diff --git a/examples/fb/fb_main.c b/examples/fb/fb_main.c
index 3d7205286..480ede648 100644
--- a/examples/fb/fb_main.c
+++ b/examples/fb/fb_main.c
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ struct fb_state_s
   int fd;
   struct fb_videoinfo_s vinfo;
   struct fb_planeinfo_s pinfo;
+#ifdef  CONFIG_FB_OVERLAY
+  struct fb_overlayinfo_s oinfo;
+#endif
   FAR void *fbmem;
 };
 
@@ -347,6 +350,50 @@ int fb_main(int argc, char *argv[])
   printf("     yres: %u\n", state.vinfo.yres);
   printf("  nplanes: %u\n", state.vinfo.nplanes);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_FB_OVERLAY
+  printf("noverlays: %u\n", state.vinfo.noverlays);
+
+  /* Select the first overlay, which should be the composed framebuffer */
+
+  ret = ioctl(state.fd, FBIO_SELECT_OVERLAY, 0);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      int errcode = errno;
+      fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: ioctl(FBIO_SELECT_OVERLAY) failed: %d\n",
+              errcode);
+      close(state.fd);
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+  ret = ioctl(state.fd, FBIOGET_OVERLAYINFO,
+                        (unsigned long)((uintptr_t)&state.oinfo));
+  if (ret < 0)
+    {
+      int errcode = errno;
+      fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: ioctl(FBIOGET_OVERLAYINFO) failed: %d\n",
+              errcode);
+      close(state.fd);
+      return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+  printf("OverlayInfo (overlay 0):\n");
+  printf("    fbmem: %p\n", state.oinfo.fbmem);
+  printf("    fblen: %lu\n", (unsigned long)state.oinfo.fblen);
+  printf("   stride: %u\n", state.oinfo.stride);
+  printf("  overlay: %u\n", state.oinfo.overlay);
+  printf("      bpp: %u\n", state.oinfo.bpp);
+  printf("    blank: %u\n", state.oinfo.blank);
+  printf("chromakey: 0x%08x\n", state.oinfo.chromakey);
+  printf("    color: 0x%08x\n", state.oinfo.color);
+  printf("   transp: 0x%02x\n", state.oinfo.transp.transp);
+  printf("     mode: %u\n", state.oinfo.transp.transp_mode);
+  printf("     area: (%u,%u) => (%u,%u)\n",
+                      state.oinfo.sarea.x, state.oinfo.sarea.y,
+                      state.oinfo.sarea.w, state.oinfo.sarea.h);
+  printf("     accl: %u\n", state.oinfo.accl);
+
+#endif
+
   ret = ioctl(state.fd, FBIOGET_PLANEINFO,
               (unsigned long)((uintptr_t)&state.pinfo));
   if (ret < 0)