diff --git a/composite/compinit.c b/composite/compinit.c
index 111c16e5d..10433a1f7 100644
--- a/composite/compinit.c
+++ b/composite/compinit.c
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ compCloseScreen(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     pScreen->PositionWindow = cs->PositionWindow;
 
     pScreen->GetImage = cs->GetImage;
+    pScreen->GetSpans = cs->GetSpans;
     pScreen->SourceValidate = cs->SourceValidate;
 
     free(cs);
@@ -150,6 +151,21 @@ compGetImage(DrawablePtr pDrawable,
     pScreen->GetImage = compGetImage;
 }
 
+static void
+compGetSpans(DrawablePtr pDrawable, int wMax, DDXPointPtr ppt, int *pwidth,
+             int nspans, char *pdstStart)
+{
+    ScreenPtr pScreen = pDrawable->pScreen;
+    CompScreenPtr cs = GetCompScreen(pScreen);
+
+    pScreen->GetSpans = cs->GetSpans;
+    if (pDrawable->type == DRAWABLE_WINDOW)
+        compPaintChildrenToWindow((WindowPtr) pDrawable);
+    (*pScreen->GetSpans) (pDrawable, wMax, ppt, pwidth, nspans, pdstStart);
+    cs->GetSpans = pScreen->GetSpans;
+    pScreen->GetSpans = compGetSpans;
+}
+
 static void
 compSourceValidate(DrawablePtr pDrawable,
                    int x, int y,
@@ -432,6 +448,9 @@ compScreenInit(ScreenPtr pScreen)
     cs->GetImage = pScreen->GetImage;
     pScreen->GetImage = compGetImage;
 
+    cs->GetSpans = pScreen->GetSpans;
+    pScreen->GetSpans = compGetSpans;
+
     cs->SourceValidate = pScreen->SourceValidate;
     pScreen->SourceValidate = compSourceValidate;
 
diff --git a/composite/compint.h b/composite/compint.h
index 56b76c540..f06b846cb 100644
--- a/composite/compint.h
+++ b/composite/compint.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ typedef struct _CompScreen {
     CompOverlayClientPtr pOverlayClients;
 
     GetImageProcPtr GetImage;
+    GetSpansProcPtr GetSpans;
     SourceValidateProcPtr SourceValidate;
 } CompScreenRec, *CompScreenPtr;