diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 82a15505..64ecf66b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: clock
 Title: Date-Time Types and Tools
-Version: 0.1.0.9000
+Version: 0.1.0.9001
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Davis",
              family = "Vaughan",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 115c6505..02b499be 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 
 * Linking against cpp11 0.2.7 is now required to fix a rare memory leak issue.
 
+* Exposed an extremely experimental and limited C++ API for vroom (#322).
+
 # clock 0.1.0
 
 * Added a `NEWS.md` file to track changes to the package.
diff --git a/inst/include/clock/clock.h b/inst/include/clock/clock.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7efd94f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inst/include/clock/clock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#ifndef CLOCK_CLOCK_H
+#define CLOCK_CLOCK_H
+
+#include <R_ext/Rdynload.h>
+
+#include <chrono>
+#include <string>
+
+#include <date/date.h>
+#include <date/tz.h>
+
+namespace rclock {
+
+static
+inline
+const date::time_zone*
+locate_zone(const std::string& zone_name) {
+  typedef const date::time_zone* fn_t(const std::string&);
+  static fn_t *fn = (fn_t*) R_GetCCallable("clock", "clock_locate_zone");
+  return fn(zone_name);
+}
+
+static
+inline
+date::local_info
+get_local_info(const date::local_seconds& lt,
+               const date::time_zone* p_time_zone) {
+  typedef date::local_info fn_t(const date::local_seconds&, const date::time_zone*);
+  static fn_t *fn = (fn_t*) R_GetCCallable("clock", "clock_get_local_info");
+  return fn(lt, p_time_zone);
+}
+
+} // namespace rclock
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/cpp11.cpp b/src/cpp11.cpp
index 5c6b9dd3..4bccc2c9 100644
--- a/src/cpp11.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp11.cpp
@@ -1139,8 +1139,11 @@ static const R_CallMethodDef CallEntries[] = {
 };
 }
 
+void export_clock_callables(DllInfo* dll);
+
 extern "C" void R_init_clock(DllInfo* dll){
   R_registerRoutines(dll, NULL, CallEntries, NULL, NULL);
   R_useDynamicSymbols(dll, FALSE);
+  export_clock_callables(dll);
   R_forceSymbols(dll, TRUE);
 }
diff --git a/src/exported.cpp b/src/exported.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ab595c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/exported.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "clock.h"
+#include <R_ext/Rdynload.h> // For DllInfo on R 3.3
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/*
+ * Look up a time zone by name
+ *
+ * Returns a `time_zone` pointer for use in `clock_get_local_info()`.
+ *
+ * `""` should not be passed through here. If you need to pass through the
+ * system time zone, materialize its value with `Sys.timezone()` first.
+ *
+ * Throws a `std::runtime_error()` with an informative message if the
+ * `zone_name` does not exist in the database.
+ */
+const date::time_zone*
+clock_locate_zone(const std::string& zone_name) {
+  return date::locate_zone(zone_name);
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/*
+ * Pair a local time with a time zone to compute all local time information
+ */
+date::local_info
+clock_get_local_info(const date::local_seconds& lt,
+                     const date::time_zone* p_time_zone) {
+  return p_time_zone->get_info(lt);
+}
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[[cpp11::init]]
+void export_clock_callables(DllInfo* dll){
+  R_RegisterCCallable("clock", "clock_locate_zone",    (DL_FUNC)clock_locate_zone);
+  R_RegisterCCallable("clock", "clock_get_local_info", (DL_FUNC)clock_get_local_info);
+}