diff --git a/src/canvas.class.js b/src/canvas.class.js
index 2b3a2c1857a..aaed35a306b 100644
--- a/src/canvas.class.js
+++ b/src/canvas.class.js
@@ -990,8 +990,17 @@
       toEl.style.cssText = fromEl.style.cssText;
     },
 
+    /**
+     * Returns context of top canvas where interactions are drawn
+     * @returns {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+     */
+    getTopContext: function () {
+      return this.contextTop;
+    },
+
     /**
      * Returns context of canvas where object selection is drawn
+     * @alias
      * @return {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
      */
     getSelectionContext: function() {
diff --git a/test/unit/canvas.js b/test/unit/canvas.js
index b618c32dbff..f7e5f20090c 100644
--- a/test/unit/canvas.js
+++ b/test/unit/canvas.js
@@ -2520,6 +2520,11 @@
 
     assert.ok(typeof InheritedCanvasClass === 'function');
   });
+  
+  QUnit.test('canvas getTopContext', function(assert) {
+    assert.ok(typeof canvas.getTopContext === 'function');
+    assert.equal(canvas.getTopContext(), canvas.contextTop, 'it jsut returns contextTop');
+  });
 
   QUnit.test('_shouldCenterTransform', function(assert) {
     assert.equal(