diff --git a/src/driver/fb_accel.h b/src/driver/fb_accel.h
index 090ef4cc4..f776908be 100644
--- a/src/driver/fb_accel.h
+++ b/src/driver/fb_accel.h
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ class CFbAccelCSHD2
 		void paintBoxRel(const int x, const int y, const int dx, const int dy, const fb_pixel_t col, int radius = 0, int type = CORNER_ALL);
 		void blit2FB(void *fbbuff, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t xoff, uint32_t yoff, uint32_t xp = 0, uint32_t yp = 0, bool transp = false);
 		void blitBox2FB(const fb_pixel_t* boxBuf, uint32_t width, uint32_t height, uint32_t xoff, uint32_t yoff);
+		fb_pixel_t * getBackBufferPointer() const;
 		void setBlendMode(uint8_t);
 		void setBlendLevel(int);
 		uint32_t getWidth4FB_HW_ACC(const uint32_t x, const uint32_t w, const bool max=true);
diff --git a/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp b/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp
index 256a9c729..bc2983560 100644
--- a/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp
+++ b/src/driver/fb_accel_cs_hd2.cpp
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ int CFbAccelCSHD2::setMode(unsigned int, unsigned int, unsigned int)
 	return 0; /* dont fail because of this */
 }
 
+fb_pixel_t * CFbAccelCSHD2::getBackBufferPointer() const
+{
+	return backbuffer;
+}
+
 void CFbAccelCSHD2::setBlendMode(uint8_t mode)
 {
 	if (ioctl(fd, FBIO_SETBLENDMODE, mode))