diff --git a/modules/layers/src/text-layer/multi-icon-layer/multi-icon-layer.js b/modules/layers/src/text-layer/multi-icon-layer/multi-icon-layer.js
index c5e426e492b..b47779c54e6 100644
--- a/modules/layers/src/text-layer/multi-icon-layer/multi-icon-layer.js
+++ b/modules/layers/src/text-layer/multi-icon-layer/multi-icon-layer.js
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ const EMPTY_ARRAY = [];
 
 const defaultProps = {
   backgroundColor: {type: 'color', value: null, optional: true},
-  getIconOffsets: {type: 'accessor', value: x => x.offsets}
+  getIconOffsets: {type: 'accessor', value: x => x.offsets},
+  alphaCutoff: 0
 };
 
 export default class MultiIconLayer extends IconLayer {
diff --git a/modules/layers/src/text-layer/text-layer.js b/modules/layers/src/text-layer/text-layer.js
index ddd6c2ee507..14c89646be5 100644
--- a/modules/layers/src/text-layer/text-layer.js
+++ b/modules/layers/src/text-layer/text-layer.js
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ export default class TextLayer extends CompositeLayer {
       getAngle,
       getPixelOffset,
       billboard,
-      sdf,
+      fontSettings,
       sizeScale,
       sizeUnits,
       sizeMinPixels,
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ export default class TextLayer extends CompositeLayer {
 
     return new SubLayerClass(
       {
-        sdf,
+        sdf: fontSettings.sdf,
         iconAtlas: texture,
         iconMapping: mapping,
         backgroundColor,
diff --git a/test/modules/layers/text-layer/text-layer.spec.js b/test/modules/layers/text-layer/text-layer.spec.js
index 9913c37e280..8fba7b0485a 100644
--- a/test/modules/layers/text-layer/text-layer.spec.js
+++ b/test/modules/layers/text-layer/text-layer.spec.js
@@ -23,6 +23,36 @@ test('TextLayer', t => {
   t.end();
 });
 
+test('TextLayer - sdf', t => {
+  const testCases = [
+    {
+      props: {
+        data: FIXTURES.points,
+        getText: d => d.ADDRESS,
+        getPosition: d => d.COORDINATES
+      },
+      onAfterUpdate: ({subLayer}) => {
+        t.notOk(subLayer.props.sdf, 'sublayer props.sdf');
+        t.is(subLayer.props.alphaCutoff, 0, 'sublayer props.alphaCutoff');
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      updateProps: {
+        fontSettings: {
+          sdf: true,
+          buffer: 10
+        }
+      },
+      onAfterUpdate: ({subLayer}) => {
+        t.ok(subLayer.props.sdf, 'sublayer props.sdf');
+      }
+    }
+  ];
+  testLayer({Layer: TextLayer, testCases, onError: t.notOk});
+
+  t.end();
+});
+
 test('TextLayer - binary', t => {
   const value = new Uint8Array([72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 32, 119, 111, 114, 108, 100, 33]);
   const startIndices = [0, 6];