODULE` on Windows and `*mut c_void` on Unix systems. Don't use unless absolutely necessary.
+    */
+    pub unsafe fn into_raw(&self) -> raw::Handle {
+        self.lib.into_raw()
+    }
 }
 
 unsafe impl Send for Library {}
diff --git a/dlopen2/src/wrapper/container.rs b/dlopen2/src/wrapper/container.rs
index 916def3..47f5212 100644
--- a/dlopen2/src/wrapper/container.rs
+++ b/dlopen2/src/wrapper/container.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use crate::raw;
+
 use super::super::raw::Library;
 use super::super::Error;
 use super::api::WrapperApi;
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ impl<T> Container<T>
 where
     T: WrapperApi,
 {
-    ///Open the library using provided file name or path and load all symbols.
+    /// Open the library using provided file name or path and load all symbols.
     pub unsafe fn load<S>(name: S) -> Result<Container<T>, Error>
     where
         S: AsRef<OsStr>,
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ where
         let api = T::load(&lib)?;
         Ok(Self { lib, api })
     }
-    ///Load all symbols from the program itself.
+    /// Load all symbols from the program itself.
     ///
     /// This allows a shared library to load symbols of the program it was
     /// loaded into.
@@ -75,7 +77,14 @@ where
         Ok(Self { lib, api })
     }
 
-    ///Same as load(), except specify flags used by libc::dlopen
+    /// Returns the raw OS handle for the opened library.
+    /// 
+    /// This is `HMODULE` on Windows and `*mut c_void` on Unix systems. Don't use unless absolutely necessary.
+    pub unsafe fn into_raw(&self) -> raw::Handle {
+        self.lib.into_raw()
+    }
+  
+    /// Same as load(), except specify flags used by libc::dlopen
     pub unsafe fn load_with_flags<S>(name: S, flags: Option<i32>) -> Result<Container<T>, Error>
     where
         S: AsRef<OsStr>,