diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
index 227d974b14..b711f4062d 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.h
@@ -1536,7 +1536,10 @@ private:
 	bool select_new_marker;
 
 	void toggle_all_existing_automation ();
+
 	void toggle_layer_display ();
+	void layer_display_stacked ();
+	void layer_display_overlaid ();
 
 	void launch_playlist_selector ();
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
index 638ed21176..affc9adbb6 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_actions.cc
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ Editor::register_actions ()
 	ActionManager::register_action (editor_menu_actions, X_("SyncMenu"), _("Sync"));
 	ActionManager::register_action (editor_menu_actions, X_("TempoMenu"), _("Tempo"));
 	ActionManager::register_action (editor_menu_actions, X_("Timecode"), _("Timecode fps"));
+	ActionManager::register_action (editor_menu_actions, X_("LayerDisplay"), _("Region Layers"));
 
 	act = ActionManager::register_action (editor_menu_actions, X_("TrackHeightMenu"), _("Height"));
 	ActionManager::stripable_selection_sensitive_actions.push_back (act);
@@ -262,6 +263,9 @@ Editor::register_actions ()
 	reg_sens (editor_actions, "toggle-all-existing-automation", _("Toggle All Existing Automation"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::toggle_all_existing_automation));
 	reg_sens (editor_actions, "toggle-layer-display", _("Toggle Layer Display"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::toggle_layer_display));
 
+	reg_sens (editor_actions, "layer-display-stacked", _("Stacked layer display"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::layer_display_stacked));
+	reg_sens (editor_actions, "layer-display-overlaid", _("Overlaid layer display"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::layer_display_overlaid));
+
 	act = reg_sens (editor_actions, "show-plist-selector", _("Show Playlist Selector"), sigc::mem_fun (*this, &Editor::launch_playlist_selector));
 	ActionManager::stripable_selection_sensitive_actions.push_back (act);
 
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 5820e63737..f9018b29c8 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -8669,6 +8669,20 @@ Editor::toggle_layer_display ()
 
 }
 
+void
+Editor::layer_display_overlaid ()
+{
+	TrackViewList & tvl (selection->tracks.empty() ? track_views : selection->tracks);
+	tvl.foreach_route_time_axis (boost::bind (&RouteTimeAxisView::set_layer_display, _1, Overlaid));
+}
+
+void
+Editor::layer_display_stacked ()
+{
+	TrackViewList & tvl (selection->tracks.empty() ? track_views : selection->tracks);
+	tvl.foreach_route_time_axis (boost::bind (&RouteTimeAxisView::set_layer_display, _1, Stacked));
+}
+
 void
 Editor::launch_playlist_selector ()
 {