diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c73f16..653dde8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wayland-protocols-misc",
  "wayland-protocols-wlr",
  "winapi",
+ "x11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -968,3 +969,13 @@ checksum = "0120db82e8a1e0b9fb3345a539c478767c0048d842860994d96113d5b667bd69"
 dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "x11"
+version = "2.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "502da5464ccd04011667b11c435cb992822c2c0dbde1770c988480d312a0db2e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2fdb92d..8601dc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ wayland-client = { git="https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs.git" }
 wayland-protocols = { git="https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs.git", features=["client", "staging", "unstable"] }
 wayland-protocols-wlr = { git="https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs.git", features=["client", "server"] }
 wayland-protocols-misc = { git="https://github.com/Smithay/wayland-rs.git", features=["client", "server"] }
+x11 = { version = "2.21.0", features = ["xlib", "xtest"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["winuser"] }
diff --git a/src/backend.rs b/src/backend.rs
index 3317768..c5cd6c2 100644
--- a/src/backend.rs
+++ b/src/backend.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod windows;
 pub mod wayland;
+pub mod x11;
diff --git a/src/backend/x11.rs b/src/backend/x11.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..934046a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/x11.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod consumer;
+pub mod producer;
diff --git a/src/backend/x11/consumer.rs b/src/backend/x11/consumer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a5b064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/x11/consumer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#![cfg(unix)]
+use std::{sync::mpsc::Receiver, ptr};
+use x11::{xtest, xlib};
+
+use crate::{client::{ClientHandle, Client}, event::Event};
+
+fn open_display() -> Option<*mut xlib::Display> {
+    unsafe {
+        match xlib::XOpenDisplay(ptr::null()) {
+            d if d == ptr::null::<xlib::Display>() as *mut xlib::Display => None,
+            display => Some(display),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn relative_motion(display: *mut xlib::Display, dx: i32, dy: i32) {
+    unsafe {
+        xtest::XTestFakeRelativeMotionEvent(display, dx, dy, 0, 0);
+        xlib::XFlush(display);
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn run(event_rx: Receiver<(Event, ClientHandle)>, _clients: Vec<Client>) {
+    let display = match open_display() {
+        None => panic!("could not open display!"),
+        Some(display) => display,
+    };
+
+    loop {
+        match event_rx.recv().expect("event receiver unavailable").0 {
+            Event::Pointer(pointer_event) => {
+                match pointer_event {
+                    crate::event::PointerEvent::Motion { time: _, relative_x, relative_y } => {
+                        relative_motion(display, relative_x as i32, relative_y as i32);
+                    },
+                    crate::event::PointerEvent::Button { .. } => todo!(),
+                    crate::event::PointerEvent::Axis { .. } => todo!(),
+                    crate::event::PointerEvent::Frame {  } => todo!(),
+                }
+            },
+            Event::Keyboard(_) => todo!(),
+            Event::Release() => todo!(),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/x11/producer.rs b/src/backend/x11/producer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29