diff --git a/libmxclient/mxclientlib.go b/libmxclient/mxclientlib.go
index e17f168..c0c65f0 100644
--- a/libmxclient/mxclientlib.go
+++ b/libmxclient/mxclientlib.go
@@ -192,6 +192,18 @@ func cliv0_mxpassitem(mxpassfile_path *C.char, url *C.char, localpart *C.char, d
 	return C.CString(s)
 }
 
+//export cliv0_genericrequest
+func cliv0_genericrequest(hs *C.char, tk *C.char, reqData *C.char) *C.char {
+	_hs := C.GoString(hs)
+	_tk := C.GoString(tk)
+	_reqData := C.GoString(reqData)
+	resp, err := mxutils.GenericRequest(_hs, _tk, _reqData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return C.CString(fmt.Sprintf("ERR: %v\n%s", err, resp))
+	}
+	return C.CString(resp)
+}
+
 /*
 high level api, supports multiple clients
 the same handler can be attached to multiple clients
diff --git a/libmxclient/mxutils/generic.go b/libmxclient/mxutils/generic.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30136ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libmxclient/mxutils/generic.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2026 saces@c-base.org
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+package mxutils
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"maunium.net/go/mautrix"
+)
+
+type req_data struct {
+	Method  string              `json:"method"`
+	Path    mautrix.BaseURLPath `json:"path"`
+	Payload any                 `json:"payload"`
+}
+
+func GenericRequest(hs string, accessToken string, reqData string) (string, error) {
+	var rd req_data
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(reqData), &rd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	mauclient, err := mautrix.NewClient(hs, "", accessToken)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	urlPath := mauclient.BuildURLWithFullQuery(mautrix.BaseURLPath(rd.Path), nil)
+	resp, err := mauclient.MakeRequest(context.Background(), rd.Method, urlPath, rd.Payload, nil)
+	return string(resp), err
+}
diff --git a/pygomx/build_ffi.py b/pygomx/build_ffi.py
index be96195..418c614 100644
--- a/pygomx/build_ffi.py
+++ b/pygomx/build_ffi.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ ffibuilder.cdef(
     extern char* cliv0_clearaccount(char* hs, char* accessToken);
     extern char* cliv0_serverinfo(char* url);
     extern char* cliv0_mxpassitem(char* mxpassfile, char* hs, char* localpart, char* domain);
+    extern char* cliv0_genericrequest(char* hs, char* accessToken, char* req);
     extern int   apiv0_initialize();
     extern int   apiv0_deinitialize();
     extern char* apiv0_discover(char* mxid);