diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkimagebufferpool.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkimagebufferpool.c
index 2768a2ebf3..e7edca3e8f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkimagebufferpool.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst-libs/gst/vulkan/gstvkimagebufferpool.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct _GstVulkanImageBufferPoolPrivate
   VkMemoryPropertyFlags mem_props;
   VkFormat vk_fmts[GST_VIDEO_MAX_PLANES];
   int n_imgs;
+  guint32 n_layers;
   gboolean has_profile;
   GstVulkanVideoProfile profile;
   GstVulkanOperation *exec;
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_config_set_decode_caps (GstStructure * config,
 static inline gboolean
 gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_config_get_allocation_params (GstStructure *
     config, VkImageUsageFlags * usage, VkMemoryPropertyFlags * mem_props,
-    GstCaps ** decode_caps)
+    guint32 * n_layers, GstCaps ** decode_caps)
 {
   if (!gst_structure_get_uint (config, "usage", usage)) {
     *usage = VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT | VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT
@@ -115,6 +116,9 @@ gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_config_get_allocation_params (GstStructure *
   if (!gst_structure_get_uint (config, "memory-properties", mem_props))
     *mem_props = VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT;
 
+  if (!gst_structure_get_uint (config, "num-layers", n_layers))
+    *n_layers = 1;
+
   if (decode_caps)
     gst_structure_get (config, "decode-caps", GST_TYPE_CAPS, decode_caps, NULL);
 
@@ -157,7 +161,7 @@ gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_set_config (GstBufferPool * pool,
       GST_CAPS_FEATURES_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
 
   gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_config_get_allocation_params (config,
-      &priv->usage, &priv->mem_props, &decode_caps);
+      &priv->usage, &priv->mem_props, &priv->n_layers, &decode_caps);
 
   priv->has_profile = FALSE;
 #if GST_VULKAN_HAVE_VIDEO_EXTENSIONS
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_set_config (GstBufferPool * pool,
     /* .format = fill per image,  */
     /* .extent = fill per plane, */
     .mipLevels = 1,
-    .arrayLayers = 1,
+    .arrayLayers = priv->n_layers,
     .samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT,
     .tiling = tiling,
     .usage = priv->usage,
@@ -446,7 +450,7 @@ gst_vulkan_image_buffer_pool_alloc (GstBufferPool * pool, GstBuffer ** buffer,
     /* .format = fill per image,  */
     /* .extent = fill per plane, */
     .mipLevels = 1,
-    .arrayLayers = 1,
+    .arrayLayers = priv->n_layers,
     .samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT,
     .tiling = tiling,
     .usage = priv->usage,