diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9213768193..f9536d5a56 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2008-10-11  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
+
+	* app/core/gimpprojection.h: add a "use_gegl" boolean member.
+
+	* app/core/gimpprojection-construct.c (gimp_projection_construct):
+	use the boolean instead of hardcoding FALSE.
+
+	* app/actions/view-actions.c
+	* app/actions/view-commands.[ch]: add a "Use GEGL" action and
+	callback which sets the boolean and exposes the display.
+
+	* menus/image-menu.xml.in: add it to the "View" menu.
+
 2008-10-11  Martin Nordholts  <martinn@svn.gnome.org>
 
 	* app/gegl/gimpoperationadditionmode.c
diff --git a/app/actions/view-actions.c b/app/actions/view-actions.c
index 7c65518512..71685bdf9c 100644
--- a/app/actions/view-actions.c
+++ b/app/actions/view-actions.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "core/gimp.h"
 #include "core/gimpcontext.h"
 #include "core/gimpimage.h"
+#include "core/gimpprojection.h"
 
 #include "widgets/gimpactiongroup.h"
 #include "widgets/gimprender.h"
@@ -232,7 +233,14 @@ static const GimpToggleActionEntry view_toggle_actions[] =
     N_("Toggle fullscreen view"),
     G_CALLBACK (view_fullscreen_cmd_callback),
     FALSE,
-    GIMP_HELP_VIEW_FULLSCREEN }
+    GIMP_HELP_VIEW_FULLSCREEN },
+
+  { "view-use-gegl", GIMP_STOCK_GEGL,
+    "Use GEGL", NULL,
+    "Use GEGL to create this window's projection",
+    G_CALLBACK (view_use_gegl_cmd_callback),
+    FALSE,
+    NULL }
 };
 
 static const GimpEnumActionEntry view_zoom_actions[] =
@@ -657,6 +665,7 @@ view_actions_update (GimpActionGroup *group,
   SET_SENSITIVE ("view-shrink-wrap", image);
   SET_SENSITIVE ("view-fullscreen",  image);
   SET_ACTIVE    ("view-fullscreen",  display && fullscreen);
+  SET_ACTIVE    ("view-use-gegl",    image && display->image->projection->use_gegl);
 
   if (GIMP_IS_DISPLAY (group->user_data) ||
       GIMP_IS_GIMP (group->user_data))
diff --git a/app/actions/view-commands.c b/app/actions/view-commands.c
index d7cb6fe88a..4817a1d0e1 100644
--- a/app/actions/view-commands.c
+++ b/app/actions/view-commands.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "core/gimp.h"
 #include "core/gimpcontext.h"
 #include "core/gimpimage.h"
+#include "core/gimpprojection.h"
 
 #include "display/gimpdisplay.h"
 #include "display/gimpdisplay-foreach.h"
@@ -683,6 +684,25 @@ view_fullscreen_cmd_callback (GtkAction *action,
   gimp_display_shell_set_fullscreen (shell, active);
 }
 
+void
+view_use_gegl_cmd_callback (GtkAction *action,
+                            gpointer   data)
+{
+  GimpImage        *image;
+  GimpDisplay      *display;
+  GimpDisplayShell *shell;
+  gboolean   active;
+  return_if_no_image (image, data);
+  return_if_no_display (display, data);
+
+  shell = GIMP_DISPLAY_SHELL (display->shell);
+
+  active = gtk_toggle_action_get_active (GTK_TOGGLE_ACTION (action));
+
+  image->projection->use_gegl = active;
+  gimp_display_shell_expose_full (shell);
+}
+
 
 /*  private functions  */
 
diff --git a/app/actions/view-commands.h b/app/actions/view-commands.h
index f71ee2607f..b3107a40ed 100644
--- a/app/actions/view-commands.h
+++ b/app/actions/view-commands.h
@@ -87,5 +87,8 @@ void   view_shrink_wrap_cmd_callback           (GtkAction *action,
 void   view_fullscreen_cmd_callback            (GtkAction *action,
                                                 gpointer   data);
 
+void   view_use_gegl_cmd_callback              (GtkAction *action,
+                                                gpointer   data);
+
 
 #endif /* __VIEW_COMMANDS_H__ */
diff --git a/app/core/gimpprojection-construct.c b/app/core/gimpprojection-construct.c
index e43bf56407..023573077a 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpprojection-construct.c
+++ b/app/core/gimpprojection-construct.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ gimp_projection_construct (GimpProjection *proj,
   /*  call functions which process the list of layers and
    *  the list of channels
    */
-  if (FALSE)
+  if (proj->use_gegl)
     {
       gimp_projection_construct_gegl (proj, x, y, w, h);
     }
diff --git a/app/core/gimpprojection.h b/app/core/gimpprojection.h
index 204531ef2b..fccf63d54d 100644
--- a/app/core/gimpprojection.h
+++ b/app/core/gimpprojection.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ struct _GimpProjection
 
   gboolean                  construct_flag;
   gboolean                  invalidate_preview;
+
+  gboolean                  use_gegl;
 };
 
 struct _GimpProjectionClass
diff --git a/menus/image-menu.xml.in b/menus/image-menu.xml.in
index 21abba18f7..39d51b67a3 100644
--- a/menus/image-menu.xml.in
+++ b/menus/image-menu.xml.in
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@
       <menuitem action="view-show-scrollbars" />
       <menuitem action="view-show-statusbar" />
       <separator />
+      <menuitem action="view-use-gegl" />
+      <separator />
     </menu>
 
     <menu action="image-menu" name="Image">