diff --git a/include/aquamarine/backend/Backend.hpp b/include/aquamarine/backend/Backend.hpp
index 559c740..36e95d2 100644
--- a/include/aquamarine/backend/Backend.hpp
+++ b/include/aquamarine/backend/Backend.hpp
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ namespace Aquamarine {
         /* Get the render formats the primary backend supports */
         std::vector<SDRMFormat> getPrimaryRenderFormats();
 
+        /* get a vector of the backend implementations available */
+        const std::vector<Hyprutils::Memory::CSharedPointer<IBackendImplementation>>& getImplementations();
+
         struct {
             Hyprutils::Signal::CSignal newOutput;
             Hyprutils::Signal::CSignal newPointer;
diff --git a/src/backend/Backend.cpp b/src/backend/Backend.cpp
index 5812d64..818560a 100644
--- a/src/backend/Backend.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/Backend.cpp
@@ -247,3 +247,7 @@ std::vector<SDRMFormat> Aquamarine::CBackend::getPrimaryRenderFormats() {
 
     return {};
 }
+
+const std::vector<Hyprutils::Memory::CSharedPointer<IBackendImplementation>>& Aquamarine::CBackend::getImplementations() {
+    return implementations;
+}