diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c b/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c
index 1de6484ed..947b65e37 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ typedef struct {
   uint32_t primary_plane_id;
   uint32_t rotation_prop_id;
   uint32_t rotation_map[ALL_TRANSFORMS];
+  uint32_t all_hw_transforms;
 } MetaCRTCKms;
 
 typedef struct
@@ -530,7 +531,7 @@ parse_transforms (MetaMonitorManager *manager,
 
       if (cur != -1)
         {
-          crtc->all_transforms |= 1 << cur;
+          crtc_kms->all_hw_transforms |= 1 << cur;
           crtc_kms->rotation_map[cur] = 1 << prop->enums[i].value;
         }
     }
@@ -606,6 +607,8 @@ init_crtc_rotations (MetaMonitorManager *manager,
       drmModeFreePlane (drm_plane);
     }
 
+  crtc->all_transforms |= crtc_kms->all_hw_transforms;
+
   drmModeFreePlaneResources (planes);
 }
 
@@ -1184,6 +1187,7 @@ meta_monitor_manager_kms_apply_configuration (MetaMonitorManager *manager,
       MetaCRTCInfo *crtc_info = crtcs[i];
       MetaCRTC *crtc = crtc_info->crtc;
       MetaCRTCKms *crtc_kms = crtc->driver_private;
+      MetaMonitorTransform hw_transform;
 
       crtc->is_dirty = TRUE;
 
@@ -1234,14 +1238,17 @@ meta_monitor_manager_kms_apply_configuration (MetaMonitorManager *manager,
             }
         }
 
-      if (crtc->all_transforms & (1 << crtc->transform))
-        drmModeObjectSetProperty (manager_kms->fd,
-                                  crtc_kms->primary_plane_id,
-                                  DRM_MODE_OBJECT_PLANE,
-                                  crtc_kms->rotation_prop_id,
-                                  crtc_kms->rotation_map[crtc->transform]);
-    }
+      if (crtc_kms->all_hw_transforms & (1 << crtc->transform))
+        hw_transform = crtc->transform;
+      else
+        hw_transform = META_MONITOR_TRANSFORM_NORMAL;
 
+      drmModeObjectSetProperty (manager_kms->fd,
+                                crtc_kms->primary_plane_id,
+                                DRM_MODE_OBJECT_PLANE,
+                                crtc_kms->rotation_prop_id,
+                                crtc_kms->rotation_map[hw_transform]);
+    }
   /* Disable CRTCs not mentioned in the list (they have is_dirty == FALSE,
      because they weren't seen in the first loop) */
   for (i = 0; i < manager->n_crtcs; i++)
@@ -1617,3 +1624,18 @@ meta_monitor_manager_kms_class_init (MetaMonitorManagerKmsClass *klass)
   manager_class->set_crtc_gamma = meta_monitor_manager_kms_set_crtc_gamma;
 }
 
+MetaMonitorTransform
+meta_monitor_manager_kms_get_view_transform (MetaMonitorManagerKms *manager,
+                                             MetaCRTC              *crtc)
+{
+  MetaCRTCKms *crtc_kms;
+
+  crtc_kms = crtc->driver_private;
+  if ((1 << crtc->transform) & crtc_kms->all_hw_transforms)
+    {
+      /* Transform is managed by the hardware, the view is untransformed */
+      return META_MONITOR_TRANSFORM_NORMAL;
+    }
+
+  return crtc->transform;
+}
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.h b/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.h
index 3386b932e..53a019ea5 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.h
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-monitor-manager-kms.h
@@ -57,4 +57,9 @@ gboolean meta_monitor_manager_kms_flip_crtc (MetaMonitorManagerKms *manager_kms,
 
 void meta_monitor_manager_kms_wait_for_flip (MetaMonitorManagerKms *manager_kms);
 
+MetaMonitorTransform
+meta_monitor_manager_kms_get_view_transform (MetaMonitorManagerKms *manager,
+                                             MetaCRTC              *crtc);
+
+
 #endif /* META_MONITOR_MANAGER_KMS_H */