diff --git a/libweston/backend-drm/state-propose.c b/libweston/backend-drm/state-propose.c
index b19b1a0a2..5a2eba616 100644
--- a/libweston/backend-drm/state-propose.c
+++ b/libweston/backend-drm/state-propose.c
@@ -876,6 +876,13 @@ drm_output_propose_state(struct weston_output *output_base,
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (pnode->view->alpha == 0.0f ||
+		    (pnode->draw_solid && pnode->solid.a == 0.0f)) {
+			drm_debug(b, "\t\t\t\t[view] ignoring view %p " \
+				  "(fully transparent)\n", ev);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		/* Ignore views we know to be totally occluded. */
 		pixman_region32_init(&clipped_view);
 		pixman_region32_intersect(&clipped_view,
diff --git a/tests/drm-offload-test.c b/tests/drm-offload-test.c
index aa8188509..97556e02b 100644
--- a/tests/drm-offload-test.c
+++ b/tests/drm-offload-test.c
@@ -211,9 +211,7 @@ TEST(drm_offload_fullscreen) {
 
 /*
  * Test that a fullscreen client with fullscreen-sized buffer and a fully
- * transparent overlay surface is *not* presented via direct-scanout.
- *
- * This should be optimized in the future.
+ * transparent overlay surface is presented via direct-scanout.
  */
 TEST(drm_offload_fullscreen_transparent_overlay) {
 	struct xdg_client *xdg_client;
@@ -278,7 +276,7 @@ TEST(drm_offload_fullscreen_transparent_overlay) {
 					      &result);
 	wl_surface_commit(surface);
 	presentation_wait_nofail(client, &result);
-	test_assert_enum(result, FB_PRESENTED);
+	test_assert_enum(result, FB_PRESENTED_ZERO_COPY);
 
 	wp_viewport_destroy(overlay_viewport);
 	wl_subsurface_destroy(overlay_subsurface);