diff --git a/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+RenderEngine.swift b/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+RenderEngine.swift
index fdb7c52cd..f1cb33a9d 100644
--- a/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+RenderEngine.swift
+++ b/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+RenderEngine.swift
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 import Foundation
 import PixarUSD
 
+#if canImport(Metal) && !os(visionOS)
+  import Metal
+  import MetalKit
+#endif // canImport(Metal) && !os(visionOS)
+
 public enum Hydra
 {
   public class RenderEngine
@@ -51,5 +56,10 @@ public enum Hydra
 
       engine.render(root: stage.getPseudoRoot(), params: params)
     }
+
+    public var hydraDevice: MTLDevice
+    {
+      hgi.device
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+View.swift b/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+View.swift
index b342b20b5..f2d80222f 100644
--- a/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+View.swift
+++ b/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/Hydra+View.swift
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ public extension Hydra.Viewport
   init(engine: Hydra.RenderEngine, rgba: (Double, Double, Double, Double))
   {
     #if canImport(Metal) && !os(visionOS)
-      let device = MTLCreateSystemDefaultDevice()!
-      let renderer = Hydra.MTLRenderer(device: device)!
-      self.init(hydra: engine, device: device, renderer: renderer, rgba: rgba)
+      let renderer = Hydra.MTLRenderer(device: engine.hydraDevice)!
+      self.init(hydra: engine, renderer: renderer, rgba: rgba)
     #endif // canImport(Metal) && !os(visionOS)
   }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/MTL/Hydra+MTLView.swift b/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/MTL/Hydra+MTLView.swift
index 0484269d9..ad4f15ac3 100644
--- a/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/MTL/Hydra+MTLView.swift
+++ b/Sources/UsdView/Hydra/MTL/Hydra+MTLView.swift
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ import PixarUSD
 
         var rgba: (Double, Double, Double, Double)
 
-        public init(hydra: Hydra.RenderEngine, device: MTLDevice, renderer: MTLRenderer, rgba: (Double, Double, Double, Double))
+        public init(hydra: Hydra.RenderEngine, renderer: MTLRenderer, rgba: (Double, Double, Double, Double))
         {
           self.hydra = hydra
-          self.device = device
+          self.device = hydra.hydraDevice
           self.renderer = renderer
           self.rgba = rgba
         }