diff --git a/include/gint/drivers/keydev.h b/include/gint/drivers/keydev.h
index f5495cc..9725e1d 100644
--- a/include/gint/drivers/keydev.h
+++ b/include/gint/drivers/keydev.h
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	/* Parameters for the standard repeat function */
 	int rep_standard_first, rep_standard_next;
 
+   /* State of keys that have changes since the last flip monitoring reset. */
+   GALIGNED(4) uint8_t state_flips[12];
+
 } keydev_t;
 
 /* keydev_std(): Standard keyboard input device
@@ -274,6 +277,17 @@ void keydev_set_async_filter(keydev_t *d, keydev_async_filter_t filter);
 /* keydev_keydown(): Check if a key is down according to generated events */
 bool keydev_keydown(keydev_t *d, int key);
 
+/* keydev_keypressed(): Check if a key was pressed
+   This compares to the state at the time of the last keydev_clear_flips(). */
+bool keydev_keypressed(keydev_t *d, int key);
+
+/* keydev_keyreleased(): Check if a key was released
+   This compares to the state at the time of the last keydev_clear_flips(). */
+bool keydev_keyreleased(keydev_t *d, int key);
+
+/* keydev_clear_flips(): Reset flip info used by keypressed()/keyreleased() */
+void keydev_clear_flips(keydev_t *d);
+
 /* keydev_transform(): Obtain current transform parameters */
 keydev_transform_t keydev_transform(keydev_t *d);
 
diff --git a/include/gint/keyboard.h b/include/gint/keyboard.h
index edbbcee..6347507 100644
--- a/include/gint/keyboard.h
+++ b/include/gint/keyboard.h
@@ -60,6 +60,24 @@ extern "C" {
 
    * clearevents() reads all pending events from the input queue.
 
+   Games are often also interested in whether keys were pressed or released
+   _since the last frame_. gint doesn't know what a frame is, but you can track
+   key state flips by using cleareventflips() before reading events and
+   keypressed() and keyreleased() afterwards.
+
+   * keypressed() checks if the specified key is currently down and was up at
+     the time of the last cleareventflips().
+   * keyreleased() checks if the specified key is currently up and was down at
+     the time of the last cleareventflips().
+
+   A typical game loop might look like. cleareventflisps() must be called
+   _before_ clearevents().
+
+     cleareventflips();
+     clearevents(); // or pollevent(), waitevent()
+     if(keydown(KEY_RIGHT)) move();
+     if(keypressed(KEY_F6)) open_inventory();
+
    The previous functions are quite low-level. GUI programs that look like the
    system applications will prefer using a GetKey()-like functions that return
    a single key press at a time, heeds for releases, for SHIFT and ALPHA
@@ -162,6 +180,12 @@ key_event_t waitevent(volatile int *timeout);
 /* clearevents(): Read all events waiting in the queue */
 void clearevents(void);
 
+/* cleareventflips(): Set the time reference for keypressed()/keyreleased()
+   The two functions keypressed() and keyreleased() will use the keyboard state
+   at the time this function was called to determine whether any given key was
+   just pressed or jut released. */
+void cleareventflips(void);
+
 //---
 //	Key state functions
 //---
@@ -181,6 +205,16 @@ int keydown_all(int key1, ...);
    sequence should be terminated by a 0 integer. */
 int keydown_any(int key1, ...);
 
+/* keypressed(): Check if a key was just pressed
+   This function returns non-zero if the specified key is currently down, *and*
+   it was up at the time of the last call to cleareventflips(). */
+int keypressed(int key);
+
+/* keyreleased(): Check if a key was just released
+   This function returns non-zero if the specified key is currently up, *and*
+   it was down at the time of the last call to cleareventflips(). */
+int keyreleased(int key);
+
 //---
 //	High-level functions
 //---
diff --git a/src/keysc/keydev.c b/src/keysc/keydev.c
index b767505..7850d39 100644
--- a/src/keysc/keydev.c
+++ b/src/keysc/keydev.c
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ key_event_t keydev_unqueue_event(keydev_t *d)
 	if(ev.type == KEYEV_DOWN)
 	{
 		d->state_queue[row] |= col;
+		d->state_flips[row] ^= col;
 		/* Mark this key as the currently repeating one */
 		if(d->rep_key == 0 && can_repeat(d, ev.key))
 		{
@@ -191,6 +192,7 @@ key_event_t keydev_unqueue_event(keydev_t *d)
 	else if(ev.type == KEYEV_UP)
 	{
 		d->state_queue[row] &= ~col;
+		d->state_flips[row] ^= col;
 		/* End the current repeating streak */
 		if(d->rep_key == ev.key)
 		{
@@ -219,6 +221,27 @@ bool keydev_keydown(keydev_t *d, int key)
 __attribute__((alias("keydev_keydown")))
 bool _WEAK_keydev_keydown(keydev_t *d, int key);
 
+bool keydev_keypressed(keydev_t *d, int key)
+{
+	int row = (key >> 4);
+	int col = 0x80 >> (key & 0x7);
+
+	return (d->state_queue[row] & col) && (d->state_flips[row] & col);
+}
+
+bool keydev_keyreleased(keydev_t *d, int key)
+{
+	int row = (key >> 4);
+	int col = 0x80 >> (key & 0x7);
+
+	return !(d->state_queue[row] & col) && (d->state_flips[row] & col);
+}
+
+void keydev_clear_flips(keydev_t *d)
+{
+	memset(d->state_flips, 0, sizeof d->state_flips);
+}
+
 //---
 // Event transforms
 //---
diff --git a/src/keysc/keysc.c b/src/keysc/keysc.c
index e68f193..958b5ac 100644
--- a/src/keysc/keysc.c
+++ b/src/keysc/keysc.c
@@ -102,12 +102,26 @@ void clearevents(void)
 	while(pollevent().type != KEYEV_NONE);
 }
 
-/* keydown(): Current key state */
+void cleareventflips(void)
+{
+	keydev_clear_flips(&keysc_dev);
+}
+
 int keydown(int key)
 {
 	return keydev_keydown(&keysc_dev, key);
 }
 
+int keypressed(int key)
+{
+	return keydev_keypressed(&keysc_dev, key);
+}
+
+int keyreleased(int key)
+{
+	return keydev_keyreleased(&keysc_dev, key);
+}
+
 //---
 // Driver initialization
 //---