diff --git a/src/xlib/display.rs b/src/xlib/display.rs
index 3e112ae..c3ce11f 100644
--- a/src/xlib/display.rs
+++ b/src/xlib/display.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use crate::ffi;
 
 use super::cursor::Cursor;
 use super::event::Event;
+use super::screen::Screen;
 use super::visual::Visual;
 use super::window::Window;
 
@@ -96,6 +97,12 @@ impl Display {
     Visual { inner: visual }
   }
 
+  /// Get the default screen using `XDefaultScreen`
+  pub fn get_default_screen(&self) -> Result<Screen> {
+    let screen = unsafe { xlib::XDefaultScreen(self.inner) };
+    Ok(Screen(screen))
+  }
+
   /// Returns the root window for the given screen.
   pub fn get_root_window(&self, screen: i32) -> Result<Window> {
     let inner = unsafe { xlib::XRootWindow(self.inner, screen) };
diff --git a/src/xlib/mod.rs b/src/xlib/mod.rs
index 15ebc04..b6b1216 100644
--- a/src/xlib/mod.rs
+++ b/src/xlib/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mod drawable;
 mod event;
 mod image;
 mod pixmap;
+mod screen;
 mod visual;
 mod window;
 
diff --git a/src/xlib/screen.rs b/src/xlib/screen.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ad7884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/xlib/screen.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub struct Screen(pub(super) i32);