diff --git a/src/servers/app/server/Layer.cpp b/src/servers/app/server/Layer.cpp
index 5fdf2c03a4..a5fc41eb9c 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/server/Layer.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/server/Layer.cpp
@@ -1252,3 +1252,9 @@ printf("\t DONE Layer(%s)::DoResizeTo()...\n", _name->String());
 	* added 2 new methods - DoMoveTo and DoResizeTo. They move/resize the frame rectangle of Layer class.
 		In DoResizeTo() I added some code for autoresizing(based on BView's resizeMask parameter) of children. Still, the effective code for resizing need to be written. :-) I could do that, but other things have greater priority. :-)
 */
+
+LayerData* Layer::GetDrawData()
+{
+	_layerdata->fVisibleRegion = _visible;
+	return _layerdata;
+}
diff --git a/src/servers/app/server/Layer.h b/src/servers/app/server/Layer.h
index 5957fb55ef..f7275a0ebf 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/server/Layer.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/server/Layer.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
 	PortLink *GetLink(void);
 	const char *GetName(void) { return (_name)?_name->String():NULL; }
 	LayerData *GetLayerData(void) { return _layerdata; }
+	LayerData *GetDrawData(void);
 	
 	void SetLayerCursor(ServerCursor *csr);
 	ServerCursor *GetLayerCursor(void) const;