diff --git a/depends/dfhooks b/depends/dfhooks
index d888c8bd52..5b70cd886f 160000
--- a/depends/dfhooks
+++ b/depends/dfhooks
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d888c8bd52f9eb83d0f5fee2242797e222522de1
+Subproject commit 5b70cd886f619b503aa770008fb79aa39a3be6fa
diff --git a/library/Hooks.cpp b/library/Hooks.cpp
index 68d6656bd8..951472eba6 100644
--- a/library/Hooks.cpp
+++ b/library/Hooks.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ DFhackCExport void dfhooks_update() {
 DFhackCExport void dfhooks_prerender() {
     if (disabled)
         return;
-    // TODO: render overlay widgets that are not attached to a viewscreen
+    // TODO: potentially render overlay elements that are not attached to a viewscreen
 }
 
 // called from the main thread for each SDL event. if true is returned, then
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ DFhackCExport bool dfhooks_sdl_event(SDL_Event* event) {
     return DFHack::Core::getInstance().DFH_SDL_Event(event);
 }
 
+// called from the main thread just after setting mouse state in gps and just
+// before rendering the screen buffer to the screen.
+DFhackCExport void dfhooks_sdl_loop() {
+    if (disabled)
+        return;
+    // TODO: wire this up to the new SDL-based console once it is merged
+}
+
 // called from the main thread for each utf-8 char read from the ncurses input
 // key is positive for ncurses keys and negative for everything else
 // if true is returned, then the event has been consumed and further processing
diff --git a/library/include/Hooks.h b/library/include/Hooks.h
index fb72fdbe35..6945de2ea6 100644
--- a/library/include/Hooks.h
+++ b/library/include/Hooks.h
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ DFhackCExport void dfhooks_shutdown();
 DFhackCExport void dfhooks_update();
 DFhackCExport void dfhooks_prerender();
 DFhackCExport bool dfhooks_sdl_event(SDL_Event* event);
+DFhackCExport void dfhooks_sdl_loop();
 DFhackCExport bool dfhooks_ncurses_key(int key);