diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c78cc6b5..01ab09df1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   directly, including getting a reference to the underlying winit Window.
 - `Modal` is a new layer widget that presents a single widget as a modal
   session.
+- `App::prevent_shutdown()` returns a guard that prevents the application from
+  closing automatically when the final window is closed.
 
 
 [139]: https://github.com/khonsulabs/cushy/issues/139
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c6229aca1..f08fb23a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ checksum = "4e1496f8fb1fbf272686b8d37f523dab3e4a7443300055e74cdaa449f3114356"
 [[package]]
 name = "appit"
 version = "0.3.2"
-source = "git+https://github.com/khonsulabs/appit#93479b81112dfeef2b1646c5050c9fbd305c3288"
+source = "git+https://github.com/khonsulabs/appit#331bfdd3534a2f6a7c44f24017b4d52aee40da5b"
 dependencies = [
  "winit",
 ]
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 8ccfcf9fd..bf3f7249c 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -352,8 +352,25 @@ impl App {
     pub fn monitors(&self) -> Option<Monitors> {
         self.app.as_ref().and_then(kludgine::app::App::monitors)
     }
+
+    /// Creates a guard that prevents this app from shutting down.
+    ///
+    /// If the app is not currently running, this function returns None.
+    ///
+    /// Once a guard is allocated the app will not be closed automatically when
+    /// the final window is closed. If the final shutdown guard is dropped while
+    /// no windows are open, the app will be closed.
+    #[allow(clippy::missing_panics_doc, clippy::must_use_candidate)]
+    pub fn prevent_shutdown(&self) -> Option<ShutdownGuard> {
+        self.app
+            .as_ref()
+            .and_then(kludgine::app::App::prevent_shutdown)
+    }
 }
 
+/// A guard preventing an [`App`] from shutting down.
+pub type ShutdownGuard = kludgine::app::ShutdownGuard<WindowCommand>;
+
 impl Application for App {
     fn cushy(&self) -> &Cushy {
         &self.cushy
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 02e121d15..182d16ed7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ use std::ops::{Add, AddAssign, Sub, SubAssign};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
 pub use app::TokioRuntime;
-pub use app::{App, AppRuntime, Application, Cushy, DefaultRuntime, Open, PendingApp, Run};
+pub use app::{
+    App, AppRuntime, Application, Cushy, DefaultRuntime, Open, PendingApp, Run, ShutdownGuard,
+};
 /// A macro to create a `main()` function with less boilerplate.
 ///
 /// When creating applications that support multiple windows, this attribute