diff --git a/examples/window.rs b/examples/window.rs
index 5578dab1..c6d9327a 100644
--- a/examples/window.rs
+++ b/examples/window.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fn main() {
         println!("{:?}", event);
 
         match event {
-            winit::Event::WindowEvent { event: winit::WindowEvent::Closed, .. } => return,
+            winit::Event::WindowEvent { event: winit::WindowEvent::Closed, .. } => events_loop.interrupt(),
             _ => ()
         }
     });
diff --git a/src/api_transition.rs b/src/api_transition.rs
index 48968376..09788296 100644
--- a/src/api_transition.rs
+++ b/src/api_transition.rs
@@ -9,15 +9,21 @@ macro_rules! gen_api_transition {
     () => {
         pub struct EventsLoop {
             windows: ::std::sync::Mutex<Vec<::std::sync::Arc<Window>>>,
+            interrupted: ::std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
         }
 
         impl EventsLoop {
             pub fn new() -> EventsLoop {
                 EventsLoop {
                     windows: ::std::sync::Mutex::new(vec![]),
+                    interrupted: ::std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false),
                 }
             }
 
+            pub fn interrupt(&self) {
+                self.interrupted.store(true, ::std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+            }
+
             pub fn poll_events<F>(&self, mut callback: F)
                 where F: FnMut(::Event)
             {
@@ -35,10 +41,15 @@ macro_rules! gen_api_transition {
             pub fn run_forever<F>(&self, mut callback: F)
                 where F: FnMut(::Event)
             {
+                self.interrupted.store(false, ::std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed);
+
                 // Yeah that's a very bad implementation.
                 loop {
                     self.poll_events(|e| callback(e));
                     ::std::thread::sleep_ms(5);
+                    if self.interrupted.load(::std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b28ea0e3..0797891f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@ impl EventsLoop {
     {
         self.events_loop.run_forever(callback)
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn interrupt(&self) {
+        self.events_loop.interrupt()
+    }
 }
 
 /// Object that allows you to build windows.