diff --git a/src/viewer/Viewer.ts b/src/viewer/Viewer.ts
index 44efa6f7..f040a385 100644
--- a/src/viewer/Viewer.ts
+++ b/src/viewer/Viewer.ts
@@ -449,6 +449,18 @@ export class Viewer extends EventEmitter {
             });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the HTML element containing the viewer's <canvas> element.
+     *
+     * @description This is the element to which event bindings for viewer
+     * interactivity (such as panning and zooming) are attached.
+     *
+     * @returns {HTMLElement} The container viewer's <canvas> element.
+     */
+    public getCanvasContainer(): HTMLElement {
+        return this._container.canvasContainer;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the basic coordinates of the current image that is
      * at the center of the viewport.