diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 91a52db..46f96e5 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ SYMBOL_INTERNAL void ClearScreen(struct Game* game) {
 	al_set_target_backbuffer(game->display);
 	al_reset_clipping_rectangle();
 	al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgb(0, 0, 0));
-	al_clear_depth_buffer(1.0);
+	if (game->viewport_config.depth_buffer) {
+		al_clear_depth_buffer(1.0);
+	}
 	al_set_clipping_rectangle(game->_priv.clip_rect.x, game->_priv.clip_rect.y, game->_priv.clip_rect.w, game->_priv.clip_rect.h);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsuperderpy.c b/src/libsuperderpy.c
index 9d6ff2c..df79e08 100644
--- a/src/libsuperderpy.c
+++ b/src/libsuperderpy.c
@@ -204,7 +204,9 @@ SYMBOL_EXPORT struct Game* libsuperderpy_init(int argc, char** argv, const char*
 	al_set_new_display_option(ALLEGRO_SUPPORTED_ORIENTATIONS, ALLEGRO_DISPLAY_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT, ALLEGRO_SUGGEST);
 #endif
 
-	al_set_new_display_option(ALLEGRO_DEPTH_SIZE, 24, ALLEGRO_SUGGEST);
+	if (viewport.depth_buffer) {
+		al_set_new_display_option(ALLEGRO_DEPTH_SIZE, 24, ALLEGRO_SUGGEST);
+	}
 
 #ifdef ALLEGRO_WINDOWS
 	al_set_new_window_position(20, 40); // workaround nasty Windows bug with window being created off-screen
diff --git a/src/libsuperderpy.h b/src/libsuperderpy.h
index 68c3d6e..0eadb4f 100644
--- a/src/libsuperderpy.h
+++ b/src/libsuperderpy.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct Viewport {
 	float aspect; /*!< When set instead of width/height pair, makes the viewport side fluid; when non-zero, locks its aspect ratio. */
 	bool integer_scaling; /*!< Ensure that the viewport is zoomed only with integer factors. */
 	bool pixel_perfect; /*!< Ensure that the resulting image is really viewport-sized and (potentially) rescaled afterwards, as opposed to default transformation-based scaling. */
+	bool depth_buffer; /*!< Request a depth buffer for the framebuffer's render target. */
 };
 
 /*! \brief Main struct of the game. */