diff --git a/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py b/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py
index 1009f17a5..14419078a 100644
--- a/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py
+++ b/enaml/qt/qt_factories.py
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ def radio_button_factory():
     return QtRadioButton
 
 
+def raw_widget_factory():
+    from .qt_raw_widget import QtRawWidget
+    return QtRawWidget
+
+
 def scroll_area_factory():
     from .qt_scroll_area import QtScrollArea
     return QtScrollArea
@@ -296,6 +301,7 @@ def window_factory():
     'PushButton': push_button_factory,
     'ProgressBar': progress_bar_factory,
     'RadioButton': radio_button_factory,
+    'RawWidget': raw_widget_factory,
     'ScrollArea': scroll_area_factory,
     'Separator': separator_factory,
     'Slider': slider_factory,
diff --git a/enaml/qt/qt_raw_widget.py b/enaml/qt/qt_raw_widget.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1dc104cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enaml/qt/qt_raw_widget.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Nucleic Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from enaml.widgets.raw_widget import ProxyRawWidget
+
+from .qt_control import QtControl
+
+
+class QtRawWidget(QtControl, ProxyRawWidget):
+    """ A Qt implementation of an Enaml ProxyRawWidget.
+
+    """
+    def create_widget(self):
+        """ Create the underlying widget for the control.
+
+        """
+        self.widget = self.declaration.create_widget(self.parent_widget())
+
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # ProxyRawWidget API
+    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    def get_widget(self):
+        """ Retrieve the underlying toolkit widget.
+
+        """
+        return self.widget
diff --git a/enaml/widgets/api.py b/enaml/widgets/api.py
index f600f7866..96fce025d 100644
--- a/enaml/widgets/api.py
+++ b/enaml/widgets/api.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 from .progress_bar import ProgressBar
 from .push_button import PushButton
 from .radio_button import RadioButton
+from .raw_widget import RawWidget
 from .scroll_area import ScrollArea
 from .separator import Separator
 from .slider import Slider
diff --git a/enaml/widgets/raw_widget.py b/enaml/widgets/raw_widget.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58e6623ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enaml/widgets/raw_widget.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Nucleic Development Team.
+#
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+#
+# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+from atom.api import Typed, ForwardTyped
+
+from .control import Control, ProxyControl
+
+
+class ProxyRawWidget(ProxyControl):
+    """ The abstract definition of a proxy RawWidget object.
+
+    """
+    #: A reference to the RawWidget declaration.
+    declaration = ForwardTyped(lambda: RawWidget)
+
+    def get_widget(self):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+
+class RawWidget(Control):
+    """ A raw toolkit-specific control.
+
+    Use this widget when the toolkit backend for the application is
+    known ahead of time, and Enaml does provide an implementation of
+    the required widget. This can be used as a hook to inject custom
+    widgets into an Enaml widget hierarchy.
+
+    """
+    #: A reference to the proxy Control object.
+    proxy = Typed(ProxyRawWidget)
+
+    def create_widget(self, parent):
+        """ Create the toolkit widget for the control.
+
+        This method should create and initialize the widget.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        parent : toolkit widget or None
+            The parent toolkit widget for the control.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        result : toolkit widget
+            The toolkit specific widget for the control.
+
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_widget(self):
+        """ Retrieve the toolkit widget for the control.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        result : toolkit widget or None
+            The toolkit widget that was previously created by the
+            call to 'create_widget' or None if the proxy is not
+            active or the widget has been destroyed.
+
+        """
+        if self.proxy_is_active:
+            return self.proxy.get_widget()