diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceNEWT.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceNEWT.java
index f44d48cc7..2acaf6760 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceNEWT.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PSurfaceNEWT.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package processing.opengl;
 
+import java.awt.Canvas;
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Frame;
 import java.awt.Rectangle;
@@ -59,6 +60,15 @@ public class PSurfaceNEWT implements PSurface {
 
   }
 
+  public Canvas initCanvas(PApplet sketch) {
+    this.sketch = sketch;
+
+    sketchWidth = sketch.sketchWidth();
+    sketchHeight = sketch.sketchHeight();
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
   public Frame initFrame(PApplet sketch, Color backgroundColor,
                          int deviceIndex, boolean fullScreen,
                          boolean spanDisplays) {