diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 451272962..1063f5d08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ bitflags = "1"
 
 [dependencies.winapi]
 version = "0.3"
-features = ["dxgi1_2","dxgi1_3","dxgi1_4","d3d12","d3d12sdklayers","d3dcommon","d3dcompiler","dxgiformat","winerror"]
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+features = ["dxgi1_2","dxgi1_3","dxgi1_4","d3d12","d3d12sdklayers","d3dcommon","d3dcompiler","dxgiformat","synchapi","winerror"]
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diff --git a/src/command_list.rs b/src/command_list.rs
index 64fb76a4f..e3725b95b 100644
--- a/src/command_list.rs
+++ b/src/command_list.rs
@@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ impl IndirectArgument {
 }
 
 pub type CommandSignature = WeakPtr<d3d12::ID3D12CommandSignature>;
+pub type CommandList = WeakPtr<d3d12::ID3D12CommandList>;
 pub type GraphicsCommandList = WeakPtr<d3d12::ID3D12GraphicsCommandList>;
 
 impl GraphicsCommandList {
+    pub fn as_list(&self) -> CommandList {
+        unsafe { CommandList::from_raw(self.as_mut_ptr() as *mut _) }
+    }
+
     pub fn close(&self) -> HRESULT {
         unsafe { self.Close() }
     }
diff --git a/src/device.rs b/src/device.rs
index 33781064a..376c30418 100644
--- a/src/device.rs
+++ b/src/device.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ use winapi::Interface;
 use {pso, query, queue};
 use {
     Blob, CachedPSO, CommandAllocator, CommandQueue, D3DResult, DescriptorHeap, FeatureLevel,
-    GraphicsCommandList, NodeMask, PipelineState, QueryHeap, Resource, RootSignature, Shader,
-    TextureAddressMode,
+    Fence, GraphicsCommandList, NodeMask, PipelineState, QueryHeap, Resource, RootSignature,
+    Shader, TextureAddressMode,
 };
 
 pub type Device = WeakPtr<d3d12::ID3D12Device>;
@@ -276,4 +276,19 @@ impl Device {
             self.CreateRenderTargetView(resource.as_mut_ptr(), &desc.0 as *const _, descriptor);
         }
     }
+
+    // TODO: interface not complete
+    pub fn create_fence(&self, initial: u64) -> D3DResult<Fence> {
+        let mut fence = Fence::null();
+        let hr = unsafe {
+            self.CreateFence(
+                initial,
+                d3d12::D3D12_FENCE_FLAG_NONE,
+                &d3d12::ID3D12Fence::uuidof(),
+                fence.mut_void(),
+            )
+        };
+
+        (fence, hr)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/sync.rs b/src/sync.rs
index c10c73519..650fa6d00 100644
--- a/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/sync.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
 use com::WeakPtr;
+use std::ptr;
 use winapi::um::d3d12;
-use winapi::um::winnt;
+use winapi::um::{synchapi, winnt};
 use HRESULT;
 
-pub type Event = winnt::HANDLE;
-pub type Fence = WeakPtr<d3d12::ID3D12Fence>;
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct Event(winnt::HANDLE);
+impl Event {
+    pub fn create(manual_reset: bool, initial_state: bool) -> Self {
+        Event(unsafe {
+            synchapi::CreateEventA(
+                ptr::null_mut(),
+                manual_reset as _,
+                initial_state as _,
+                ptr::null(),
+            )
+        })
+    }
 
+    // TODO: return value
+    pub fn wait(&self, timeout_ms: u32) -> u32 {
+        unsafe { synchapi::WaitForSingleObject(self.0, timeout_ms) }
+    }
+}
+
+pub type Fence = WeakPtr<d3d12::ID3D12Fence>;
 impl Fence {
     pub fn set_event_on_completion(&self, event: Event, value: u64) -> HRESULT {
-        unsafe { self.SetEventOnCompletion(value, event) }
+        unsafe { self.SetEventOnCompletion(value, event.0) }
     }
 
     pub fn get_value(&self) -> u64 {