diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ec1fa1..e0f05e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,11 +40,16 @@ version = "0.3.13"
 default-features = false
 features = ["hardcoded-data"]
 
+[dependencies.peniko]
+version = "0.3.1"
+optional = true
+
 [features]
 default = ["std", "swash", "fontconfig"]
 fontconfig = ["fontdb/fontconfig", "std"]
 monospace_fallback = []
 no_std = ["rustybuzz/libm", "hashbrown", "dep:libm"]
+peniko = ["dep:peniko"]
 shape-run-cache = []
 std = [
     "fontdb/memmap",
diff --git a/src/font/mod.rs b/src/font/mod.rs
index d5e7c07..cb9182a 100644
--- a/src/font/mod.rs
+++ b/src/font/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 // re-export ttf_parser
 pub use ttf_parser;
+// re-export peniko::Font;
+#[cfg(feature = "peniko")]
+pub use peniko::Font as PenikoFont;
 
 use core::fmt;
 
@@ -38,7 +41,10 @@ pub struct Font {
     #[cfg(feature = "swash")]
     swash: (u32, swash::CacheKey),
     rustybuzz: OwnedFace,
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "peniko"))]
     data: Arc<dyn AsRef<[u8]> + Send + Sync>,
+    #[cfg(feature = "peniko")]
+    data: peniko::Font,
     id: fontdb::ID,
     monospace_fallback: Option<FontMonospaceFallback>,
 }
@@ -73,13 +79,25 @@ impl Font {
     }
 
     pub fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        (*self.data).as_ref()
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "peniko"))]
+        {
+            (*self.data).as_ref()
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "peniko")]
+        {
+            self.data.data.data()
+        }
     }
 
     pub fn rustybuzz(&self) -> &RustybuzzFace<'_> {
         self.rustybuzz.borrow_dependent()
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "peniko")]
+    pub fn as_peniko(&self) -> PenikoFont {
+        self.data.clone()
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "swash")]
     pub fn as_swash(&self) -> swash::FontRef<'_> {
         let swash = &self.swash;
@@ -171,7 +189,10 @@ impl Font {
                 RustybuzzFace::from_slice((**data).as_ref(), info.index).ok_or(())
             })
             .ok()?,
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "peniko"))]
             data,
+            #[cfg(feature = "peniko")]
+            data: peniko::Font::new(peniko::Blob::new(data), info.index),
         })
     }
 }