diff --git a/kitty/cocoa_window.m b/kitty/cocoa_window.m
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddbf42ed4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty/cocoa_window.m
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * cocoa_window.m
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+ *
+ * Distributed under terms of the GPL3 license.
+ */
+
+
+#include "data-types.h"
+#include <Cocoa/Cocoa.h>
+
+PyObject*
+cocoa_hide_titlebar(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *window_id) {
+    NSView *native_view = (NSView*)PyLong_AsVoidPtr(window_id);
+    NSWindow* window = [native_view window];
+    [window setStyleMask:
+        [window styleMask] & ~NSTitledWindowMask];
+    Py_RETURN_NONE;
+}
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.c b/kitty/glfw.c
index 36d1e92ad..311e155b1 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.c
+++ b/kitty/glfw.c
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 #include "data-types.h"
 #include <structmember.h>
 #include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+#define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_COCOA
+#include <GLFW/glfw3native.h>
+#endif
 
 #if GLFW_VERSION_MAJOR < 3 || (GLFW_VERSION_MAJOR == 3 && GLFW_VERSION_MINOR < 2)
 #error "glfw >= 3.2 required"
@@ -373,6 +377,14 @@ request_window_attention(Window *self) {
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef glfwGetCocoaWindow
+static PyObject*
+cocoa_window_id(Window *self) {
+    void *wid = glfwGetCocoaWindow(self->window);
+    if (wid == NULL) { PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Failed to get native window handle"); return NULL; }
+    return PyLong_FromVoidPtr(wid);
+}
+#endif
 
 // Boilerplate {{{
 #define MND(name, args) {#name, (PyCFunction)name, args, ""}
@@ -387,6 +399,9 @@ static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     MND(current_monitor_dpi, METH_NOARGS),
 #ifdef glfwRequestWindowAttention
     MND(request_window_attention, METH_NOARGS),
+#endif
+#ifdef cocoa_window_id
+    MND(cocoa_window_id, METH_NOARGS),
 #endif
     MND(set_should_close, METH_VARARGS),
     MND(set_input_mode, METH_VARARGS),
diff --git a/kitty/glfw.h b/kitty/glfw.h
index 92c401cf2..860f2bb03 100644
--- a/kitty/glfw.h
+++ b/kitty/glfw.h
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ PyObject* glfw_post_empty_event(PyObject UNUSED *self);
 PyObject* glfw_get_physical_dpi(PyObject UNUSED *self);
 PyObject* glfw_get_key_name(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args);
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+PyObject* cocoa_hide_titlebar(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *window_id);
+#define COCOA_HIDE_TITLEBAR {"cocoa_hide_titlebar", (PyCFunction)cocoa_hide_titlebar, METH_O, ""}, 
+#else
+#define COCOA_HIDE_TITLEBAR
+#endif
+
 #define GLFW_FUNC_WRAPPERS \
     {"glfw_set_error_callback", (PyCFunction)glfw_set_error_callback, METH_O, ""}, \
     {"glfw_init", (PyCFunction)glfw_init, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
@@ -28,4 +35,5 @@ PyObject* glfw_get_key_name(PyObject UNUSED *self, PyObject *args);
     {"glfw_post_empty_event", (PyCFunction)glfw_post_empty_event, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
     {"glfw_get_physical_dpi", (PyCFunction)glfw_get_physical_dpi, METH_NOARGS, ""}, \
     {"glfw_get_key_name", (PyCFunction)glfw_get_key_name, METH_VARARGS, ""}, \
+    COCOA_HIDE_TITLEBAR
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e05a5054b..3127a0f11 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def option_parser():
 def find_c_files():
     ans, headers = [], []
     d = os.path.join(base, 'kitty')
-    exclude = {'freetype.c', 'fontconfig.c'} if isosx else {'core_text.m'}
+    exclude = {'freetype.c', 'fontconfig.c'} if isosx else {'core_text.m', 'cocoa_window.m'}
     for x in os.listdir(d):
         ext = os.path.splitext(x)[1]
         if ext in ('.c', '.m') and os.path.basename(x) not in exclude: