3 files changed, 30 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/intern/cycles/blender/object.cpp b/intern/cycles/blender/object.cpp
index 86314d3b196..65a04a39660 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/blender/object.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/blender/object.cpp
@@ -529,6 +529,17 @@ void BlenderSync::sync_procedural(BL::Object &b_ob,
   string absolute_path = blender_absolute_path(b_data, b_ob, b_mesh_cache.cache_file().filepath());
   procedural->set_filepath(ustring(absolute_path));
 
+  array<ustring> layers;
+  for (BL::CacheFileLayer &layer : cache_file.layers) {
+    if (layer.hide_layer()) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    absolute_path = blender_absolute_path(b_data, b_ob, layer.filepath());
+    layers.push_back_slow(ustring(absolute_path));
+  }
+  procedural->set_layers(layers);
+
   procedural->set_scale(cache_file.scale());
 
   procedural->set_use_prefetch(cache_file.use_prefetch());
diff --git a/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.cpp b/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.cpp
index 71fa1863b8b..7780b13eecb 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.cpp
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ NODE_DEFINE(AlembicProcedural)
   NodeType *type = NodeType::add("alembic", create);
 
   SOCKET_STRING(filepath, "Filename", ustring());
+  SOCKET_STRING_ARRAY(layers, "Layers", array<ustring>());
   SOCKET_FLOAT(frame, "Frame", 1.0f);
   SOCKET_FLOAT(start_frame, "Start Frame", 1.0f);
   SOCKET_FLOAT(end_frame, "End Frame", 1.0f);
@@ -839,14 +840,26 @@ void AlembicProcedural::generate(Scene *scene, Progress &progress)
     return;
   }
 
-  if (!archive.valid()) {
+  if (!archive.valid() || filepath_is_modified() || layers_is_modified()) {
     Alembic::AbcCoreFactory::IFactory factory;
     factory.setPolicy(Alembic::Abc::ErrorHandler::kQuietNoopPolicy);
-    archive = factory.getArchive(filepath.c_str());
+
+    std::vector<std::string> filenames;
+    filenames.push_back(filepath.c_str());
+
+    for (const ustring &layer : layers) {
+      filenames.push_back(layer.c_str());
+    }
+
+    /* We need to reverse the order as overriding archives should come first. */
+    std::reverse(filenames.begin(), filenames.end());
+
+    archive = factory.getArchive(filenames);
 
     if (!archive.valid()) {
       /* avoid potential infinite update loops in viewport synchronization */
       filepath.clear();
+      layers.clear();
       clear_modified();
       return;
     }
diff --git a/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.h b/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.h
index 3a4d37da3ff..6068ea3ef03 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/scene/alembic.h
@@ -479,6 +479,10 @@ class AlembicProcedural : public Procedural {
   /* The file path to the Alembic archive */
   NODE_SOCKET_API(ustring, filepath)
 
+  /* Layers for the Alembic archive. Layers are in the order in which they override data, with the
+   * latter elements overriding the former ones. */
+  NODE_SOCKET_API_ARRAY(array<ustring>, layers)
+
   /* The current frame to render. */
   NODE_SOCKET_API(float, frame)