diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fad0a87..b199c48 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gmod"
-version = "6.0.1"
+version = "7.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg_table",
  "cstr",
diff --git a/gmod/Cargo.toml b/gmod/Cargo.toml
index b953752..ae76793 100644
--- a/gmod/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gmod/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gmod"
-version = "6.0.1"
+version = "7.0.0"
 authors = ["William Venner <william@venner.io>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/gmod/src/lua/import.rs b/gmod/src/lua/import.rs
index 0d92e0f..cd05a3e 100644
--- a/gmod/src/lua/import.rs
+++ b/gmod/src/lua/import.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ pub struct LuaShared {
 	pub lua_next: Symbol<'static, unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn(state: LuaState, index: i32) -> i32>,
 	pub lua_topointer: Symbol<'static, unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn(state: LuaState, index: i32) -> *const c_void>,
 	pub lua_newuserdata: Symbol<'static, unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn(state: LuaState, size: usize) -> *mut c_void>,
+	pub lual_newmetatable: Symbol<'static, unsafe extern "C-unwind" fn(state: LuaState, name: LuaString) -> i32>,
 }
 unsafe impl Sync for LuaShared {}
 impl LuaShared {
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ impl LuaShared {
 				lua_next: find_symbol!("lua_next"),
 				lua_topointer: find_symbol!("lua_topointer"),
 				lua_newuserdata: find_symbol!("lua_newuserdata"),
+				lual_newmetatable: find_symbol!("lual_newmetatable"),
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/gmod/src/lua/lua_state.rs b/gmod/src/lua/lua_state.rs
index 64fe4e0..a37f228 100644
--- a/gmod/src/lua/lua_state.rs
+++ b/gmod/src/lua/lua_state.rs
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ impl LuaState {
 		(LUA_SHARED.lua_pushvalue)(*self, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX)
 	}
 
+	#[inline(always)]
+	pub unsafe fn push_registry(&self) {
+		(LUA_SHARED.lua_pushvalue)(*self, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX)
+	}
+
 	#[inline(always)]
 	pub unsafe fn push_string(&self, data: &str) {
 		(LUA_SHARED.lua_pushlstring)(*self, data.as_ptr() as LuaString, data.len())
@@ -325,6 +330,16 @@ impl LuaState {
 		(LUA_SHARED.lua_getmetatable)(*self, index)
 	}
 
+	#[inline(always)]
+	pub unsafe fn check_table(&self, arg: i32) {
+		(LUA_SHARED.lual_checktype)(*self, arg, LUA_TTABLE)
+	}
+
+	#[inline(always)]
+	pub unsafe fn check_function(&self, arg: i32) {
+		(LUA_SHARED.lual_checktype)(*self, arg, LUA_TFUNCTION)
+	}
+
 	#[inline(always)]
 	pub unsafe fn check_integer(&self, arg: i32) -> LuaInt {
 		(LUA_SHARED.lual_checkinteger)(*self, arg)
@@ -391,6 +406,13 @@ impl LuaState {
 		(LUA_SHARED.lua_touserdata)(*self, index)
 	}
 
+	/// Creates a new table in the registry with the given `name` as the key if it doesn't already exist, and pushes it onto the stack.
+	///
+	/// Returns if the metatable was already present in the registry.
+	pub unsafe fn new_metatable(&self, name: LuaString) -> bool {
+		(LUA_SHARED.lual_newmetatable)(*self, name) == 0
+	}
+
 	pub unsafe fn new_userdata<T: Sized>(&self, data: T, metatable: Option<i32>) -> *mut T {
 		let has_metatable = if std::mem::needs_drop::<T>() {
 			if let Some(metatable) = metatable {