diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index a017c71..66e83c4 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ impl Session {
             .get_or_init(|| UnsafeHandle(unsafe { wintun.WintunGetReadWaitEvent(self.inner.0) })))
     }
 
+    pub fn get_shutdown_event(&self) -> UnsafeHandle<HANDLE> {
+        self.shutdown_event.get_handle()
+    }
+
     /// Blocks until a packet is available, returning the next packet in the receive queue once this happens.
     /// If the session is closed via [`Session::shutdown`] all threads currently blocking inside this function
     /// will return Err(())