diff --git a/filament/include/filament/RenderableManager.h b/filament/include/filament/RenderableManager.h
index e9b6cc01fd..706ef30571 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/RenderableManager.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/RenderableManager.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ public:
      *
      * \see Builder::layerMask()
      * \see View::setVisibleLayers().
+     * \see RenderableManager::getLayerMask()
      */
     void setLayerMask(Instance instance, uint8_t select, uint8_t values) noexcept;
 
@@ -396,6 +397,15 @@ public:
      */
     const Box& getAxisAlignedBoundingBox(Instance instance) const noexcept;
 
+    /**
+     * Get the visibility bits.
+     *
+     * \see Builder::layerMask()
+     * \see View::setVisibleLayers().
+     * \see RenderableManager::getLayerMask()
+     */
+    uint8_t getLayerMask(Instance instance) const noexcept;
+
     /**
      * Gets the immutable number of primitives in the given renderable.
      */
diff --git a/filament/src/components/RenderableManager.cpp b/filament/src/components/RenderableManager.cpp
index f2aeb67b55..79ae8d2334 100644
--- a/filament/src/components/RenderableManager.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/components/RenderableManager.cpp
@@ -595,6 +595,10 @@ const Box& RenderableManager::getAxisAlignedBoundingBox(Instance instance) const
     return upcast(this)->getAxisAlignedBoundingBox(instance);
 }
 
+uint8_t RenderableManager::getLayerMask(Instance instance) const noexcept {
+    return upcast(this)->getLayerMask(instance);
+}
+
 size_t RenderableManager::getPrimitiveCount(Instance instance) const noexcept {
     return upcast(this)->getPrimitiveCount(instance, 0);
 }