diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts b/compiler/forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
index bf5f0a86ab..59a70c4bc6 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 
 /// <reference path="./plugin-syntax-jsx.d.ts" />
 
-import * as t from "@babel/types";
 import type * as BabelCore from "@babel/core";
 import generate from "@babel/generator";
 import jsx from "@babel/plugin-syntax-jsx";
-import { CompilerFlags, parseCompilerFlags } from "../CompilerFlags";
+import * as t from "@babel/types";
 import prettier from "prettier";
+import { CompilerFlags, parseCompilerFlags } from "../CompilerFlags";
 import { compile } from "../CompilerPipeline";
 
 type BabelPluginPass = {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export default function ReactForgetBabelPlugin(
       if (fn.scope.getProgramParent() !== fn.scope.parent) {
         return;
       }
-      const ast = compile(fn);
+      const ast = compile(fn, null);
 
       // We are generating a new FunctionDeclaration node, so we must skip over it or this
       // traversal will loop infinitely.
diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/CompilerPipeline.ts b/compiler/forget/src/CompilerPipeline.ts
index 5f7c8b93d6..829fa3a16e 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/CompilerPipeline.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/CompilerPipeline.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   mergeConsecutiveBlocks,
   ReactiveFunction,
 } from "./HIR";
+import { EnvironmentOptions } from "./HIR/Environment";
 import {
   analyseFunctions,
   dropMemoCalls,
@@ -47,9 +48,10 @@ export type CompilerPipelineValue =
   | { kind: "reactive"; name: string; value: ReactiveFunction };
 
 export function* run(
-  func: NodePath<t.FunctionDeclaration>
+  func: NodePath<t.FunctionDeclaration>,
+  options?: EnvironmentOptions | null
 ): Generator<CompilerPipelineValue, t.Function> {
-  const hir = lower(func).unwrap();
+  const hir = lower(func, options ?? null).unwrap();
   yield log({ kind: "hir", name: "HIR", value: hir });
 
   mergeConsecutiveBlocks(hir);
@@ -186,8 +188,11 @@ export function* run(
   return ast;
 }
 
-export function compile(func: NodePath<t.FunctionDeclaration>): t.Function {
-  let generator = run(func);
+export function compile(
+  func: NodePath<t.FunctionDeclaration>,
+  options?: EnvironmentOptions | null
+): t.Function {
+  let generator = run(func, options);
   while (true) {
     const next = generator.next();
     if (next.done) {
diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
index b2827a535f..05eb6b3585 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import invariant from "invariant";
 import { CompilerError, ErrorSeverity } from "../CompilerError";
 import { Err, Ok, Result } from "../Utils/Result";
 import { assertExhaustive } from "../Utils/utils";
-import { Environment } from "./Environment";
+import { Environment, EnvironmentOptions } from "./Environment";
 import {
   BlockId,
   BranchTerminal,
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ import HIRBuilder from "./HIRBuilder";
  */
 export function lower(
   func: NodePath<t.Function>,
+  options: EnvironmentOptions | null,
   capturedRefs: t.Identifier[] = []
 ): Result<HIRFunction, CompilerError> {
-  const env = new Environment();
+  const env = new Environment(options);
   const builder = new HIRBuilder(env, capturedRefs);
   const context: Place[] = [];
 
@@ -1334,7 +1335,7 @@ function lowerExpression(
       //
       // This isn't a problem in practice because use Babel's scope analysis to
       // identify the correct references.
-      const lowering = lower(expr, [
+      const lowering = lower(expr, builder.environment.options, [
         ...builder.context,
         ...captured.identifiers,
       ]);
diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts
index 4b72b43037..23518271d9 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Environment.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,40 @@
 import { IdentifierId, makeIdentifierId } from "./HIR";
+import { BUILTIN_HOOKS, Hook } from "./Hooks";
+
+const HOOK_PATTERN = /^_?use/;
+
+export type EnvironmentOptions = {
+  customHooks: Map<string, Hook>;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: EnvironmentOptions = {
+  customHooks: new Map(),
+};
 
 export class Environment {
+  #options: EnvironmentOptions;
   #nextIdentifer: number = 0;
 
+  constructor(options: EnvironmentOptions | null) {
+    this.#options = options ?? DEFAULT_OPTIONS;
+  }
+
+  get options(): EnvironmentOptions {
+    return this.#options;
+  }
+
   get nextIdentifierId(): IdentifierId {
     return makeIdentifierId(this.#nextIdentifer++);
   }
+
+  getHookDeclaration(name: string): Hook | null {
+    if (!name.match(HOOK_PATTERN)) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    const hook = BUILTIN_HOOKS.get(name) ?? this.#options.customHooks.get(name);
+    if (hook !== undefined) {
+      return hook;
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
index 58c8372870..8aac83fe6f 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ export default class HIRBuilder {
     return this.#context;
   }
 
+  get environment(): Environment {
+    return this.#env;
+  }
+
   constructor(env: Environment, context: t.Identifier[]) {
     this.#env = env;
     this.#context = context;
diff --git a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Hooks.ts b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Hooks.ts
index 59e4d81339..916560fbac 100644
--- a/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Hooks.ts
+++ b/compiler/forget/src/HIR/Hooks.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { Effect, Place, ValueKind } from "./HIR";
 
-export const HOOKS: Map<string, Hook> = new Map([
+export const BUILTIN_HOOKS: Map<string, Hook> = new Map([
   [
     "useState",
     {
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export function parseHookCall(place: Place): Hook | null {
   if (name === null || !name.match(/^_?use/)) {
     return null;
   }
-  const hook = HOOKS.get(name);
+  const hook = BUILTIN_HOOKS.get(name);
   if (hook != null) {
     return hook;
   }