diff --git a/src/cocoa_opengl.m b/src/cocoa_opengl.m
index 2ffd774c..1f1f0f23 100644
--- a/src/cocoa_opengl.m
+++ b/src/cocoa_opengl.m
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 
+//========================================================================
+// The per-thread current context/window pointer
+// TODO: Implement pthreads TLS
+//========================================================================
+_GLFWwindow* _glfwCurrentWindow = NULL;
+
+
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //////                       GLFW platform API                      //////
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -44,6 +51,18 @@ void _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(_GLFWwindow* window)
         [window->NSGL.context makeCurrentContext];
     else
         [NSOpenGLContext clearCurrentContext];
+
+    _glfwCurrentWindow = window;
+}
+
+
+//========================================================================
+// Return the window object whose context is current
+//========================================================================
+
+_GLFWwindow* _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext(void)
+{
+    return _glfwCurrentWindow;
 }
 
 
@@ -64,7 +83,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformSwapBuffers(_GLFWwindow* window)
 
 void _glfwPlatformSwapInterval(int interval)
 {
-    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwCurrentWindow;
 
     GLint sync = interval;
     [window->NSGL.context setValues:&sync forParameter:NSOpenGLCPSwapInterval];
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 89ac48b2..5ea2a815 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ struct _GLFWlibrary
     _GLFWhints    hints;
 
     _GLFWwindow*  windowListHead;
-    _GLFWwindow*  currentWindow;
     _GLFWwindow*  activeWindow;
 
     GLFWwindowsizefun    windowSizeCallback;
@@ -309,6 +308,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformWaitEvents(void);
 
 // OpenGL context management
 void _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(_GLFWwindow* window);
+_GLFWwindow* _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext(void);
 void _glfwPlatformSwapBuffers(_GLFWwindow* window);
 void _glfwPlatformSwapInterval(int interval);
 void _glfwPlatformRefreshWindowParams(_GLFWwindow* window);
diff --git a/src/opengl.c b/src/opengl.c
index 67c6f414..dea2e387 100644
--- a/src/opengl.c
+++ b/src/opengl.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ GLboolean _glfwIsValidContextConfig(_GLFWwndconfig* wndconfig)
 
 GLboolean _glfwRefreshContextParams(void)
 {
-    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext();
 
     if (!parseGLVersion(&window->glMajor,
                         &window->glMinor,
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ GLboolean _glfwRefreshContextParams(void)
 
 GLboolean _glfwIsValidContext(_GLFWwndconfig* wndconfig)
 {
-    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext();
 
     if (window->glMajor < wndconfig->glMajor ||
         (window->glMajor == wndconfig->glMajor &&
@@ -492,16 +492,15 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwMakeContextCurrent(GLFWwindow handle)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (_glfwLibrary.currentWindow == window)
+    if (_glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext() == window)
         return;
 
     _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(window);
-    _glfwLibrary.currentWindow = window;
 }
 
 
 //========================================================================
-// Returns the window whose OpenGL context is current
+// Return the window object whose context is current
 //========================================================================
 
 GLFWAPI GLFWwindow glfwGetCurrentContext(void)
@@ -512,7 +511,7 @@ GLFWAPI GLFWwindow glfwGetCurrentContext(void)
         return GL_FALSE;
     }
 
-    return _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    return _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext();
 }
 
 
@@ -546,7 +545,7 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwSwapInterval(int interval)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (!_glfwLibrary.currentWindow)
+    if (!_glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext())
     {
         _glfwSetError(GLFW_NO_CURRENT_CONTEXT, NULL);
         return;
@@ -571,7 +570,7 @@ GLFWAPI int glfwExtensionSupported(const char* extension)
         return GL_FALSE;
     }
 
-    window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    window = _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext();
     if (!window)
     {
         _glfwSetError(GLFW_NO_CURRENT_CONTEXT, NULL);
@@ -632,7 +631,7 @@ GLFWAPI GLFWglproc glfwGetProcAddress(const char* procname)
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (!_glfwLibrary.currentWindow)
+    if (!_glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext())
     {
         _glfwSetError(GLFW_NO_CURRENT_CONTEXT, NULL);
         return NULL;
@@ -660,7 +659,7 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwCopyContext(GLFWwindow hsrc, GLFWwindow hdst, unsigned long mas
     src = (_GLFWwindow*) hsrc;
     dst = (_GLFWwindow*) hdst;
 
-    if (_glfwLibrary.currentWindow == dst)
+    if (_glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext() == dst)
     {
         _glfwSetError(GLFW_INVALID_VALUE,
                       "glfwCopyContext: Cannot copy OpenGL state to a current context");
diff --git a/src/win32_opengl.c b/src/win32_opengl.c
index fe1898e7..3b30179f 100644
--- a/src/win32_opengl.c
+++ b/src/win32_opengl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 #include "internal.h"
 
 
+//========================================================================
+// The per-thread current context/window pointer
+//========================================================================
+__declspec(thread) _GLFWwindow* _glfwCurrentWindow = NULL;
+
+
 //========================================================================
 // Initialize WGL-specific extensions
 // This function is called once before initial context creation, i.e. before
@@ -438,7 +444,7 @@ static GLboolean createContext(_GLFWwindow* window,
         }
     }
 
-    glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
+    _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(window);
     initWGLExtensions(window);
 
     return GL_TRUE;
@@ -507,8 +513,8 @@ void _glfwDestroyContext(_GLFWwindow* window)
 {
     // This is duplicated from glfwDestroyWindow
     // TODO: Stop duplicating code
-    if (window == _glfwLibrary.currentWindow)
-        glfwMakeContextCurrent(NULL);
+    if (window == _glfwCurrentWindow)
+        _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(NULL);
 
     if (window->WGL.context)
     {
@@ -538,6 +544,18 @@ void _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(_GLFWwindow* window)
         wglMakeCurrent(window->WGL.DC, window->WGL.context);
     else
         wglMakeCurrent(NULL, NULL);
+
+    _glfwCurrentWindow = window;
+}
+
+
+//========================================================================
+// Return the window object whose context is current
+//========================================================================
+
+_GLFWwindow* _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext(void)
+{
+    return _glfwCurrentWindow;
 }
 
 
@@ -557,7 +575,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformSwapBuffers(_GLFWwindow* window)
 
 void _glfwPlatformSwapInterval(int interval)
 {
-    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwCurrentWindow;
 
     if (window->WGL.EXT_swap_control)
         window->WGL.SwapIntervalEXT(interval);
@@ -572,7 +590,7 @@ int _glfwPlatformExtensionSupported(const char* extension)
 {
     const GLubyte* extensions;
 
-    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwCurrentWindow;
 
     if (window->WGL.GetExtensionsStringEXT != NULL)
     {
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index df592751..352e3ad9 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -451,8 +451,9 @@ GLFWAPI void glfwDestroyWindow(GLFWwindow handle)
         return;
 
     // Clear the current context if this window's context is current
-    if (window == _glfwLibrary.currentWindow)
-        glfwMakeContextCurrent(NULL);
+    // TODO: Re-examine this in light of multithreading
+    if (window == _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext())
+        _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(NULL);
 
     // Clear the active window pointer if this is the active window
     if (window == _glfwLibrary.activeWindow)
diff --git a/src/x11_opengl.c b/src/x11_opengl.c
index 2a5cc451..d7f33999 100644
--- a/src/x11_opengl.c
+++ b/src/x11_opengl.c
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
 // This is the only glXGetProcAddress variant not declared by glxext.h
 void (*glXGetProcAddressEXT(const GLubyte* procName))();
 
+//========================================================================
+// The per-thread current context/window pointer
+//========================================================================
+__thread _GLFWwindow* _glfwCurrentWindow = NULL;
+
 
 //========================================================================
 // Returns the specified attribute of the specified GLXFBConfig
@@ -621,6 +626,10 @@ XVisualInfo* _glfwGetContextVisual(_GLFWwindow* window)
 }
 
 
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//////                       GLFW platform API                      //////
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 //========================================================================
 // Make the OpenGL context associated with the specified window current
 //========================================================================
@@ -635,6 +644,18 @@ void _glfwPlatformMakeContextCurrent(_GLFWwindow* window)
     }
     else
         glXMakeCurrent(_glfwLibrary.X11.display, None, NULL);
+
+    _glfwCurrentWindow = window;
+}
+
+
+//========================================================================
+// Return the window object whose context is current
+//========================================================================
+
+_GLFWwindow* _glfwPlatformGetCurrentContext(void)
+{
+    return _glfwCurrentWindow;
 }
 
 
@@ -654,7 +675,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformSwapBuffers(_GLFWwindow* window)
 
 void _glfwPlatformSwapInterval(int interval)
 {
-    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwLibrary.currentWindow;
+    _GLFWwindow* window = _glfwCurrentWindow;
 
     if (_glfwLibrary.GLX.EXT_swap_control)
     {