diff --git a/src/Surface.zig b/src/Surface.zig
index 9d7c58b75..687faad00 100644
--- a/src/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/Surface.zig
@@ -1139,6 +1139,40 @@ pub fn charCallback(
     try self.io_thread.wakeup.notify();
 }
 
+/// A key input event.
+pub const KeyEvent = struct {
+    /// The action: press, release, etc.
+    action: input.Action,
+
+    /// "key" is the logical key that was pressed. For example, if
+    /// a Dvorak keyboard layout is being used on a US keyboard,
+    /// the "i" physical key will be reported as "c". The physical
+    /// key is the key that was physically pressed on the keyboard.
+    key: input.Key,
+    physical_key: input.Key,
+
+    /// Mods are the modifiers that are pressed.
+    mods: input.Mods,
+
+    /// The mods that were consumed in order to generate the text
+    /// in utf8. This has the mods set that were consumed, so to
+    /// get the set of mods that are effective you must negate
+    /// mods with this.
+    ///
+    /// This field is meaningless if utf8 is empty.
+    consumed_mods: input.Mods,
+
+    /// Composing is true when this key event is part of a dead key
+    /// composition sequence and we're in the middle of it.
+    composing: bool,
+
+    /// The utf8 sequence that was generated by this key event.
+    /// This will be an empty string if there is no text generated.
+    /// If composing is true and this is non-empty, this is preedit
+    /// text.
+    utf8: []const u8,
+};
+
 /// Called for a single key event.
 ///
 /// This will return true if the key was handled/consumed. In that case,