diff --git a/src/api.h b/src/api.h
index 1ee2d87d..dcd1dff3 100644
--- a/src/api.h
+++ b/src/api.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "luax.h"
 #include "data/blob.h"
+#include "event/event.h"
 #include "graphics/mesh.h"
 #include "math/math.h"
 #include "math/randomGenerator.h"
@@ -111,3 +112,5 @@ void luax_setvertex(lua_State* L, int index, VertexPointer* vertex, VertexFormat
 int luax_readtransform(lua_State* L, int index, mat4 transform, int scaleComponents);
 Blob* luax_readblob(lua_State* L, int index, const char* debug);
 Seed luax_checkrandomseed(lua_State* L, int index);
+void luax_checkvariant(lua_State* L, int index, Variant* variant);
+int luax_pushvariant(lua_State* L, Variant* variant);
diff --git a/src/api/event.c b/src/api/event.c
index 722eaac2..1136f9cb 100644
--- a/src/api/event.c
+++ b/src/api/event.c
@@ -14,6 +14,53 @@ const char* EventTypes[] = {
 
 static _Thread_local int pollRef;
 
+void luax_checkvariant(lua_State* L, int index, Variant* variant) {
+  int type = lua_type(L, index);
+  switch (type) {
+    case LUA_TNIL:
+      variant->type = TYPE_NIL;
+      break;
+
+    case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
+      variant->type = TYPE_BOOLEAN;
+      variant->value.boolean = lua_toboolean(L, index);
+      break;
+
+    case LUA_TNUMBER:
+      variant->type = TYPE_NUMBER;
+      variant->value.number = lua_tonumber(L, index);
+      break;
+
+    case LUA_TSTRING:
+      variant->type = TYPE_STRING;
+      size_t length;
+      const char* string = lua_tolstring(L, index, &length);
+      variant->value.string = malloc(length + 1);
+      strcpy(variant->value.string, string);
+      break;
+
+    case LUA_TUSERDATA:
+      variant->type = TYPE_OBJECT;
+      variant->value.ref = lua_touserdata(L, index);
+      lovrRetain(variant->value.ref);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      lovrThrow("Bad type for Channel:push: %s", lua_typename(L, type));
+      return;
+  }
+}
+
+int luax_pushvariant(lua_State* L, Variant* variant) {
+  switch (variant->type) {
+    case TYPE_NIL: lua_pushnil(L); return 1;
+    case TYPE_BOOLEAN: lua_pushboolean(L, variant->value.boolean); return 1;
+    case TYPE_NUMBER: lua_pushnumber(L, variant->value.number); return 1;
+    case TYPE_STRING: lua_pushstring(L, variant->value.string); free(variant->value.string); return 1;
+    case TYPE_OBJECT: luax_pushobject(L, variant->value.ref); lovrRelease(variant->value.ref); return 1;
+  }
+}
+
 static int nextEvent(lua_State* L) {
   Event event;
 
@@ -21,7 +68,11 @@ static int nextEvent(lua_State* L) {
     return 0;
   }
 
-  lua_pushstring(L, EventTypes[event.type]);
+  if (event.type == EVENT_CUSTOM) {
+    lua_pushstring(L, event.data.custom.name);
+  } else {
+    lua_pushstring(L, EventTypes[event.type]);
+  }
 
   switch (event.type) {
     case EVENT_QUIT:
@@ -57,6 +108,12 @@ static int nextEvent(lua_State* L) {
       lua_pushstring(L, ControllerButtons[event.data.controller.button]);
       return 3;
 
+    case EVENT_CUSTOM:
+      for (int i = 0; i < event.data.custom.count; i++) {
+        luax_pushvariant(L, &event.data.custom.data[i]);
+      }
+      return event.data.custom.count + 1;
+
     default:
       return 1;
   }
@@ -90,47 +147,15 @@ int l_lovrEventPump(lua_State* L) {
 }
 
 int l_lovrEventPush(lua_State* L) {
-  EventType type = luaL_checkoption(L, 1, NULL, EventTypes);
-  EventData data;
-
-  switch (type) {
-    case EVENT_QUIT:
-      if (lua_type(L, 2) == LUA_TSTRING) {
-        data.quit.restart = lua_toboolean(L, 2);
-      } else {
-        data.quit.exitCode = luaL_optint(L, 2, 0);
-      }
-      break;
-
-    case EVENT_FOCUS:
-    case EVENT_MOUNT:
-      data.boolean.value = lua_toboolean(L, 2);
-      break;
-
-#ifdef EMSCRIPTEN
-    case EVENT_THREAD_ERROR:
-      break;
-#else
-    case EVENT_THREAD_ERROR:
-      data.thread.thread = luax_checktype(L, 2, Thread);
-      data.thread.error = luaL_checkstring(L, 3);
-      break;
-#endif
-
-    case EVENT_CONTROLLER_ADDED:
-    case EVENT_CONTROLLER_REMOVED:
-      data.controller.controller = luax_checktype(L, 2, Controller);
-      break;
-
-    case EVENT_CONTROLLER_PRESSED:
-    case EVENT_CONTROLLER_RELEASED:
-      data.controller.controller = luax_checktype(L, 2, Controller);
-      data.controller.button = luaL_checkoption(L, 3, NULL, ControllerButtons);
-      break;
+  CustomEvent eventData;
+  const char* name = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+  strncpy(eventData.name, name, MAX_EVENT_NAME_LENGTH - 1);
+  eventData.count = MIN(lua_gettop(L) - 1, 4);
+  for (int i = 0; i < eventData.count; i++) {
+    luax_checkvariant(L, 2 + i, &eventData.data[i]);
   }
 
-  Event event = { .type = type, .data = data };
-  lovrEventPush(event);
+  lovrEventPush((Event) { .type = EVENT_CUSTOM, .data.custom = eventData });
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/api/types/channel.c b/src/api/types/channel.c
index 046cd91f..03e4484f 100644
--- a/src/api/types/channel.c
+++ b/src/api/types/channel.c
@@ -1,53 +1,6 @@
 #include "api.h"
 #include "thread/channel.h"
 
-static void luax_checkvariant(lua_State* L, int index, Variant* variant) {
-  int type = lua_type(L, index);
-  switch (type) {
-    case LUA_TNIL:
-      variant->type = TYPE_NIL;
-      break;
-
-    case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
-      variant->type = TYPE_BOOLEAN;
-      variant->value.boolean = lua_toboolean(L, index);
-      break;
-
-    case LUA_TNUMBER:
-      variant->type = TYPE_NUMBER;
-      variant->value.number = lua_tonumber(L, index);
-      break;
-
-    case LUA_TSTRING:
-      variant->type = TYPE_STRING;
-      size_t length;
-      const char* string = lua_tolstring(L, index, &length);
-      variant->value.string = malloc(length + 1);
-      strcpy(variant->value.string, string);
-      break;
-
-    case LUA_TUSERDATA:
-      variant->type = TYPE_OBJECT;
-      variant->value.ref = lua_touserdata(L, index);
-      lovrRetain(variant->value.ref);
-      break;
-
-    default:
-      lovrThrow("Bad type for Channel:push: %s", lua_typename(L, type));
-      return;
-  }
-}
-
-static int luax_pushvariant(lua_State* L, Variant* variant) {
-  switch (variant->type) {
-    case TYPE_NIL: lua_pushnil(L); return 1;
-    case TYPE_BOOLEAN: lua_pushboolean(L, variant->value.boolean); return 1;
-    case TYPE_NUMBER: lua_pushnumber(L, variant->value.number); return 1;
-    case TYPE_STRING: lua_pushstring(L, variant->value.string); free(variant->value.string); return 1;
-    case TYPE_OBJECT: luax_pushobject(L, variant->value.ref); lovrRelease(variant->value.ref); return 1;
-  }
-}
-
 static void luax_checktimeout(lua_State* L, int index, double* timeout) {
   switch (lua_type(L, index)) {
     case LUA_TNONE:
diff --git a/src/event/event.h b/src/event/event.h
index 6ac506b5..efa695b6 100644
--- a/src/event/event.h
+++ b/src/event/event.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#define MAX_EVENT_NAME_LENGTH 32
+
 typedef enum {
   EVENT_QUIT,
   EVENT_FOCUS,
@@ -15,9 +17,32 @@ typedef enum {
   EVENT_CONTROLLER_ADDED,
   EVENT_CONTROLLER_REMOVED,
   EVENT_CONTROLLER_PRESSED,
-  EVENT_CONTROLLER_RELEASED
+  EVENT_CONTROLLER_RELEASED,
+  EVENT_CUSTOM
 } EventType;
 
+typedef enum {
+  TYPE_NIL,
+  TYPE_BOOLEAN,
+  TYPE_NUMBER,
+  TYPE_STRING,
+  TYPE_OBJECT
+} VariantType;
+
+typedef union {
+  bool boolean;
+  double number;
+  char* string;
+  Ref* ref;
+} VariantValue;
+
+typedef struct {
+  VariantType type;
+  VariantValue value;
+} Variant;
+
+typedef vec_t(Variant) vec_variant_t;
+
 typedef struct {
   bool restart;
   int exitCode;
@@ -39,6 +64,12 @@ typedef struct {
   ControllerButton button;
 } ControllerEvent;
 
+typedef struct {
+  char name[MAX_EVENT_NAME_LENGTH];
+  Variant data[4];
+  int count;
+} CustomEvent;
+
 typedef union {
   QuitEvent quit;
   BoolEvent boolean;
@@ -46,6 +77,7 @@ typedef union {
   ThreadEvent thread;
 #endif
   ControllerEvent controller;
+  CustomEvent custom;
 } EventData;
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/src/thread/channel.h b/src/thread/channel.h
index fe2843a9..4b32b9e0 100644
--- a/src/thread/channel.h
+++ b/src/thread/channel.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "event/event.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "lib/tinycthread/tinycthread.h"
 #include "lib/vec/vec.h"
@@ -6,36 +7,14 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-typedef enum {
-  TYPE_NIL,
-  TYPE_BOOLEAN,
-  TYPE_NUMBER,
-  TYPE_STRING,
-  TYPE_OBJECT
-} VariantType;
-
-typedef union {
-  bool boolean;
-  double number;
-  char* string;
-  Ref* ref;
-} VariantValue;
-
-typedef struct {
-  VariantType type;
-  VariantValue value;
-} Variant;
-
-typedef vec_t(Variant) vec_variant_t;
-
-typedef struct {
+struct Channel {
   Ref ref;
   mtx_t lock;
   cnd_t cond;
   vec_variant_t messages;
   uint64_t sent;
   uint64_t received;
-} Channel;
+};
 
 Channel* lovrChannelCreate();
 void lovrChannelDestroy(void* ref);
diff --git a/src/thread/thread.c b/src/thread/thread.c
index ea045182..5489cc79 100644
--- a/src/thread/thread.c
+++ b/src/thread/thread.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "thread/thread.h"
+#include "thread/channel.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 static ThreadState state;
diff --git a/src/thread/thread.h b/src/thread/thread.h
index 24cda67f..8c6595a7 100644
--- a/src/thread/thread.h
+++ b/src/thread/thread.h
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#include "thread/channel.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "lib/tinycthread/tinycthread.h"
 #include "lib/map/map.h"
@@ -6,6 +5,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+typedef struct Channel Channel;
+
 typedef struct {
   bool initialized;
   map_void_t channels;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void lovrThreadInit();
 void lovrThreadDeinit();
-Channel* lovrThreadGetChannel(const char* name);
+struct Channel* lovrThreadGetChannel(const char* name);
 
 Thread* lovrThreadCreate(int (*runner)(void*), const char* body);
 void lovrThreadDestroy(void* ref);