diff -r b82c0f22d22a src/video/raspberry/SDL_rpivideo.c
--- a/src/video/raspberry/SDL_rpivideo.c	Wed Jun 08 08:01:21 2016 -0700
+++ b/src/video/raspberry/SDL_rpivideo.c	Tue Jun 21 18:48:31 2016 +0200
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
     VC_RECT_T src_rect;
     VC_DISPMANX_ALPHA_T         dispman_alpha;
     DISPMANX_UPDATE_HANDLE_T dispman_update;
+    uint32_t layer=SDL_RPI_VIDEOLAYER;
+    char *layer_env=NULL;
 
     /* Disable alpha, otherwise the app looks composed with whatever dispman is showing (X11, console,etc) */
     dispman_alpha.flags = DISPMANX_FLAGS_ALPHA_FIXED_ALL_PIXELS; 
@@ -253,8 +255,22 @@
     src_rect.width = window->w << 16;
     src_rect.height = window->h << 16;
 
+    layer_env=SDL_getenv("SDL_RPI_VIDEO_LAYER");
+    if (layer_env) {
+        layer=SDL_atoi(layer_env);
+    }
+
     dispman_update = vc_dispmanx_update_start( 0 );
-    wdata->dispman_window.element = vc_dispmanx_element_add ( dispman_update, displaydata->dispman_display, SDL_RPI_VIDEOLAYER /* layer */, &dst_rect, 0/*src*/, &src_rect, DISPMANX_PROTECTION_NONE, &dispman_alpha /*alpha*/, 0/*clamp*/, 0/*transform*/);
+    wdata->dispman_window.element = vc_dispmanx_element_add ( dispman_update,
+                                                              displaydata->dispman_display,
+                                                              layer /* dispmanx layer */,
+                                                              &dst_rect,
+                                                              0 /*src*/,
+                                                              &src_rect,
+                                                              DISPMANX_PROTECTION_NONE,
+                                                              &dispman_alpha /*alpha*/,
+                                                              0 /*clamp*/,
+                                                              0/*transform*/);
     wdata->dispman_window.width = window->w;
     wdata->dispman_window.height = window->h;
     vc_dispmanx_update_submit_sync( dispman_update );