diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/Evas.h b/legacy/evas/src/Evas.h
index a3f69327c3..30db673da8 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/Evas.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/Evas.h
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ void evas_font_del_path(Evas e, char *path);
    
 /* layer stacking for object */
 void evas_set_layer(Evas e, Evas_Object o, int l);
+int evas_get_layer(Evas e, Evas_Object o);
 /* ** ** not implimented yet ** ** */void evas_set_layer_store(Evas e, int l, int store);
 
 /* gradient creating / deletion / modification */
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/evas_object.c b/legacy/evas/src/evas_object.c
index d6fe8c92d7..f63e818600 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/evas_object.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/evas_object.c
@@ -189,6 +189,18 @@ evas_set_layer(Evas e, Evas_Object o, int layer_num)
       evas_event_move(e, e->mouse.x, e->mouse.y);
 }
 
+int
+evas_get_layer(Evas e, Evas_Object o)
+{
+   Evas_Layer        layer;
+   Evas_List         l;
+   int removed;
+
+   if (!e) return 0;
+   if (!o) return 0;
+   return o->current.layer;
+}
+
 void
 evas_set_layer_store(Evas e, int l, int store)
 {