diff --git a/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h b/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h
index ff5151a13..029defd44 100644
--- a/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h
+++ b/wgpu-bindings/wgpu.h
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ typedef enum {
   WGPUPowerPreference_HighPerformance = 2,
 } WGPUPowerPreference;
 
+typedef enum {
+  WGPUPrimitiveTopology_PointList = 0,
+  WGPUPrimitiveTopology_LineList = 1,
+  WGPUPrimitiveTopology_LineStrip = 2,
+  WGPUPrimitiveTopology_TriangleList = 3,
+  WGPUPrimitiveTopology_TriangleStrip = 4,
+} WGPUPrimitiveTopology;
+
+typedef enum {
+  WGPUShaderStage_Vertex = 0,
+  WGPUShaderStage_Fragment = 1,
+  WGPUShaderStage_Compute = 2,
+} WGPUShaderStage;
+
 typedef WGPUId WGPUDeviceId;
 
 typedef WGPUId WGPUAdapterId;
@@ -38,8 +52,33 @@ typedef struct {
 
 } WGPUCommandBufferDescriptor;
 
+typedef WGPUId WGPUPipelineLayoutId;
+
 typedef WGPUId WGPUShaderModuleId;
 
+typedef struct {
+  WGPUShaderModuleId module;
+  WGPUShaderStage stage;
+  const char *entry_point;
+} WGPUPipelineStageDescriptor;
+
+typedef WGPUId WGPUBlendStateId;
+
+typedef WGPUId WGPUDepthStencilStateId;
+
+typedef WGPUId WGPUAttachmentStateId;
+
+typedef struct {
+  WGPUPipelineLayoutId layout;
+  const WGPUPipelineStageDescriptor *stages;
+  uintptr_t stages_length;
+  WGPUPrimitiveTopology primitive_topology;
+  const WGPUBlendStateId *blend_state;
+  uintptr_t blend_state_length;
+  WGPUDepthStencilStateId depth_stencil_state;
+  WGPUAttachmentStateId attachment_state;
+} WGPURenderPipelineDescriptor;
+
 typedef struct {
   const uint8_t *bytes;
   uintptr_t length;
@@ -66,6 +105,9 @@ WGPUInstanceId wgpu_create_instance(void);
 WGPUCommandBufferId wgpu_device_create_command_buffer(WGPUDeviceId device_id,
                                                       WGPUCommandBufferDescriptor desc);
 
+WGPURenderPipelineId wgpu_device_create_render_pipeline(WGPUDeviceId device_id,
+                                                        WGPURenderPipelineDescriptor desc);
+
 WGPUShaderModuleId wgpu_device_create_shader_module(WGPUDeviceId device_id,
                                                     WGPUShaderModuleDescriptor desc);
 
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/device.rs b/wgpu-native/src/device.rs
index 3e881a793..b0c642eae 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/device.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/device.rs
@@ -92,4 +92,59 @@ pub extern "C" fn wgpu_queue_submit(
         }
         device.com_allocator.submit(cmd_buf);
     }
+pub extern "C" fn wgpu_device_create_render_pipeline(
+    device_id: DeviceId,
+    desc: pipeline::RenderPipelineDescriptor,
+) -> RenderPipelineId {
+    let device = registry::DEVICE_REGISTRY.get_mut(device_id);
+    // TODO: layout, primitive_topology, blend_state, depth_stencil_state, attachment_state
+    let pipeline_stages = unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(desc.stages, desc.stages_length) };
+
+    // TODO: avoid allocation
+    let shaders_owned = pipeline_stages
+        .iter()
+        .map(|ps| registry::SHADER_MODULE_REGISTRY.get_mut(ps.module))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let shaders = {
+        let mut vertex = None;
+        let mut fragment = None;
+        for (i, pipeline_stage) in pipeline_stages.iter().enumerate() {
+            let entry = hal::pso::EntryPoint::<back::Backend> {
+                entry: unsafe { ffi::CStr::from_ptr(pipeline_stage.entry_point) }
+                    .to_str()
+                    .to_owned()
+                    .unwrap(), // TODO
+                module: &shaders_owned[i].raw,
+                specialization: hal::pso::Specialization {
+                    // TODO
+                    constants: &[],
+                    data: &[],
+                },
+            };
+            match pipeline_stage.stage {
+                pipeline::ShaderStage::Vertex => {
+                    vertex = Some(entry);
+                }
+                pipeline::ShaderStage::Fragment => {
+                    fragment = Some(entry);
+                }
+                pipeline::ShaderStage::Compute => unimplemented!(), // TODO
+            }
+        }
+
+        hal::pso::GraphicsShaderSet {
+            vertex: vertex.unwrap(), // TODO
+            hull: None,
+            domain: None,
+            geometry: None,
+            fragment,
+        }
+    };
+
+    /*
+    let pipeline = device
+        .device
+        .create_graphics_pipeline(pipeline_desc);
+    */
+    unimplemented!();
 }
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs b/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs
index 0d94aa2ac..955a1bbb8 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/pipeline.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use hal;
 use resource;
 
-use {BlendStateId, ByteArray, DepthStencilStateId, PipelineLayoutId};
+use {
+    AttachmentStateId, BlendStateId, ByteArray, DepthStencilStateId, PipelineLayoutId,
+    ShaderModuleId,
+};
 
 #[repr(C)]
 pub enum BlendFactor {
@@ -146,8 +149,9 @@ pub struct ShaderModuleDescriptor {
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
-pub struct AttachmentStateDescriptor<'a> {
-    pub formats: &'a [resource::TextureFormat],
+pub struct AttachmentStateDescriptor {
+    pub formats: *const resource::TextureFormat,
+    pub formats_length: usize,
 }
 
 pub struct AttachmentState {
@@ -163,15 +167,15 @@ pub enum ShaderStage {
 
 #[repr(C)]
 pub struct PipelineStageDescriptor {
-    pub module: ShaderModuleDescriptor,
+    pub module: ShaderModuleId,
     pub stage: ShaderStage,
     pub entry_point: *const ::std::os::raw::c_char,
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
-pub struct ComputePipelineDescriptor<'a> {
+pub struct ComputePipelineDescriptor {
     pub layout: PipelineLayoutId,
-    pub stages: &'a [PipelineStageDescriptor],
+    pub stages: *const PipelineStageDescriptor,
 }
 
 pub struct ComputePipeline {
@@ -188,13 +192,15 @@ pub enum PrimitiveTopology {
 }
 
 #[repr(C)]
-pub struct RenderPipelineDescriptor<'a> {
+pub struct RenderPipelineDescriptor {
     pub layout: PipelineLayoutId,
-    pub stages: &'a [PipelineStageDescriptor],
+    pub stages: *const PipelineStageDescriptor,
+    pub stages_length: usize,
     pub primitive_topology: PrimitiveTopology,
-    pub blend_state: &'a [BlendStateId],
+    pub blend_state: *const BlendStateId,
+    pub blend_state_length: usize,
     pub depth_stencil_state: DepthStencilStateId,
-    pub attachment_state: AttachmentState,
+    pub attachment_state: AttachmentStateId,
 }
 
 pub struct RenderPipeline {
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/registry.rs b/wgpu-native/src/registry.rs
index a57bb6f08..3343cbef9 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/registry.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/registry.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::os::raw::c_void;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-use std::sync::Arc;
-#[cfg(feature = "remote")]
-use parking_lot::{Mutex, MutexGuard, MappedMutexGuard};
+use parking_lot::{MappedMutexGuard, Mutex, MutexGuard};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "remote")]
 use hal::backend::FastHashMap;
@@ -104,7 +102,9 @@ impl<T> Registry<T> for RemoteRegistry<T> {
     }
 
     fn get_mut(&self, id: Id) -> RegistryItem<T> {
-        MutexGuard::map(self.registrations.lock(), |r| r.tracked.get_mut(&id).unwrap())
+        MutexGuard::map(self.registrations.lock(), |r| {
+            r.tracked.get_mut(&id).unwrap()
+        })
     }
 
     fn take(&self, id: Id) -> T {
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ type ConcreteRegistry<T> = LocalRegistry<T>;
 type ConcreteRegistry<T> = RemoteRegistry<T>;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    pub(crate) static ref ADAPTER_REGISTRY: ConcreteRegistry<AdapterHandle> = ConcreteRegistry::new();
+    pub(crate) static ref ADAPTER_REGISTRY: ConcreteRegistry<AdapterHandle> =
+        ConcreteRegistry::new();
     pub(crate) static ref DEVICE_REGISTRY: ConcreteRegistry<DeviceHandle> = ConcreteRegistry::new();
     pub(crate) static ref INSTANCE_REGISTRY: ConcreteRegistry<InstanceHandle> = ConcreteRegistry::new();
     pub(crate) static ref SHADER_MODULE_REGISTRY: ConcreteRegistry<ShaderModuleHandle> = ConcreteRegistry::new();