diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b8d650f78..6c6bcb965 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ rearrangements of Notcurses.
     `ncplane_new()`. The latter ought be considered deprecated, and will be
     removed in the future. To align a place as previously done with
     `ncplane_aligned()`, use the `NCPLANE_OPTION_HORALIGNED` flag.
+  * The `ncplane_options` struct includes a function pointer member,
+    `resizecb`. If not `NULL`, this function will be called after the parent
+    plane is resized. See `notcurses_plane.3` for more information.
 
 * 1.7.3 (2020-09-19)
   * API changes pursuant to 2.0 API finalization:
diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 96642427f..f79e35779 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ typedef struct ncplane_options {
   int cols;         // number of columns, must be positive
   void* userptr;    // user curry, may be NULL
   const char* name; // name (used only for debugging), may be NULL
+  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // callback when parent is resized
   uint64_t flags;   // closure over NCPLANE_OPTION_*
 } ncplane_options;
 
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
index 59d3c9e15..1960d9841 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
+++ b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ typedef struct ncplane_options {
   int cols;         // number of columns, must be positive
   void* userptr;    // user curry, may be NULL
   const char* name; // name (used only for debugging), may be NULL
+  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // callback when parent is resized
   uint64_t flags;   // closure over NCPLANE_OPTION_*
 } ncplane_options;
 ```
@@ -230,6 +231,13 @@ might see changes. It is an error to merge a plane onto itself.
 **ncplane_erase** zeroes out every cell of the plane, dumps the egcpool, and
 homes the cursor. The base cell is preserved.
 
+When a plane is resized (whether by **ncplane_resize**, **SIGWINCH**, or any
+other mechanism), a breadth-first recursion is performed on its children.
+Each child plane having a non-**NULL** **resizecb** will see that callback
+invoked following resizing of its parent's plane. If it returns non-zero, the
+resizing cascade terminates, returning non-zero. Otherwise, resizing proceeds
+recursively.
+
 ## Scrolling
 
 All planes, including the standard plane, are created with scrolling disabled.
diff --git a/include/ncpp/Plane.hh b/include/ncpp/Plane.hh
index 74e72aaaf..01a7d1b7e 100644
--- a/include/ncpp/Plane.hh
+++ b/include/ncpp/Plane.hh
@@ -1118,6 +1118,7 @@ namespace ncpp
 				cols,
 				opaque,
 				nullptr,
+        nullptr,
 				0
 			};
 			ncplane *ret = ncplane_create (
diff --git a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
index a94fd5bdb..c070c8e32 100644
--- a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
@@ -1006,6 +1006,7 @@ typedef struct ncplane_options {
   int cols;         // number of columns, must be positive
   void* userptr;    // user curry, may be NULL
   const char* name; // name (used only for debugging), may be NULL
+  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // callback when parent is resized
   uint64_t flags;   // closure over NCPLANE_OPTION_*
 } ncplane_options;
 
@@ -1029,6 +1030,7 @@ ncplane_new(struct ncplane* n, int rows, int cols, int y, int x, void* opaque, c
     .cols = cols,
     .userptr = opaque,
     .name = name,
+    .resizecb = NULL,
     .flags = 0,
   };
   return ncplane_create(n, &nopts);
diff --git a/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py b/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py
index 7dc05c2b3..7071ad308 100644
--- a/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py
+++ b/python/src/notcurses/build_notcurses.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ typedef struct ncplane_options {
   int cols;         // number of columns, must be positive
   void* userptr;    // user curry, may be NULL
   const char* name; // name (used only for debugging), may be NULL
+  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // callback when parent is resized
   uint64_t flags;   // closure over NCPLANE_OPTION_*
 } ncplane_options;
 struct ncplane* ncplane_create(struct ncplane* n, const ncplane_options* nopts);
diff --git a/src/lib/direct.cpp b/src/lib/direct.cpp
index 4292c3c55..0a573f3ae 100644
--- a/src/lib/direct.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/direct.cpp
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ int ncdirect_render_image(ncdirect* n, const char* file, ncalign_e align,
   struct ncplane* faken = ncplane_new_internal(nullptr, nullptr,
                                                disprows / encoding_y_scale(bset),
                                                dispcols / encoding_x_scale(bset),
-                                               0, 0, nullptr, nullptr);
+                                               0, 0, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
   if(faken == nullptr){
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index 9fe8f3fb9..887174414 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ typedef struct ncplane {
   egcpool pool;          // attached storage pool for UTF-8 EGCs
   uint64_t channels;     // works the same way as cells
   void* userptr;         // slot for the user to stick some opaque pointer
+  int (*resizecb)(struct ncplane*); // callback after parent is resized
   cell basecell;         // cell written anywhere that fb[i].gcluster == 0
   struct notcurses* nc;  // notcurses object of which we are a part
   char* name;            // used only for debugging
@@ -775,8 +776,10 @@ calc_gradient_channels(uint64_t* channels, uint64_t ul, uint64_t ur,
 // ncdirect needs to "fake" an isolated ncplane as a drawing surface for
 // ncvisual_render(), and thus calls these low-level internal functions.
 // they are not for general use -- check ncplane_new() and ncplane_destroy().
+// FIXME rewrite using ncplane_options
 ncplane* ncplane_new_internal(notcurses* nc, ncplane* n, int rows, int cols,
-                              int yoff, int xoff, void* opaque, const char* name);
+                              int yoff, int xoff, void* opaque,
+                              const char* name, int (*resizecb)(ncplane*));
 
 void free_plane(ncplane* p);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/notcurses.c b/src/lib/notcurses.c
index 0745e2df5..207761a71 100644
--- a/src/lib/notcurses.c
+++ b/src/lib/notcurses.c
@@ -296,7 +296,8 @@ void free_plane(ncplane* p){
 // ncplane created by ncdirect for rendering visuals. in that case (and only in
 // that case), nc is NULL.
 ncplane* ncplane_new_internal(notcurses* nc, ncplane* n, int rows, int cols,
-                              int yoff, int xoff, void* opaque, const char* name){
+                              int yoff, int xoff, void* opaque, const char* name,
+                              int (*resizecb)(ncplane*)){
   if(rows <= 0 || cols <= 0){
     logerror(nc, "Won't create denormalized plane (r=%d, c=%d)\n", rows, cols);
     return NULL;
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ ncplane* ncplane_new_internal(notcurses* nc, ncplane* n, int rows, int cols,
     p->bprev = NULL;
     p->boundto = p;
   }
+  p->resizecb = resizecb;
   p->stylemask = 0;
   p->channels = 0;
   egcpool_init(&p->pool);
@@ -360,7 +362,7 @@ static ncplane*
 create_initial_ncplane(notcurses* nc, int dimy, int dimx){
   nc->stdplane = ncplane_new_internal(nc, NULL, dimy - (nc->margin_t + nc->margin_b),
                                       dimx - (nc->margin_l + nc->margin_r), 0, 0, NULL,
-                                      "std");
+                                      "std", NULL);
   return nc->stdplane;
 }
 
@@ -379,7 +381,7 @@ ncplane* ncplane_create(ncplane* n, const ncplane_options* nopts){
   const int x = (nopts->flags & NCPLANE_OPTION_HORALIGNED) ?
     ncplane_align(n, nopts->horiz.align, nopts->cols) : nopts->horiz.x;
   return ncplane_new_internal(n->nc, n, nopts->rows, nopts->cols, nopts->y,
-                              x, nopts->userptr, nopts->name);
+                              x, nopts->userptr, nopts->name, nopts->resizecb);
 }
 
 void ncplane_home(ncplane* n){