diff --git a/crates/bevy_window/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_window/Cargo.toml
index 5ee03dc701..2323e9f0ce 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_window/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_window/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["wasm-bindgen"] }
+web-sys = "0.3"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_window/src/window.rs b/crates/bevy_window/src/window.rs
index 9cfcdf581f..b5cdf9aede 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_window/src/window.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_window/src/window.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ pub struct Window {
     pub vsync: bool,
     pub resizable: bool,
     pub mode: WindowMode,
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+    pub canvas: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// Defines the way a window is displayed
@@ -64,6 +66,8 @@ impl Window {
             vsync: window_descriptor.vsync,
             resizable: window_descriptor.resizable,
             mode: window_descriptor.mode,
+            #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+            canvas: window_descriptor.canvas.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -77,6 +81,8 @@ pub struct WindowDescriptor {
     pub vsync: bool,
     pub resizable: bool,
     pub mode: WindowMode,
+    #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+    pub canvas: Option<String>,
 
     // this is a manual implementation of the non exhaustive pattern,
     // especially made to allow ..Default::default()
@@ -93,6 +99,8 @@ impl Default for WindowDescriptor {
             vsync: true,
             resizable: true,
             mode: WindowMode::Windowed,
+            #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+            canvas: None,
             __non_exhaustive: (),
         }
     }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
index ac286e0300..466acb2276 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ log = { version = "0.4", features = ["release_max_level_info"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 winit = { version = "0.22.2", package = "cart-tmp-winit", features = ["web-sys"] }
+wasm-bindgen = { version = "0.2" }
 web-sys = "0.3"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs b/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs
index 9ec2c88e15..93a21dfe05 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_windows.rs
@@ -38,10 +38,30 @@ impl WinitWindows {
                 .with_resizable(window.resizable),
         };
 
-        let winit_window = winit_window_builder
-            .with_title(&window.title)
-            .build(&event_loop)
-            .unwrap();
+        #[allow(unused_mut)]
+        let mut winit_window_builder = winit_window_builder.with_title(&window.title);
+
+        #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+        {
+            use wasm_bindgen::JsCast;
+            use winit::platform::web::WindowBuilderExtWebSys;
+
+            if let Some(selector) = &window.canvas {
+                let window = web_sys::window().unwrap();
+                let document = window.document().unwrap();
+                let canvas = document
+                    .query_selector(&selector)
+                    .expect("Cannot query for canvas element");
+                if let Some(canvas) = canvas {
+                    let canvas = canvas.dyn_into::<web_sys::HtmlCanvasElement>().ok();
+                    winit_window_builder = winit_window_builder.with_canvas(canvas);
+                } else {
+                    panic!("Cannot find element: {}", selector);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let winit_window = winit_window_builder.build(&event_loop).unwrap();
 
         self.window_id_to_winit.insert(window.id, winit_window.id());
         self.winit_to_window_id.insert(winit_window.id(), window.id);
@@ -50,14 +70,16 @@ impl WinitWindows {
         {
             use winit::platform::web::WindowExtWebSys;
 
-            let canvas = winit_window.canvas();
+            if window.canvas.is_none() {
+                let canvas = winit_window.canvas();
 
-            let window = web_sys::window().unwrap();
-            let document = window.document().unwrap();
-            let body = document.body().unwrap();
+                let window = web_sys::window().unwrap();
+                let document = window.document().unwrap();
+                let body = document.body().unwrap();
 
-            body.append_child(&canvas)
-                .expect("Append canvas to HTML body");
+                body.append_child(&canvas)
+                    .expect("Append canvas to HTML body");
+            }
         }
 
         self.windows.insert(winit_window.id(), winit_window);