diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
index d4924c1f8b..5c85ed089b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "ThemeManager.h"
 #include "RageFile.h"
 #include "ActorUtil.h"
+#include "LuaHelpers.h"
 #include "arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h"
 
 const int MAX_LAYERS = 1000;
@@ -66,6 +67,15 @@ void AddLayersFromAniDir( CString sAniDir, vector<Actor*> &layersAddTo, bool Gen
 	IniFile ini(sPathToIni);
 	ini.ReadFile();
 
+	{
+		CString expr;
+		if( ini.GetValue( "BGAnimation", "Cond", expr ) )
+		{
+			if( !Lua::RunExpression( expr ) )
+				return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	int i;
 	for( i=0; i<MAX_LAYERS; i++ )
 	{
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp b/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp
index ed9a6ac93f..73196f4027 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimationLayer.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "arch/ArchHooks/ArchHooks.h"
 #include "RageTextureManager.h"
 #include "RageFile.h"
+#include "LuaHelpers.h"
 
 
 const float PARTICLE_SPEED = 300;
@@ -458,6 +459,15 @@ void BGAnimationLayer::LoadFromIni( CString sAniDir, CString sLayer )
 		}
 	}
 
+	{
+		CString expr;
+		if( ini.GetValue( sLayer, "Cond", expr ) )
+		{
+			if( !Lua::RunExpression( expr ) )
+				return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	bool Stretch = false;
 	{
 		CString type = "sprite";