1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BlockLayoutManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BlockLayoutManager.java
index 55b17e953..b29b95cb1 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BlockLayoutManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/BlockLayoutManager.java
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ public class BlockLayoutManager extends BlockStackingLayoutManager implements Co
                     getBlockFO().getCommonBorderPaddingBackground(),
                     startIndent, endIndent,
                     this);
+            TraitSetter.setLayer(curBlockArea, getBlockFO().getLayer());
 
             curBlockArea.setLocale(getBlockFO().getCommonHyphenation().getLocale());
             curBlockArea.setLocation(FONode.getLocatorString(getBlockFO().getLocator()));