diff --git a/crates/egui-winit/src/lib.rs b/crates/egui-winit/src/lib.rs
index d72c44245ee..9f820c67f6e 100644
--- a/crates/egui-winit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/egui-winit/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ use winit::{
     window::{CursorGrabMode, Window, WindowButtons, WindowLevel},
 };
 
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::RwLock;
+
 pub fn screen_size_in_pixels(window: &Window) -> egui::Vec2 {
     let size = if cfg!(target_os = "ios") {
         // `outer_size` Includes the area behind the "dynamic island".
@@ -102,7 +105,7 @@ pub struct State {
     has_sent_ime_enabled: bool,
 
     #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
-    accesskit: Option<accesskit_winit::Adapter>,
+    accesskit: Option<Arc<RwLock<accesskit_winit::Adapter>>>,
 
     allow_ime: bool,
     ime_rect_px: Option<egui::Rect>,
@@ -172,11 +175,14 @@ impl State {
     ) {
         profiling::function_scope!();
 
-        self.accesskit = Some(accesskit_winit::Adapter::with_event_loop_proxy(
-            event_loop,
-            window,
-            event_loop_proxy,
-        ));
+        self.accesskit = Some(Arc::new(RwLock::new(
+            accesskit_winit::Adapter::with_event_loop_proxy(event_loop, window, event_loop_proxy),
+        )));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
+    pub fn init_accesskit_with_adapter(&mut self, adapter: Arc<RwLock<accesskit_winit::Adapter>>) {
+        self.accesskit = Some(adapter);
     }
 
     /// Call this once a graphics context has been created to update the maximum texture dimensions
@@ -270,7 +276,8 @@ impl State {
         profiling::function_scope!(short_window_event_description(event));
 
         #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
-        if let Some(accesskit) = self.accesskit.as_mut() {
+        if let Some(accesskit) = self.accesskit.as_ref() {
+            let mut accesskit = accesskit.write().unwrap();
             accesskit.process_event(window, event);
         }
 
@@ -941,9 +948,10 @@ impl State {
         }
 
         #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
-        if let Some(accesskit) = self.accesskit.as_mut()
+        if let Some(accesskit) = self.accesskit.as_ref()
             && let Some(update) = accesskit_update
         {
+            let mut accesskit = accesskit.write().unwrap();
             profiling::scope!("accesskit");
             accesskit.update_if_active(|| update);
         }
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/context.rs b/crates/egui/src/context.rs
index 5a868dd7566..702b6718c19 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/context.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/context.rs
@@ -622,6 +622,36 @@ impl ContextImpl {
         builders.get_mut(&id).unwrap()
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
+    fn add_accesskit_node(&mut self, id: Id, node: accesskit::Node) {
+        let state = self.viewport().this_pass.accesskit_state.as_mut().unwrap();
+        let nodes = &mut state.nodes;
+        assert_eq!(nodes.insert(id, node), None);
+
+        /// Find the first ancestor that already has an accesskit node.
+        fn find_accesskit_parent(
+            parent_map: &IdMap<Id>,
+            node_map: &IdMap<accesskit::Node>,
+            id: Id,
+        ) -> Option<Id> {
+            if let Some(parent_id) = parent_map.get(&id) {
+                if node_map.contains_key(parent_id) {
+                    Some(*parent_id)
+                } else {
+                    find_accesskit_parent(parent_map, node_map, *parent_id)
+                }
+            } else {
+                None
+            }
+        }
+
+        let parent_id = find_accesskit_parent(&state.parent_map, nodes, id)
+            .unwrap_or(crate::accesskit_root_id());
+
+        let parent_builder = nodes.get_mut(&parent_id).unwrap();
+        parent_builder.push_child(id.accesskit_id());
+    }
+
     fn pixels_per_point(&mut self) -> f32 {
         self.viewport().input.pixels_per_point
     }
@@ -3515,6 +3545,31 @@ impl Context {
         })
     }
 
+    /// If AccessKit support is active for the current frame, build a new node
+    /// with the given ID using `writer`. The writer receives the node and a struct
+    /// that allows it to insert nodes for other descendants as needed.
+    ///
+    /// Returns `None` if acesskit is off.
+    // TODO(emilk): consider making both read-only and read-write versions
+    #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
+    pub fn accesskit_subtree_builder<R>(
+        &self,
+        id: Id,
+        writer: impl FnOnce(&mut accesskit::Node, &mut crate::pass_state::AccessKitPassState) -> R,
+    ) -> Option<R> {
+        self.write(|ctx| {
+            let mut node = accesskit::Node::default();
+            let accesskit_state = &mut ctx.viewport().this_pass.accesskit_state;
+            let result = accesskit_state
+                .as_mut()
+                .map(|state| writer(&mut node, state));
+            if accesskit_state.is_some() {
+                ctx.add_accesskit_node(id, node);
+            }
+            result
+        })
+    }
+
     #[cfg(feature = "accesskit")]
     pub(crate) fn register_accesskit_parent(&self, id: Id, parent_id: Id) {
         self.write(|ctx| {