diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
index 8cf8ca997b1d..c5a999ca1d72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_layer.c
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ static void sun4i_backend_layer_atomic_update(struct drm_plane *plane,
 	sun4i_backend_layer_enable(backend, layer->id, true);
 }
 
+static bool sun4i_layer_format_mod_supported(struct drm_plane *plane,
+					     uint32_t format, uint64_t modifier)
+{
+	return sun4i_backend_format_is_supported(format, modifier) ||
+	       sun4i_frontend_format_is_supported(format, modifier);
+}
+
 static const struct drm_plane_helper_funcs sun4i_backend_layer_helper_funcs = {
 	.prepare_fb	= drm_gem_fb_prepare_fb,
 	.atomic_disable	= sun4i_backend_layer_atomic_disable,
@@ -127,6 +134,7 @@ static const struct drm_plane_funcs sun4i_backend_layer_funcs = {
 	.disable_plane		= drm_atomic_helper_disable_plane,
 	.reset			= sun4i_backend_layer_reset,
 	.update_plane		= drm_atomic_helper_update_plane,
+	.format_mod_supported	= sun4i_layer_format_mod_supported,
 };
 
 static const uint32_t sun4i_layer_formats[] = {
@@ -157,6 +165,12 @@ static const uint32_t sun4i_layer_formats[] = {
 	DRM_FORMAT_YVYU,
 };
 
+static const uint64_t sun4i_layer_modifiers[] = {
+	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_LINEAR,
+	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_ALLWINNER_TILED,
+	DRM_FORMAT_MOD_INVALID
+};
+
 static struct sun4i_layer *sun4i_layer_init_one(struct drm_device *drm,
 						struct sun4i_backend *backend,
 						enum drm_plane_type type)
@@ -173,7 +187,7 @@ static struct sun4i_layer *sun4i_layer_init_one(struct drm_device *drm,
 				       &sun4i_backend_layer_funcs,
 				       sun4i_layer_formats,
 				       ARRAY_SIZE(sun4i_layer_formats),
-				       NULL, type, NULL);
+				       sun4i_layer_modifiers, type, NULL);
 	if (ret) {
 		dev_err(drm->dev, "Couldn't initialize layer\n");
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);