diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5188b71739a..7f2cf27f6d62 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5224,6 +5224,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "cbindgen",
  "env_logger",
+ "keyboard-types",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "log",
diff --git a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml
index 334a77f9198b..a1906bb95578 100644
--- a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ lazy_static = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 simpleservo = { path = "../api" }
 surfman = "0.3"
+keyboard-types = "0.5"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs
index 1730f1c1cf24..ca0f0419f348 100644
--- a/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ports/libsimpleservo/capi/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ mod vslogger;
 use backtrace::Backtrace;
 #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
 use env_logger;
+use keyboard_types::Key;
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use simpleservo::{self, gl_glue, ServoGlue, SERVO};
 use simpleservo::{
@@ -717,6 +718,34 @@ pub extern "C" fn click(x: f32, y: f32) {
     });
 }
 
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn key_down(name: *const c_char) {
+    catch_any_panic(|| {
+        debug!("key_down");
+        let name = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(name) };
+        let key = Key::from_str(&name.to_str().expect("Can't read string"));
+        if let Ok(key) = key {
+            call(|s| s.key_down(key));
+        } else {
+            warn!("Received unknown keys");
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub extern "C" fn key_up(name: *const c_char) {
+    catch_any_panic(|| {
+        debug!("key_up");
+        let name = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(name) };
+        let key = Key::from_str(&name.to_str().expect("Can't read string"));
+        if let Ok(key) = key {
+            call(|s| s.key_up(key));
+        } else {
+            warn!("Received unknown keys");
+        }
+    })
+}
+
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn media_session_action(action: CMediaSessionActionType) {
     catch_any_panic(|| {