diff --git a/lib/app.dart b/lib/app.dart
index 5e6204a4..ee7b6643 100644
--- a/lib/app.dart
+++ b/lib/app.dart
@@ -84,14 +84,17 @@ class _RootShellState extends State<_RootShell> {
         onKeyEvent: _onKey,
         child: ColoredBox(
           color: tokens.globalBackground,
-          child: DialogHost(
-            router: widget.services.dialog,
-            child: Stack(
-              children: [
-                const Positioned.fill(child: RootLayout()),
-                const ClidePalette(),
-                const Positioned.fill(child: _WelcomeOverlay()),
-              ],
+          child: ClideResizeBorder(
+            windowControls: widget.services.window,
+            child: DialogHost(
+              router: widget.services.dialog,
+              child: Stack(
+                children: [
+                  const Positioned.fill(child: RootLayout()),
+                  const ClidePalette(),
+                  const Positioned.fill(child: _WelcomeOverlay()),
+                ],
+              ),
             ),
           ),
         ),
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/window_controls.dart b/lib/kernel/src/window_controls.dart
index 29c4eacf..c29981a6 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/window_controls.dart
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/window_controls.dart
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
 enum ChromeStyle { seam, prompt, inline }
 
+enum ResizeEdge { topLeft, top, topRight, left, right, bottomLeft, bottom, bottomRight }
+
 class WindowControls extends ChangeNotifier {
   static const _channel = MethodChannel('clide/window');
 
@@ -15,6 +17,14 @@ class WindowControls extends ChangeNotifier {
     notifyListeners();
   }
 
+  Future<void> startResize(ResizeEdge edge) async {
+    try {
+      await _channel.invokeMethod('startResize', edge.index);
+    } on MissingPluginException {
+      // no-op
+    }
+  }
+
   Future<void> startDrag() async {
     try {
       await _channel.invokeMethod('startDrag');
diff --git a/lib/widgets/src/clide_resize_border.dart b/lib/widgets/src/clide_resize_border.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3298a83c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/widgets/src/clide_resize_border.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import 'package:clide/kernel/src/window_controls.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/widgets.dart';
+
+class ClideResizeBorder extends StatelessWidget {
+  const ClideResizeBorder({super.key, required this.windowControls, required this.child});
+
+  final WindowControls windowControls;
+  final Widget child;
+
+  static const double _edge = 6;
+  static const double _corner = 12;
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    return Stack(
+      children: [
+        Positioned.fill(child: child),
+        // Corners
+        _zone(Alignment.topLeft, _corner, _corner, SystemMouseCursors.resizeUpLeft, ResizeEdge.topLeft),
+        _zone(Alignment.topRight, _corner, _corner, SystemMouseCursors.resizeUpRight, ResizeEdge.topRight),
+        _zone(Alignment.bottomLeft, _corner, _corner, SystemMouseCursors.resizeDownLeft, ResizeEdge.bottomLeft),
+        _zone(Alignment.bottomRight, _corner, _corner, SystemMouseCursors.resizeDownRight, ResizeEdge.bottomRight),
+        // Edges
+        Positioned(top: _corner, bottom: _corner, left: 0, width: _edge, child: _edgeZone(SystemMouseCursors.resizeLeft, ResizeEdge.left)),
+        Positioned(top: _corner, bottom: _corner, right: 0, width: _edge, child: _edgeZone(SystemMouseCursors.resizeRight, ResizeEdge.right)),
+        Positioned(left: _corner, right: _corner, top: 0, height: _edge, child: _edgeZone(SystemMouseCursors.resizeUp, ResizeEdge.top)),
+        Positioned(left: _corner, right: _corner, bottom: 0, height: _edge, child: _edgeZone(SystemMouseCursors.resizeDown, ResizeEdge.bottom)),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _zone(Alignment alignment, double w, double h, MouseCursor cursor, ResizeEdge edge) {
+    return Positioned(
+      left: alignment.x < 0 ? 0 : null,
+      right: alignment.x > 0 ? 0 : null,
+      top: alignment.y < 0 ? 0 : null,
+      bottom: alignment.y > 0 ? 0 : null,
+      width: w,
+      height: h,
+      child: _edgeZone(cursor, edge),
+    );
+  }
+
+  Widget _edgeZone(MouseCursor cursor, ResizeEdge edge) {
+    return MouseRegion(
+      cursor: cursor,
+      child: GestureDetector(
+        onPanStart: (_) => windowControls.startResize(edge),
+        child: const ColoredBox(color: Color(0x00000000)),
+      ),
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/widgets/widgets.dart b/lib/widgets/widgets.dart
index 2af58d4c..bc888657 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/widgets.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/widgets.dart
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export 'src/clide_icon.dart';
 export 'src/clide_icon_rail.dart';
 export 'src/clide_palette.dart';
 export 'src/clide_pane_chrome.dart';
+export 'src/clide_resize_border.dart';
 export 'src/clide_pty_view.dart';
 export 'src/clide_scrollbar.dart';
 export 'src/clide_spine.dart';
diff --git a/linux/runner/my_application.cc b/linux/runner/my_application.cc
index 9c3c95a9..e9bdabb1 100644
--- a/linux/runner/my_application.cc
+++ b/linux/runner/my_application.cc
@@ -113,6 +113,26 @@ static void my_application_activate(GApplication* application) {
           gtk_window_close(w);
           response = FL_METHOD_RESPONSE(
               fl_method_success_response_new(fl_value_new_null()));
+        } else if (g_strcmp0(method, "startResize") == 0) {
+          // edge: 0=topLeft 1=top 2=topRight 3=left 4=right
+          //       5=bottomLeft 6=bottom 7=bottomRight
+          FlValue* args = fl_method_call_get_args(method_call);
+          int edge = 7; // default: bottom-right
+          if (fl_value_get_type(args) == FL_VALUE_TYPE_INT) {
+            edge = (int)fl_value_get_int(args);
+          }
+          static const GdkWindowEdge edges[] = {
+            GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_NORTH_WEST, GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_NORTH,
+            GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_NORTH_EAST, GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_WEST,
+            GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_EAST, GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_SOUTH_WEST,
+            GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_SOUTH, GDK_WINDOW_EDGE_SOUTH_EAST,
+          };
+          if (edge >= 0 && edge < 8) {
+            gtk_window_begin_resize_drag(w, edges[edge], 1, 0, 0,
+                                         GDK_CURRENT_TIME);
+          }
+          response = FL_METHOD_RESPONSE(
+              fl_method_success_response_new(fl_value_new_null()));
         } else if (g_strcmp0(method, "isMaximized") == 0) {
           response = FL_METHOD_RESPONSE(fl_method_success_response_new(
               fl_value_new_bool(gtk_window_is_maximized(w))));