diff --git a/src/cairo-paginated-private.h b/src/cairo-paginated-private.h
index 1ecb01420..7b411915e 100644
--- a/src/cairo-paginated-private.h
+++ b/src/cairo-paginated-private.h
@@ -110,18 +110,22 @@ struct _cairo_paginated_surface_backend {
  *
  * 6. Replays a subset of the meta-surface operations to the target surface
  *
- * 7. Replays the remaining operations to an image surface, sets an
+ * 7. Calls set_paginated_mode with an argument of CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_FALLBACK
+ *
+ * 8. Replays the remaining operations to an image surface, sets an
  *    appropriate clip on the target, then paints the resulting image
  *    surface to the target.
  *
- * So, the target will see drawing operations during two separate
- * stages, (ANALYZE and RENDER). During the ANALYZE phase the target
- * should not actually perform any rendering, (for example, if
- * performing output to a file, no output should be generated during
- * this stage). Instead the drawing functions simply need to return
- * CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS or CAIRO_INT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED to indicate
- * whether rendering would be supported. And it should do this as
- * quickly as possible.
+ * So, the target will see drawing operations during three separate
+ * stages, (ANALYZE, RENDER and FALLBACK). During the ANALYZE phase
+ * the target should not actually perform any rendering, (for example,
+ * if performing output to a file, no output should be generated
+ * during this stage). Instead the drawing functions simply need to
+ * return CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS or CAIRO_INT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED to
+ * indicate whether rendering would be supported. And it should do
+ * this as quickly as possible. The FALLBACK phase allows the surface
+ * to distinguish fallback images from native rendering in case they
+ * need to be handled as a special case.
  *
  * NOTE: The paginated surface layer assumes that the target surface
  * is "blank" by default at the beginning of each page, without any
diff --git a/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c b/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c
index 068a60c1e..d644d8740 100644
--- a/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-paginated-surface.c
@@ -365,7 +365,9 @@ _paint_page (cairo_paginated_surface_t *surface)
         cairo_box_int_t *boxes;
         int num_boxes, i;
 
-	/* Reset clip region before drawing the fall back images */
+	surface->backend->set_paginated_mode (surface->target, CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_FALLBACK);
+
+    /* Reset clip region before drawing the fall back images */
 	status = _cairo_surface_intersect_clip_path (surface->target,
 						     NULL,
 						     CAIRO_FILL_RULE_WINDING,
diff --git a/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c b/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c
index dae9e94ea..c437ce4c4 100644
--- a/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-pdf-surface.c
@@ -4168,7 +4168,7 @@ _cairo_pdf_surface_analyze_operation (cairo_pdf_surface_t  *surface,
 
     /* The SOURCE operator is only supported for the fallback images. */
     if (op == CAIRO_OPERATOR_SOURCE &&
-	surface->paginated_mode == CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_RENDER)
+	surface->paginated_mode == CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_FALLBACK)
 	return CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 
     return CAIRO_INT_STATUS_UNSUPPORTED;
diff --git a/src/cairo-types-private.h b/src/cairo-types-private.h
index a7af7126e..3954f13b2 100644
--- a/src/cairo-types-private.h
+++ b/src/cairo-types-private.h
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ struct _cairo_cache {
 
 typedef enum _cairo_paginated_mode {
     CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_ANALYZE,	/* analyze page regions */
-    CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_RENDER		/* render page contents */
+    CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_RENDER,	/* render page contents */
+    CAIRO_PAGINATED_MODE_FALLBACK 	/* paint fallback images */
 } cairo_paginated_mode_t;
 
 /* Sure wish C had a real enum type so that this would be distinct