}
 }
 
+static void sun8i_ui_layer_update_alpha(struct sun8i_mixer *mixer, int channel,
+                                       int overlay, struct drm_plane *plane)
+{
+       u32 mask, val, ch_base;
+
+       ch_base = sun8i_channel_base(mixer, channel);
+
+       mask = SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MODE_MASK |
+               SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MASK;
+
+       val = SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA(plane->state->alpha >> 8);
+
+       val |= (plane->state->alpha == DRM_BLEND_ALPHA_OPAQUE) ?
+               SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MODE_PIXEL :
+               SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MODE_COMBINED;
+
+       regmap_update_bits(mixer->engine.regs,
+                          SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR(ch_base, overlay),
+                          mask, val);
+}
+
 static int sun8i_ui_layer_update_coord(struct sun8i_mixer *mixer, int channel,
                                       int overlay, struct drm_plane *plane,
                                       unsigned int zpos)
 
        sun8i_ui_layer_update_coord(mixer, layer->channel,
                                    layer->overlay, plane, zpos);
+       sun8i_ui_layer_update_alpha(mixer, layer->channel,
+                                   layer->overlay, plane);
        sun8i_ui_layer_update_formats(mixer, layer->channel,
                                      layer->overlay, plane);
        sun8i_ui_layer_update_buffer(mixer, layer->channel,
 
        plane_cnt = mixer->cfg->ui_num + mixer->cfg->vi_num;
 
+       ret = drm_plane_create_alpha_property(&layer->plane);
+       if (ret) {
+               dev_err(drm->dev, "Couldn't add alpha property\n");
+               return ERR_PTR(ret);
+       }
+
        ret = drm_plane_create_zpos_property(&layer->plane, channel,
                                             0, plane_cnt - 1);
        if (ret) {
 
 #define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_FBFMT_MASK      GENMASK(12, 8)
 #define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_FBFMT_OFFSET    8
 #define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MASK      GENMASK(31, 24)
+#define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA(x)                ((x) << 24)
+
+#define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MODE_PIXEL                ((0) << 1)
+#define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MODE_LAYER                ((1) << 1)
+#define SUN8I_MIXER_CHAN_UI_LAYER_ATTR_ALPHA_MODE_COMBINED     ((2) << 1)
 
 struct sun8i_mixer;