diff --git a/example/src/UseZoomPanHelper/index.js b/example/src/UseZoomPanHelper/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb415cea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/src/UseZoomPanHelper/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import React, { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
+
+import ReactFlow, {
+  removeElements,
+  addEdge,
+  Background,
+  MiniMap,
+  useZoomPanHelper,
+  ReactFlowProvider,
+} from 'react-flow-renderer';
+
+const initialElements = [
+  { id: '1', type: 'input', data: { label: 'Node 1' }, position: { x: 250, y: 5 }, className: 'light' },
+  { id: '2', data: { label: 'Node 2' }, position: { x: 100, y: 100 }, className: 'light' },
+  { id: '3', data: { label: 'Node 3' }, position: { x: 400, y: 100 }, className: 'light' },
+  { id: '4', data: { label: 'Node 4' }, position: { x: 400, y: 200 }, className: 'light' },
+  { id: 'e1-2', source: '1', target: '2', animated: true },
+  { id: 'e1-3', source: '1', target: '3' },
+];
+
+let id = 5;
+const getId = () => `${id++}`;
+
+const UseZoomPanHelperFlow = () => {
+  const [elements, setElements] = useState(initialElements);
+  const onElementsRemove = (elementsToRemove) => setElements((els) => removeElements(elementsToRemove, els));
+  const onConnect = (params) => setElements((els) => addEdge(params, els));
+  const { project } = useZoomPanHelper();
+
+  const onPaneClick = useCallback(
+    (evt) => {
+      const projectedPosition = project({ x: evt.clientX, y: evt.clientY - 40 });
+
+      setElements((els) =>
+        els.concat({
+          id: getId(),
+          position: projectedPosition,
+          data: {
+            label: `${projectedPosition.x}-${projectedPosition.y}`,
+          },
+        })
+      );
+    },
+    [project]
+  );
+  console.log(elements);
+
+  return (
+    <ReactFlow elements={elements} onElementsRemove={onElementsRemove} onConnect={onConnect} onPaneClick={onPaneClick}>
+      <Background />
+      <MiniMap />
+    </ReactFlow>
+  );
+};
+
+export default () => (
+  <ReactFlowProvider>
+    <UseZoomPanHelperFlow />
+  </ReactFlowProvider>
+);
diff --git a/example/src/index.js b/example/src/index.js
index 37f5f178..7dfe4028 100644
--- a/example/src/index.js
+++ b/example/src/index.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import SaveRestore from './SaveRestore';
 import DragNDrop from './DragNDrop';
 import Layout from './Layouting';
 import SwitchFlows from './Switch';
+import UseZoomPanHelper from './UseZoomPanHelper';
 
 import './index.css';
 
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ const routes = [
     path: '/switch',
     component: SwitchFlows,
   },
+  {
+    path: '/usezoompanhelper',
+    component: UseZoomPanHelper,
+  },
 ];
 
 const Header = withRouter(({ history, location }) => {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts b/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts
index 1c470e0c..06281fb3 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useZoomPanHelper.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { zoomIdentity } from 'd3-zoom';
 
 import { useStoreState, useStore } from '../store/hooks';
 import { clamp } from '../utils';
-import { getRectOfNodes } from '../utils/graph';
-import { FitViewParams, FlowTransform, ZoomPanHelperFunctions, Rect, Transform } from '../types';
+import { getRectOfNodes, pointToRendererPoint } from '../utils/graph';
+import { FitViewParams, FlowTransform, ZoomPanHelperFunctions, Rect, Transform, XYPosition } from '../types';
 
 const DEFAULT_PADDING = 0.1;
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const initialZoomPanHelper: ZoomPanHelperFunctions = {
   fitView: (_: FitViewParams = { padding: DEFAULT_PADDING, includeHiddenNodes: false }) => {},
   setCenter: (_: number, __: number) => {},
   fitBounds: (_: Rect) => {},
+  project: (position: XYPosition) => position,
   initialized: false,
 };
 
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ const useZoomPanHelper = (): ZoomPanHelperFunctions => {
 
           d3Zoom.transform(d3Selection, transform);
         },
+        project: (position: XYPosition) => {
+          const { transform, snapToGrid, snapGrid } = store.getState();
+          return pointToRendererPoint(position, transform, snapToGrid, snapGrid);
+        },
         initialized: true,
       };
     }
diff --git a/src/types/index.ts b/src/types/index.ts
index f8a78efb..4ae5c45a 100644
--- a/src/types/index.ts
+++ b/src/types/index.ts
@@ -361,6 +361,7 @@ export interface ZoomPanHelperFunctions {
   fitView: FitViewFunc;
   setCenter: (x: number, y: number, zoom?: number) => void;
   fitBounds: (bounds: Rect, padding?: number) => void;
+  project: (position: XYPosition) => XYPosition;
   initialized: boolean;
 }