diff --git a/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp b/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp
index d7f88bc922..9621cfa68e 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,19 @@ DrawState::SetTransform(BAffineTransform transform)
 }
 
 
+DrawState*
+DrawState::Squash()
+{
+	DrawState* const squashedState = new DrawState(*this);
+
+	squashedState->fOrigin = fCombinedOrigin;
+	squashedState->fScale = fCombinedScale;
+	squashedState->fTransform = fCombinedTransform;
+
+	return squashedState;
+}
+
+
 void
 DrawState::SetClippingRegion(const BRegion* region)
 {
diff --git a/src/servers/app/DrawState.h b/src/servers/app/DrawState.h
index 392549789f..48a6f371c6 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/DrawState.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/DrawState.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public:
 		BAffineTransform	CombinedTransform() const
 								{ return fCombinedTransform; }
 
+		DrawState*			Squash();
+
 							// additional clipping as requested by client
 		void				SetClippingRegion(const BRegion* region);