diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 88e9fecea..a2d8f8a54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -288,6 +288,24 @@ name = "gcc"
 version = "0.3.55"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gfx-backend-dx11"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "derivative 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "gfx-hal 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "log 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "parking_lot 0.6.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "range-alloc 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "smallvec 0.6.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "spirv_cross 0.12.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winit 0.18.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "wio 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gfx-backend-dx12"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1069,6 +1087,7 @@ name = "wgpu-native"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "gfx-backend-dx11 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gfx-backend-dx12 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gfx-backend-empty 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gfx-backend-metal 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1129,6 +1148,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "x11-dl 2.18.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wio"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11"
 version = "2.18.1"
@@ -1202,6 +1229,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum fuchsia-zircon-sys 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3dcaa9ae7725d12cdb85b3ad99a434db70b468c09ded17e012d86b5c1010f7a7"
 "checksum fxhash 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c31b6d751ae2c7f11320402d34e41349dd1016f8d5d45e48c4312bc8625af50c"
 "checksum gcc 0.3.55 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8f5f3913fa0bfe7ee1fd8248b6b9f42a5af4b9d65ec2dd2c3c26132b950ecfc2"
+"checksum gfx-backend-dx11 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7751e630a3472d96b1a0ce9cd6742f2e17c0f71a6e833f822b914a11f89bd7db"
 "checksum gfx-backend-dx12 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2c373f40998da0fd605a7a90ce8d775a8cbcb06558edc2ea9740df1db2077686"
 "checksum gfx-backend-empty 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6bb068297aed95a014abaa01738986c2ed5d08c5f9f152c992300c415e9b917c"
 "checksum gfx-backend-metal 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "68fa011e32280f7566bddbb736734291b685c812087c99bc848d6ac7ae3e0b7f"
@@ -1294,6 +1322,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum winapi-util 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "afc5508759c5bf4285e61feb862b6083c8480aec864fa17a81fdec6f69b461ab"
 "checksum winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 "checksum winit 0.18.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8c57c15bd4c0ef18dff33e263e452abe32d00e2e05771cacaa410a14cc1c0776"
+"checksum wio 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f8a31e8a268d6941ffb7f8d7989fc93e4692bd3e75a27d400a72b4be1dadb213"
 "checksum x11 2.18.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "39697e3123f715483d311b5826e254b6f3cfebdd83cf7ef3358f579c3d68e235"
 "checksum x11-dl 2.18.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "940586acb859ea05c53971ac231685799a7ec1dee66ac0bccc0e6ad96e06b4e3"
 "checksum xcb 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5e917a3f24142e9ff8be2414e36c649d47d6cc2ba81f16201cdef96e533e02de"
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 426d30eda..a180fb5f2 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ default = []
 remote = ["wgpu-native/remote"]
 winit = ["wgpu/winit"]
 metal = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-metal"]
+dx11 = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-dx11"]
 dx12 = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-dx12"]
 vulkan = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-vulkan"]
 
diff --git a/wgpu-native/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-native/Cargo.toml
index eeaf03c4a..10091a677 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-native/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ parking_lot = { version = "0.7" }
 gfx-hal = "0.1.0"
 gfx-backend-empty = "0.1.0"
 gfx-backend-vulkan = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
+gfx-backend-dx11 = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 gfx-backend-dx12 = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 gfx-backend-metal = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 #rendy-memory = { git = "https://github.com/rustgd/rendy", rev = "ce7dd7f", features = ["gfx-hal"] }
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs b/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs
index 49fd308b2..6b8159984 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/instance.rs
@@ -35,21 +35,17 @@ pub struct DeviceDescriptor {
 pub extern "C" fn wgpu_create_instance() -> InstanceId {
     #[cfg(any(
         feature = "gfx-backend-vulkan",
+        feature = "gfx-backend-dx11",
         feature = "gfx-backend-dx12",
         feature = "gfx-backend-metal"
     ))]
     {
         let inst = ::back::Instance::create("wgpu", 1);
-        HUB.instances.write().register(inst)
-    }
-    #[cfg(not(any(
-        feature = "gfx-backend-vulkan",
-        feature = "gfx-backend-dx12",
-        feature = "gfx-backend-metal"
-    )))]
-    {
-        unimplemented!()
+        if true {
+            return HUB.instances.write().register(inst);
+        }
     }
+    unimplemented!()
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "winit")]
diff --git a/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs b/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs
index 7f4afa0e1..d73f1c33e 100644
--- a/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs
+++ b/wgpu-native/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "winit")]
 pub extern crate winit;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "gfx-backend-dx11")]
+extern crate gfx_backend_dx11 as back;
 #[cfg(feature = "gfx-backend-dx12")]
 extern crate gfx_backend_dx12 as back;
 #[cfg(not(any(
     feature = "gfx-backend-vulkan",
+    feature = "gfx-backend-dx11",
     feature = "gfx-backend-dx12",
-    feature = "gfx-backend-metal"
+    feature = "gfx-backend-metal",
 )))]
 extern crate gfx_backend_empty as back;
 #[cfg(feature = "gfx-backend-metal")]
diff --git a/wgpu-rs/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-rs/Cargo.toml
index 4a6ad0efb..0a08acb8e 100644
--- a/wgpu-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 default = []
 winit = ["wgpu-native/winit"]
 metal = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-metal"]
+dx11 = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-dx11"]
 dx12 = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-dx12"]
 vulkan = ["wgpu-native/gfx-backend-vulkan"]