diff --git a/cocoa/NSEvent.go b/cocoa/NSEvent.go
index 48a3f294..4a79f217 100644
--- a/cocoa/NSEvent.go
+++ b/cocoa/NSEvent.go
@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@ package cocoa
 #include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #include <AppKit/AppKit.h>
 
-void monitor(unsigned long long int mask) {
+void monitorGlobal(unsigned long long int mask) {
 	[NSEvent addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:mask
             handler:^(NSEvent *incomingEvent) {
-		void monitorReentry(NSEvent *event);
-		monitorReentry(incomingEvent);
+		void monitorGlobalReentry(NSEvent *event);
+		monitorGlobalReentry(incomingEvent);
         return;
     }];
 }
 
+void monitorLocal(unsigned long long int mask) {
+	[NSEvent addLocalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:mask
+            handler:^(NSEvent *incomingEvent) {
+		NSEvent* monitorLocalReentry(NSEvent *event);
+		return monitorLocalReentry(incomingEvent);
+    }];
+}
+
 */
 import "C"
 import (
@@ -102,7 +110,12 @@ type NSEvent struct {
 
 func NSEvent_GlobalMonitorMatchingMask(mask uint64, ch chan NSEvent) {
 	monitorCh = ch
-	C.monitor(C.ulonglong(mask))
+	C.monitorGlobal(C.ulonglong(mask))
+}
+
+func NSEvent_LocalMonitorMatchingMask(mask uint64, ch chan NSEvent) {
+	monitorCh = ch
+	C.monitorLocal(C.ulonglong(mask))
 }
 
 func (e NSEvent) KeyCode() (int64, error) {
diff --git a/cocoa/NSEvent_monitor.go b/cocoa/NSEvent_monitor.go
index b8a87284..6d18d401 100644
--- a/cocoa/NSEvent_monitor.go
+++ b/cocoa/NSEvent_monitor.go
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ import (
 
 var monitorCh chan NSEvent
 
-//export monitorReentry
-func monitorReentry(event unsafe.Pointer) {
+//export monitorGlobalReentry
+func monitorGlobalReentry(event unsafe.Pointer) {
 	if event == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -24,3 +24,14 @@ func monitorReentry(event unsafe.Pointer) {
 	obj.Retain()
 	monitorCh <- NSEvent_fromRef(obj)
 }
+
+//export monitorLocalReentry
+func monitorLocalReentry(event unsafe.Pointer) unsafe.Pointer {
+	if event == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	obj := objc.ObjectPtr(uintptr(event))
+	obj.Retain()
+	monitorCh <- NSEvent_fromRef(obj)
+	return event
+}