diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 0613552..8be9c1b 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import "C"
 // ask an EventLoop to quit.
 
 type api struct {
+	shareable
 	loop              EventLoop
 	callback          NotificationCallback
 	eventCallback     EventCallback
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ func BuildAPI(configPath string, userPath string, overrides string) Configurator
 	//defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cUserPath))
 	//defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cOverrides)
 	C.startOptions(cConfigPath, cUserPath, cOverrides)
-	return &api{
+	var r *api
+	r = &api{
 		loop:              defaultEventLoop,
 		callback:          nil,
 		eventCallback:     defaultEventCallback,
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ func BuildAPI(configPath string, userPath string, overrides string) Configurator
 		logger:            &defaultLogger{},
 		networks:          make(map[uint32]*network),
 		quitDeviceMonitor: make(chan int, 2)}
+	r.shareable.init(r)
+	return r
 }
 
 func (a *api) QuitSignal() chan int {
diff --git a/api.h b/api.h
index 74fd706..5a32b09 100644
--- a/api.h
+++ b/api.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifndef API_H 
+#ifndef API_H
 #define API_H
 //
 // api.h
@@ -39,14 +39,15 @@ extern "C" {
 #else
 #endif
 
+#include "api/shareable.h"
 typedef void API;
-
 #include "api/manager.h"
 #include "api/node.h"
 #include "api/value.h"
 #include "api/notification.h"
 #include "api/options.h"
 
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 #include "_cgo_export.h"
 }
diff --git a/api/shareable.h b/api/shareable.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26b1f46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/shareable.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+typedef struct shareable {
+	int sharedIndex;
+} shareable;
+
+shareable * newShareable(int i);
diff --git a/api_test.go b/api_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee1fb5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package openzwave
+
+import "testing"
+
+func Test_RoundtripMarshaling(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &api{}
+	a.init(a)
+	c := a.C()
+	aa := unmarshal(c).Go().(*api)
+	if a != aa {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to round trip")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 631177e..2e31d0c 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (a *api) Run() int {
 	//
 
 	go func() {
-		cSelf := unsafe.Pointer(a) // a reference to a
+		cSelf := a.C()
 
 		C.startManager(cSelf) // start the manager
 		defer C.stopManager(cSelf)
@@ -214,12 +214,14 @@ func (a *api) Shutdown(exit int) {
 	default:
 	}
 
+	a.shareable.destroy()
+
 }
 
 //export onNotificationWrapper
 func onNotificationWrapper(cNotification *C.Notification, context unsafe.Pointer) {
 	// marshal from C to Go
-	a := (*api)(context)
+	a := unmarshal(context).Go().(*api)
 	goNotification := newGoNotification(cNotification)
 	if a.callback != nil {
 		a.callback(a, goNotification)
diff --git a/shareable.cpp b/shareable.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..725aacf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shareable.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include "api.h"
+
+shareable * newShareable(int i) {
+	shareable * r = (shareable *) malloc(sizeof(shareable));
+	r->sharedIndex = i;
+	return 	r;
+}
diff --git a/shareable.go b/shareable.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db34d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shareable.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package openzwave
+
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lopenzwave -Lgo/src/github.com/ninjasphere/go-openzwave/openzwave
+// #cgo CPPFLAGS: -Iopenzwave/cpp/src/platform -Iopenzwave/cpp/src -Iopenzwave/cpp/src/value_classes
+// #include "api.h"
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"sync"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// This module fixes an issue revealed when Go 1.6 tightened up the rules
+// about sharing of Go pointers with C code. https://github.com/golang/go/issues/12416
+//
+// Now we register a reference with a map and get a pointer to a structure in the C heap on return.
+// We use the integer recorded in this structure to map back into the Go world.
+//
+// That way there are O(1) marshaling operations, and Go pointer is never shared with or
+// dereferenced by the C world
+//
+var shared = map[int]Shareable{}
+var sharedCount = 0
+var mu sync.RWMutex
+
+type Shareable interface {
+	C() unsafe.Pointer
+	Go() interface{}
+}
+
+type shareable struct {
+	cref     *C.shareable
+	goObject interface{}
+}
+
+func (s *shareable) init(goObject interface{}) {
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+
+	sharedCount++
+	s.cref = C.newShareable(C.int(sharedCount))
+	shared[int(s.cref.sharedIndex)] = s
+	s.goObject = goObject
+}
+
+func (s *shareable) destroy() {
+	if s.cref != nil {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
+		delete(shared, int(s.cref.sharedIndex))
+		C.free(s.C())
+		s.cref = nil
+	}
+}
+
+func (s *shareable) C() unsafe.Pointer {
+	return unsafe.Pointer(s.cref)
+}
+
+func (s *shareable) Go() interface{} {
+	if s == nil {
+		return nil
+	} else {
+		return s.goObject
+	}
+}
+
+func unmarshal(c unsafe.Pointer) Shareable {
+	mu.RLock()
+	defer mu.RUnlock()
+
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	i := (*C.shareable)(c).sharedIndex
+	if s, ok := shared[int(i)]; !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Errorf("failure to unmarshal index %d", int(i)))
+	} else {
+		return s
+	}
+}