diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c b/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
index fd3dc73fc..b45b1732c 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
@@ -1144,6 +1144,8 @@ meta_shaped_texture_set_snippet (MetaShapedTexture *stex,
   g_clear_pointer (&stex->snippet, cogl_object_unref);
   if (snippet)
     stex->snippet = cogl_object_ref (snippet);
+
+  meta_texture_tower_set_snippet (stex->paint_tower, snippet);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c b/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c
index c491e4d12..510e85f79 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct _MetaTextureTower
   CoglOffscreen *fbos[MAX_TEXTURE_LEVELS];
   Box invalid[MAX_TEXTURE_LEVELS];
   CoglPipeline *pipeline_template;
+  CoglSnippet *snippet;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ meta_texture_tower_free (MetaTextureTower *tower)
     cogl_object_unref (tower->pipeline_template);
 
   meta_texture_tower_set_base_texture (tower, NULL);
+  cogl_clear_object (&tower->snippet);
 
   g_free (tower);
 }
@@ -216,6 +218,28 @@ meta_texture_tower_update_area (MetaTextureTower *tower,
     }
 }
 
+void
+meta_texture_tower_set_snippet (MetaTextureTower *tower,
+                                CoglSnippet      *snippet)
+{
+  int i;
+
+  if (tower->snippet == snippet)
+    return;
+
+  g_clear_pointer (&tower->snippet, cogl_object_unref);
+
+  if (snippet)
+    tower->snippet = cogl_object_ref (snippet);
+
+  for (i = 1; i < tower->n_levels; i++)
+    {
+      cogl_clear_object (&tower->textures[i]);
+      g_clear_object (&tower->fbos[i]);
+    }
+  cogl_clear_object (&tower->pipeline_template);
+}
+
 /* It generally looks worse if we scale up a window texture by even a
  * small amount than if we scale it down using bilinear filtering, so
  * we always pick the *larger* adjacent level. */
@@ -410,6 +434,9 @@ texture_tower_revalidate (MetaTextureTower *tower,
   pipeline = cogl_pipeline_copy (tower->pipeline_template);
   cogl_pipeline_set_layer_texture (pipeline, 0, tower->textures[level - 1]);
 
+  if (tower->snippet && level == 1)
+    cogl_pipeline_add_layer_snippet (pipeline, 0, tower->snippet);
+
   cogl_framebuffer_draw_textured_rectangle (fb, pipeline,
                                             invalid->x1, invalid->y1,
                                             invalid->x2, invalid->y2,
diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.h b/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.h
index 1f5b37146..5522dfbb1 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.h
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-texture-tower.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ void              meta_texture_tower_update_area       (MetaTextureTower *tower,
 CoglTexture      *meta_texture_tower_get_paint_texture (MetaTextureTower    *tower,
                                                         ClutterPaintContext *paint_context);
 
+void meta_texture_tower_set_snippet (MetaTextureTower *tower,
+                                     CoglSnippet      *snippet);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif /* __META_TEXTURE_TOWER_H__ */