diff --git a/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp b/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp
index 9621cfa68e..2eaa39f5de 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/DrawState.cpp
@@ -370,6 +370,22 @@ DrawState::SetTransform(BAffineTransform transform)
 }
 
 
+/* Can be used to temporarily disable all BAffineTransforms in the state
+   stack, and later reenable them.
+*/
+void
+DrawState::SetTransformEnabled(bool enabled)
+{
+	if (enabled) {
+		BAffineTransform temp = fTransform;
+		SetTransform(BAffineTransform());
+		SetTransform(temp);
+	}
+	else
+		fCombinedTransform = BAffineTransform();
+}
+
+
 DrawState*
 DrawState::Squash()
 {
diff --git a/src/servers/app/DrawState.h b/src/servers/app/DrawState.h
index 48a6f371c6..e67e1ed2af 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/DrawState.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/DrawState.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public:
 								{ return fTransform; }
 		BAffineTransform	CombinedTransform() const
 								{ return fCombinedTransform; }
+		void				SetTransformEnabled(bool enabled);
 
 		DrawState*			Squash();