diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 089aa37..494f2fd 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static const int natural_scrolling = 0;
 static const char *termcmd[] = { "alacritty", NULL };
 static const char *menucmd[] = { "bemenu-run", NULL };
 
-static const Key keys[] = {
+const Key keys[] = {
 	/* Note that Shift changes certain key codes: c -> C, 2 -> at, etc. */
 	/* modifier                  key                 function        argument */
 	{ MODKEY,                    XKB_KEY_p,          spawn,          {.v = menucmd} },
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index cd4e821..589ab78 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 
 # Default compile flags (overridable by environment)
-CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wdeclaration-after-statement
+#CFLAGS ?= -g -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-function -Wno-unused-variable -Wdeclaration-after-statement
 
 # Uncomment to build XWayland support
-#CFLAGS += -DXWAYLAND
+CFLAGS += -DXWAYLAND
+
+JL_BIN = ./julia/julia
+JL_SHARE = $(shell $(JL_BIN) -e 'print(joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, Base.DATAROOTDIR, "julia"))')
+CFLAGS   += $(shell $(JL_BIN) $(JL_SHARE)/julia-config.jl --cflags)
+CXXFLAGS += $(shell $(JL_BIN) $(JL_SHARE)/julia-config.jl --cflags)
+LDFLAGS  += $(shell $(JL_BIN) $(JL_SHARE)/julia-config.jl --ldflags)
+LDLIBS   += $(shell $(JL_BIN) $(JL_SHARE)/julia-config.jl --ldlibs)
diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index a8e1dcd..2d6d6c0 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 #include <wlr/xwayland.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <julia.h>
+JULIA_DEFINE_FAST_TLS // only define this once, in an executable (not in a shared library) if you want fast code.
+
 /* macros */
 #define BARF(fmt, ...)		do { fprintf(stderr, fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
 #define EBARF(fmt, ...)		BARF(fmt ": %s", ##__VA_ARGS__, strerror(errno))
@@ -2571,6 +2574,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (optind < argc)
 		goto usage;
 
+    /* required: setup the Julia context */
+    jl_init();
+    jl_eval_string("@show(cglobal(:keys))");
+
 	// Wayland requires XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for creating its communications
 	// socket
 	if (!getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"))
@@ -2578,6 +2585,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	setup();
 	run(startup_cmd);
 	cleanup();
+    jl_atexit_hook(0);
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 usage: