diff --git a/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java b/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java
index 5cabcf72..2bfb8aa5 100644
--- a/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java
+++ b/src/org/oscim/renderer/TextureRenderer.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public final class TextureRenderer {
 
 	public static Layer draw(Layer layer, float scale, float[] projection, float matrix[]) {
 		GLState.test(false, false);
+		GLES20.glEnable(GLES20.GL_BLEND);
 		// GlUtils.checkGlError("draw texture >");
 		GLES20.glUseProgram(mTextureProgram);