diff --git a/include/mgba/core/scripting.h b/include/mgba/core/scripting.h
index ebf8f88cf..c65897e17 100644
--- a/include/mgba/core/scripting.h
+++ b/include/mgba/core/scripting.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Jeffrey Pfau
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Jeffrey Pfau
  *
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ CXX_GUARD_START
 #ifdef USE_DEBUGGERS
 #include <mgba/debugger/debugger.h>
 #endif
+#include <mgba/script/types.h>
+
+struct mCore;
+mSCRIPT_DECLARE_STRUCT(mCore);
 
 struct mScriptBridge;
 struct VFile;
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ bool mScriptBridgeLoadScript(struct mScriptBridge*, const char* name);
 
 bool mScriptBridgeLookupSymbol(struct mScriptBridge*, const char* name, int32_t* out);
 
+struct mScriptContext;
+struct mCore;
+void mScriptContextAttachCore(struct mScriptContext*, struct mCore*);
+void mScriptContextDetachCore(struct mScriptContext*);
+
 CXX_GUARD_END
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/mgba/script/context.h b/include/mgba/script/context.h
index 0b83a02fe..d37caa293 100644
--- a/include/mgba/script/context.h
+++ b/include/mgba/script/context.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct mScriptFunction;
 struct mScriptEngineContext;
 
 struct mScriptContext {
-	struct mScriptValue rootScope;
+	struct Table rootScope;
 	struct Table engines;
 };
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ struct mScriptEngineContext {
 void mScriptContextInit(struct mScriptContext*);
 void mScriptContextDeinit(struct mScriptContext*);
 
-void mScriptContextRegisterEngine(struct mScriptContext*, struct mScriptEngine2*);
+struct mScriptEngineContext* mScriptContextRegisterEngine(struct mScriptContext*, struct mScriptEngine2*);
 
-void mScriptContextAddGlobal(struct mScriptContext*, const char* key, struct mScriptValue* value);
+void mScriptContextSetGlobal(struct mScriptContext*, const char* key, struct mScriptValue* value);
 void mScriptContextRemoveGlobal(struct mScriptContext*, const char* key);
 
 bool mScriptInvoke(const struct mScriptValue* fn, struct mScriptFrame* frame);
diff --git a/include/mgba/script/types.h b/include/mgba/script/types.h
index ad7c679d0..b3dfda5ec 100644
--- a/include/mgba/script/types.h
+++ b/include/mgba/script/types.h
@@ -580,6 +580,7 @@ void mScriptValueDeref(struct mScriptValue* val);
 
 void mScriptValueWrap(struct mScriptValue* val, struct mScriptValue* out);
 struct mScriptValue* mScriptValueUnwrap(struct mScriptValue* val);
+const struct mScriptValue* mScriptValueUnwrapConst(const struct mScriptValue* val);
 
 struct mScriptValue* mScriptStringCreateFromUTF8(const char* string);
 
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c1108252..bd1f3ecf8 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
 	map-cache.c
 	mem-search.c
 	rewind.c
-	scripting.c
 	serialize.c
 	sync.c
 	thread.c
@@ -24,6 +23,16 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
 set(TEST_FILES
 	test/core.c)
 
+if(ENABLE_SCRIPTING)
+	list(APPEND SOURCE_FILES
+		scripting.c)
+
+	if(USE_LUA)
+		list(APPEND TEST_FILES
+			test/scripting.c)
+	endif()
+endif()
+
 source_group("mCore" FILES ${SOURCE_FILES})
 source_group("mCore tests" FILES ${TEST_FILES})
 
diff --git a/src/core/scripting.c b/src/core/scripting.c
index add6da031..e4a472d79 100644
--- a/src/core/scripting.c
+++ b/src/core/scripting.c
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Jeffrey Pfau
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Jeffrey Pfau
  *
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 #include <mgba/core/scripting.h>
 
+#include <mgba/core/core.h>
+#include <mgba/script/context.h>
 #include <mgba-util/table.h>
 #include <mgba-util/vfs.h>
 
@@ -144,3 +146,33 @@ bool mScriptBridgeLookupSymbol(struct mScriptBridge* sb, const char* name, int32
 	HashTableEnumerate(&sb->engines, _seLookupSymbol, &info);
 	return info.success;
 }
+
+mSCRIPT_DECLARE_STRUCT_CD_METHOD(mCore, U32, frameCounter, 0);
+mSCRIPT_DECLARE_STRUCT_CD_METHOD(mCore, S32, frameCycles, 0);
+mSCRIPT_DECLARE_STRUCT_CD_METHOD(mCore, S32, frequency, 0);
+mSCRIPT_DECLARE_STRUCT_VOID_D_METHOD(mCore, runFrame, 0);
+mSCRIPT_DECLARE_STRUCT_VOID_D_METHOD(mCore, step, 0);
+
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_STRUCT(mCore)
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_DOCSTRING("Get the number of the current frame")
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_STRUCT_METHOD_NAMED(mCore, currentFrame, frameCounter)
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_DOCSTRING("Get the number of cycles per frame")
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_STRUCT_METHOD(mCore, frameCycles)
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_DOCSTRING("Get the number of cycles per second")
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_STRUCT_METHOD(mCore, frequency)
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_DOCSTRING("Run until the next frame")
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_STRUCT_METHOD(mCore, runFrame)
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_DOCSTRING("Run a single instruction")
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_STRUCT_METHOD(mCore, step)
+mSCRIPT_DEFINE_END;
+
+void mScriptContextAttachCore(struct mScriptContext* context, struct mCore* core) {
+	struct mScriptValue* coreValue = mScriptValueAlloc(mSCRIPT_TYPE_MS_S(mCore));
+	coreValue->value.opaque = core;
+	mScriptContextSetGlobal(context, "emu", coreValue);
+	mScriptValueDeref(coreValue);
+}
+
+void mScriptContextDetachCore(struct mScriptContext* context) {
+	mScriptContextRemoveGlobal(context, "emu");
+}
diff --git a/src/core/test/scripting.c b/src/core/test/scripting.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfe009601
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/test/scripting.c
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2013-2022 Jeffrey Pfau
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+#include "util/test/suite.h"
+
+#include <mgba/core/core.h>
+#include <mgba/core/scripting.h>
+#include <mgba/internal/script/lua.h>
+#include <mgba/script/context.h>
+#include <mgba/script/types.h>
+
+#ifdef M_CORE_GBA
+#define TEST_PLATFORM mPLATFORM_GBA
+#elif defined(M_CORE_GB)
+#define TEST_PLATFORM mPLATFORM_GB
+#else
+#error "Need a valid platform for testing"
+#endif
+
+static const uint8_t _fakeGBROM[0x4000] = {
+	[0x100] = 0x18, // Loop forever
+	[0x101] = 0xFE, // jr, $-2
+	[0x102] = 0xCE, // Enough of the header to fool the core
+	[0x103] = 0xED,
+	[0x104] = 0x66,
+	[0x105] = 0x66,
+};
+
+#define SETUP_LUA \
+	struct mScriptContext context; \
+	mScriptContextInit(&context); \
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* lua = mScriptContextRegisterEngine(&context, mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA)
+
+#define CREATE_CORE \
+	struct mCore* core = mCoreCreate(TEST_PLATFORM); \
+	assert_non_null(core); \
+	assert_true(core->init(core)); \
+	switch (core->platform(core)) { \
+	case mPLATFORM_GBA: \
+		core->busWrite32(core, 0x020000C0, 0xEAFFFFFE); \
+		break; \
+	case mPLATFORM_GB: \
+		assert_true(core->loadROM(core, VFileFromConstMemory(_fakeGBROM, sizeof(_fakeGBROM)))); \
+		break; \
+	case mPLATFORM_NONE: \
+		break; \
+	} \
+	mCoreInitConfig(core, NULL); \
+	mScriptContextAttachCore(&context, core)
+
+#define TEARDOWN_CORE \
+	mCoreConfigDeinit(&core->config); \
+	core->deinit(core)
+
+#define LOAD_PROGRAM(PROG) \
+	do { \
+		struct VFile* vf = VFileFromConstMemory(PROG, strlen(PROG)); \
+		const char* error = NULL; \
+		assert_true(lua->load(lua, vf, &error)); \
+		assert_null(error); \
+		vf->close(vf); \
+	} while(0)
+
+#define TEST_VALUE(TYPE, NAME, VALUE) \
+	do { \
+		struct mScriptValue val = mSCRIPT_MAKE(TYPE, VALUE); \
+		struct mScriptValue* global = lua->getGlobal(lua, NAME); \
+		assert_non_null(global); \
+		assert_true(global->type->equal(global, &val)); \
+		mScriptValueDeref(global); \
+	} while(0)
+
+M_TEST_SUITE_SETUP(mScriptCore) {
+	if (mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA->init) {
+		mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA->init(mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+M_TEST_SUITE_TEARDOWN(mScriptCore) {
+	if (mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA->deinit) {
+		mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA->deinit(mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+M_TEST_DEFINE(globals) {
+	SETUP_LUA;
+	CREATE_CORE;
+	core->reset(core);
+
+	LOAD_PROGRAM("assert(emu)");
+	assert_true(lua->run(lua));
+
+	TEARDOWN_CORE;
+	mScriptContextDeinit(&context);
+}
+
+M_TEST_DEFINE(infoFuncs) {
+	SETUP_LUA;
+	CREATE_CORE;
+	core->reset(core);
+
+	LOAD_PROGRAM(
+		"frequency = emu:frequency()\n"
+		"frameCycles = emu:frameCycles()\n"
+	);
+	assert_true(lua->run(lua));
+
+	TEST_VALUE(S32, "frequency", core->frequency(core));
+	TEST_VALUE(S32, "frameCycles", core->frameCycles(core));
+
+	TEARDOWN_CORE;
+	mScriptContextDeinit(&context);
+}
+
+M_TEST_DEFINE(runFrame) {
+	SETUP_LUA;
+	CREATE_CORE;
+	core->reset(core);
+
+	LOAD_PROGRAM(
+		"frame = emu:currentFrame()\n"
+		"emu:runFrame()\n"
+	);
+
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
+		assert_true(lua->run(lua));
+		TEST_VALUE(S32, "frame", i);
+	}
+
+	TEARDOWN_CORE;
+	mScriptContextDeinit(&context);
+}
+
+M_TEST_SUITE_DEFINE_SETUP_TEARDOWN(mScriptCore,
+	cmocka_unit_test(globals),
+	cmocka_unit_test(infoFuncs),
+	cmocka_unit_test(runFrame),
+)
diff --git a/src/script/context.c b/src/script/context.c
index 321d2f222..9cc8b09b0 100644
--- a/src/script/context.c
+++ b/src/script/context.c
@@ -5,13 +5,64 @@
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 #include <mgba/script/context.h>
 
+struct mScriptKVPair {
+	const char* key;
+	struct mScriptValue* value;
+};
+
+static void _engineContextDestroy(void* ctx) {
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* context = ctx;
+	context->destroy(context);
+}
+
+static void _contextAddGlobal(const char* key, void* value, void* user) {
+	UNUSED(key);
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* context = value;
+	struct mScriptKVPair* pair = user;
+	context->setGlobal(context, pair->key, pair->value);
+}
+
+static void _contextRemoveGlobal(const char* key, void* value, void* user) {
+	UNUSED(key);
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* context = value;
+	context->setGlobal(context, user, NULL);
+}
+
 void mScriptContextInit(struct mScriptContext* context) {
-	// TODO: rootScope
-	HashTableInit(&context->engines, 0, NULL);
+	HashTableInit(&context->rootScope, 0, (void (*)(void*)) mScriptValueDeref);
+	HashTableInit(&context->engines, 0, _engineContextDestroy);
 }
 
 void mScriptContextDeinit(struct mScriptContext* context) {
 	HashTableDeinit(&context->engines);
+	HashTableDeinit(&context->rootScope);
+}
+
+struct mScriptEngineContext* mScriptContextRegisterEngine(struct mScriptContext* context, struct mScriptEngine2* engine) {
+	struct mScriptEngineContext* ectx = engine->create(engine, context);
+	if (ectx) {
+		HashTableInsert(&context->engines, engine->name, ectx);
+	}
+	return ectx;
+}
+
+void mScriptContextSetGlobal(struct mScriptContext* context, const char* key, struct mScriptValue* value) {
+	mScriptValueRef(value);
+	HashTableInsert(&context->rootScope, key, value);
+	struct mScriptKVPair pair = {
+		.key = key,
+		.value = value
+	};
+	HashTableEnumerate(&context->engines, _contextAddGlobal, &pair);
+}
+
+void mScriptContextRemoveGlobal(struct mScriptContext* context, const char* key) {
+	if (!HashTableLookup(&context->rootScope, key)) {
+		return;
+	}
+	// Since _contextRemoveGlobal doesn't mutate |key|, this cast should be safe
+	HashTableEnumerate(&context->engines, _contextRemoveGlobal, (char*) key);
+	HashTableRemove(&context->rootScope, key);
 }
 
 bool mScriptInvoke(const struct mScriptValue* val, struct mScriptFrame* frame) {
diff --git a/src/script/engines/lua.c b/src/script/engines/lua.c
index 2d9eb5294..0df0142d0 100644
--- a/src/script/engines/lua.c
+++ b/src/script/engines/lua.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ static void _luaDeref(struct mScriptValue*);
 static int _luaThunk(lua_State* lua);
 static int _luaGetObject(lua_State* lua);
 static int _luaSetObject(lua_State* lua);
+static int _luaGcObject(lua_State* lua);
 
 #if LUA_VERSION_NUM < 503
 #define lua_pushinteger lua_pushnumber
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ struct mScriptEngine2* const mSCRIPT_ENGINE_LUA = &_engineLua.d;
 static const luaL_Reg _mSTStruct[] = {
 	{ "__index", _luaGetObject },
 	{ "__newindex", _luaSetObject },
+	{ "__gc", _luaGcObject },
 	{ NULL, NULL }
 };
 
@@ -483,3 +485,13 @@ int _luaSetObject(lua_State* lua) {
 	mScriptValueDeref(val);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int _luaGcObject(lua_State* lua) {
+	struct mScriptValue* val = lua_touserdata(lua, -1);
+	val = mScriptValueUnwrap(val);
+	if (!val) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	mScriptValueDeref(val);
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/script/types.c b/src/script/types.c
index 66423761a..0582de186 100644
--- a/src/script/types.c
+++ b/src/script/types.c
@@ -687,6 +687,13 @@ struct mScriptValue* mScriptValueUnwrap(struct mScriptValue* value) {
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+const struct mScriptValue* mScriptValueUnwrapConst(const struct mScriptValue* value) {
+	if (value->type == mSCRIPT_TYPE_MS_WRAPPER) {
+		return value->value.copaque;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 struct mScriptValue* mScriptStringCreateFromUTF8(const char* string) {
 	struct mScriptValue* val = mScriptValueAlloc(mSCRIPT_TYPE_MS_STR);
 	struct mScriptString* internal = val->value.opaque;
@@ -823,6 +830,9 @@ void mScriptClassDeinit(struct mScriptTypeClass* cls) {
 }
 
 bool mScriptObjectGet(struct mScriptValue* obj, const char* member, struct mScriptValue* val) {
+	if (obj->type->base == mSCRIPT_TYPE_WRAPPER) {
+		obj = mScriptValueUnwrap(obj);
+	}
 	if (obj->type->base != mSCRIPT_TYPE_OBJECT) {
 		return false;
 	}
@@ -1031,6 +1041,9 @@ bool mScriptPopPointer(struct mScriptList* list, void** out) {
 }
 
 bool mScriptCast(const struct mScriptType* type, const struct mScriptValue* input, struct mScriptValue* output) {
+	if (input->type->base == mSCRIPT_TYPE_WRAPPER) {
+		input = mScriptValueUnwrapConst(input);
+	}
 	if (type->cast && type->cast(input, type, output)) {
 		return true;
 	}