diff --git a/uitask_unix.go b/uitask_unix.go
index 3ea7617..1567ca3 100644
--- a/uitask_unix.go
+++ b/uitask_unix.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package ui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"unsafe"
 )
 
 // #cgo pkg-config: gtk+-3.0
@@ -14,13 +15,14 @@ import (
 // static inline gboolean our_quit_callback(gpointer data)
 // {
 // 	gtk_main_quit();
-// 	return FALSE;		/* remove from idle handler (not like it matters) */
+// 	return FALSE;		/* remove from idle handler queue (not like it matters) */
 // }
 // /* I would call gdk_threads_add_idle() directly from ui() but cgo whines, so; trying to access our_quit_callback() in any way other than a call would cause _cgo_main.c to complain too */
 // static inline void signalQuit(void)
 // {
 // 	gdk_threads_add_idle(our_quit_callback, NULL);
 // }
+// extern gboolean our_post_callback(gpointer);
 import "C"
 
 func uiinit() error {
@@ -41,3 +43,34 @@ func ui() {
 
 	C.gtk_main()
 }
+
+// we DO need to worry about keeping data alive here
+// so we do the posting in a new goroutine that waits instead
+
+type uipostmsg struct {
+	w		*Window
+	data		interface{}
+	done		chan struct{}
+}
+
+//export our_post_callback
+func our_post_callback(xmsg C.gpointer) C.gboolean {
+	msg := (*uipostmsg)(unsafe.Pointer(xmsg))
+	msg.w.sysData.post(msg.data)
+	msg.done <- struct{}{}
+	return C.FALSE		// remove from idle handler queue
+}
+
+func uipost(w *Window, data interface{}) {
+	go func() {
+		msg := &uipostmsg{
+			w:		w,
+			data:		data,
+			done:	make(chan struct{}),
+		}
+		C.gdk_threads_add_idle(C.GSourceFunc(C.our_post_callback),
+			C.gpointer(unsafe.Pointer(msg)))
+		<-msg.done
+		close(msg.done)
+	}()
+}