diff --git a/src/compositor/mod.rs b/src/compositor/mod.rs
index 084330c..7757352 100644
--- a/src/compositor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/compositor/mod.rs
@@ -220,6 +220,16 @@ impl<U: Send + 'static, H: Handler + Send + 'static> CompositorToken<U, H> {
         unsafe { SurfaceData::<U>::get_parent(surface) }
     }
 
+    /// Retrieve the children of this surface
+    ///
+    /// If the surface is not managed by the CompositorGlobal that provided this token, this
+    /// will panic (having more than one compositor is not supported).
+    pub fn get_children(&self, surface: &wl_surface::WlSurface) -> Vec<wl_surface::WlSurface> {
+        assert!(resource_is_registered::<_, CompositorHandler<U, H>>(surface, self.hid),
+                "Accessing the data of foreign surfaces is not supported.");
+        unsafe { SurfaceData::<U>::get_children(surface) }
+    }
+
     /// Retrieve the role status this surface
     ///
     /// If the surface is not managed by the CompositorGlobal that provided this token, this
@@ -258,6 +268,16 @@ impl<U: Send + 'static, H: Handler + Send + 'static> CompositorToken<U, H> {
                 "Accessing the data of foreign surfaces is not supported.");
         unsafe { SurfaceData::<U>::remove_role(surface) }
     }
+
+    /// Retrieve the metadata associated with a wl_region
+    ///
+    /// If the region is not managed by the CompositorGlobal that provided this token, this
+    /// will panic (having more than one compositor is not supported).
+    pub fn get_region_attributes(&self, region: &wl_region::WlRegion) -> RegionAttributes {
+        assert!(resource_is_registered::<_, CompositorHandler<U, H>>(region, self.hid),
+                "Accessing the data of foreign regions is not supported.");
+        unsafe { RegionData::get_attributes(region) }
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct CompositorHandler<U, H> {
diff --git a/src/compositor/tree.rs b/src/compositor/tree.rs
index 2bca930..a78558f 100644
--- a/src/compositor/tree.rs
+++ b/src/compositor/tree.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,17 @@ impl<U> SurfaceData<U> {
         child_guard.parent.as_ref().map(|p| p.clone_unchecked())
     }
 
+    /// Retrieve the parent surface (if any) of this surface
+    pub unsafe fn get_children(child: &wl_surface::WlSurface) -> Vec<wl_surface::WlSurface> {
+        let child_mutex = Self::get_data(child);
+        let child_guard = child_mutex.lock().unwrap();
+        child_guard
+            .children
+            .iter()
+            .map(|p| p.clone_unchecked())
+            .collect()
+    }
+
     /// Reorders a surface relative to one of its sibling
     ///
     /// Fails if `relative_to` is not a sibling or parent of `surface`.