diff --git a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/window.pyi b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/window.pyi
index 3dfe2411a6..a3073b85fa 100644
--- a/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/window.pyi
+++ b/buildconfig/stubs/pygame/window.pyi
@@ -312,6 +312,19 @@ class Window:
         .. versionadded:: 2.5.0
         """
 
+    @property
+    def handle(self) -> int:
+        """Get the window handle provided by the window manager if supported otherwise 0
+
+        Returns the window handle provided by the window manager as an integer. If the operating
+        system is not supported or the window manager hides the handle the sentinel ``0`` is returned.
+
+        The handle is generally available with Windows, X11 (Linux), Cocoa (MacOS), UIKit (iOS),
+        Android and Vivante while unavailable under Wayland and everything else.
+
+        .. versionaddedold:: 2.5.4
+        """
+
     @property
     def utility(self) -> bool:
         """Get if the window is an utility window (**read-only**).
diff --git a/src_c/doc/window_doc.h b/src_c/doc/window_doc.h
index 6495da670e..32790cf8f9 100644
--- a/src_c/doc/window_doc.h
+++ b/src_c/doc/window_doc.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define DOC_WINDOW_POSITION "position -> tuple[int, int]\nGet or set the window position in screen coordinates."
 #define DOC_WINDOW_OPACITY "opacity -> float\nGet or set the window opacity, between 0.0 (fully transparent) and 1.0 (fully opaque)."
 #define DOC_WINDOW_OPENGL "opengl -> bool\nGet if the window supports OpenGL."
+#define DOC_WINDOW_HANDLE "handle -> int\nGet the window handle provided by the window manager if supported otherwise 0"
 #define DOC_WINDOW_UTILITY "utility -> bool\nGet if the window is an utility window (**read-only**)."
 #define DOC_WINDOW_FROMDISPLAYMODULE "from_display_module() -> Window\nCreate a Window object using window data from display module."
 #define DOC_WINDOW_GETSURFACE "get_surface() -> Surface\nGet the window surface."
diff --git a/src_c/window.c b/src_c/window.c
index 8e0b1bde50..371d08850b 100644
--- a/src_c/window.c
+++ b/src_c/window.c
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 #include "doc/sdl2_video_doc.h"
 #include "doc/window_doc.h"
 
+#if !SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(3, 0, 0)
+#include <SDL_syswm.h>
+#endif
+
 static int is_window_mod_init = 0;
 
 #if !defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -916,6 +920,78 @@ window_get_opengl(pgWindowObject *self, void *v)
     return PyBool_FromLong(hasGL);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+window_get_handle(pgWindowObject *self, void *v)
+{
+    SDL_Window *win = self->_win;
+    size_t handle = 0;
+
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(3, 2, 0)
+    const char *driver = SDL_GetCurrentVideoDriver();
+    if (driver == NULL) {
+        handle = 0;
+        return PyLong_FromSize_t(handle);
+    }
+
+    SDL_PropertiesID props = SDL_GetWindowProperties(win);
+
+    if (!strcmp(driver, "windows")) {
+        handle = (size_t)SDL_GetPointerProperty(
+            props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_WIN32_HWND_POINTER, NULL);
+    }
+    else if (!strcmp(driver, "x11")) {
+        handle = (size_t)SDL_GetNumberProperty(
+            props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_X11_WINDOW_NUMBER, 0);
+    }
+    else if (!strcmp(driver, "cocoa")) {
+        handle = (size_t)SDL_GetPointerProperty(
+            props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_COCOA_WINDOW_POINTER, NULL);
+    }
+    else if (!strcmp(driver, "uikit")) {
+        handle = (size_t)SDL_GetPointerProperty(
+            props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_UIKIT_WINDOW_POINTER, NULL);
+    }
+    else if (!strcmp(driver, "android")) {
+        handle = (size_t)SDL_GetPointerProperty(
+            props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_UIKIT_WINDOW_POINTER, NULL);
+    }
+    else if (!strcmp(driver, "vivante")) {
+        handle = (size_t)SDL_GetPointerProperty(
+            props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_VIVANTE_WINDOW_POINTER, NULL);
+    }
+
+#else  // sdl 2
+    SDL_SysWMinfo info;
+
+    SDL_VERSION(&(info.version))
+
+    if (!SDL_GetWindowWMInfo(win, &info)) {
+        return PyLong_FromLong(0);
+    }
+
+#if defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_WINDOWS)
+    handle = (size_t)info.info.win.window;
+#endif
+#if defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11)
+    handle = (size_t)info.info.x11.window;
+#endif
+#if defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_COCOA)
+    handle = (size_t)info.info.cocoa.window;
+#endif
+#if defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_UIKIT)
+    handle = (size_t)info.info.uikit.window;
+#endif
+#if defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_ANDROID)
+    handle = (size_t)info.info.android.window;
+#endif
+#if defined(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_VIVANTE)
+    handle = (size_t)info.info.vivante.window;
+#endif
+#endif  // sdl 3
+
+    return PyLong_FromSize_t(handle);
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 window_get_utility(pgWindowObject *self, void *v)
 {
@@ -1433,6 +1509,7 @@ static PyGetSetDef _window_getset[] = {
      DOC_WINDOW_OPACITY, NULL},
     {"id", (getter)window_get_window_id, NULL, DOC_WINDOW_ID, NULL},
     {"opengl", (getter)window_get_opengl, NULL, DOC_WINDOW_OPENGL, NULL},
+    {"handle", (getter)window_get_handle, NULL, DOC_WINDOW_HANDLE, NULL},
     {"utility", (getter)window_get_utility, NULL, DOC_WINDOW_UTILITY, NULL},
     {NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL} /* Sentinel */
 };
diff --git a/test/window_test.py b/test/window_test.py
index f30ab08bc5..4d044a867c 100644
--- a/test/window_test.py
+++ b/test/window_test.py
@@ -458,6 +458,10 @@ def test_window_focused(self):
         window = pygame.Window()
         self.assertIsInstance(window.focused, bool)
 
+    def test_handle(self):
+        window = pygame.Window()
+        self.assertIsInstance(window.handle, int)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         self.win.destroy()