diff --git a/doc/classes/CanvasItem.xml b/doc/classes/CanvasItem.xml
index db7ac3a949b..886990c287e 100644
--- a/doc/classes/CanvasItem.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/CanvasItem.xml
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@
 		<method name="get_canvas_transform" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="Transform2D" />
 			<description>
-				Returns the transform matrix of this item's canvas.
+				Returns the transform from the coordinate system of the canvas, this item is in, to the [Viewport]s coordinate system.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="get_global_mouse_position" qualifiers="const">
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
 		<method name="get_global_transform_with_canvas" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="Transform2D" />
 			<description>
-				Returns the global transform matrix of this item in relation to the canvas.
+				Returns the transform from the local coordinate system of this [CanvasItem] to the [Viewport]s coordinate system.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="get_local_mouse_position" qualifiers="const">
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
 		<method name="get_viewport_transform" qualifiers="const">
 			<return type="Transform2D" />
 			<description>
-				Returns this item's transform in relation to the viewport.
+				Returns the transform from the coordinate system of the canvas, this item is in, to the [Viewport]s embedders coordinate system.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="get_world_2d" qualifiers="const">
diff --git a/doc/classes/CanvasLayer.xml b/doc/classes/CanvasLayer.xml
index c149ee2364d..b4391b4224b 100644
--- a/doc/classes/CanvasLayer.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/CanvasLayer.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 				Returns the RID of the canvas used by this layer.
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="get_final_transform" qualifiers="const">
+			<return type="Transform2D" />
+			<description>
+				Returns the transform from the [CanvasLayer]s coordinate system to the [Viewport]s coordinate system.
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="hide">
 			<return type="void" />
 			<description>
diff --git a/scene/2d/canvas_item.cpp b/scene/2d/canvas_item.cpp
index bd821f4c946..d915b744891 100644
--- a/scene/2d/canvas_item.cpp
+++ b/scene/2d/canvas_item.cpp
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ void CanvasItem::_update_callback() {
 
 Transform2D CanvasItem::get_global_transform_with_canvas() const {
 	if (canvas_layer) {
-		return canvas_layer->get_transform() * get_global_transform();
+		return canvas_layer->get_final_transform() * get_global_transform();
 	} else if (is_inside_tree()) {
 		return get_viewport()->get_canvas_transform() * get_global_transform();
 	} else {
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ Transform2D CanvasItem::get_canvas_transform() const {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V(!is_inside_tree(), Transform2D());
 
 	if (canvas_layer) {
-		return canvas_layer->get_transform();
+		return canvas_layer->get_final_transform();
 	} else if (Object::cast_to<CanvasItem>(get_parent())) {
 		return Object::cast_to<CanvasItem>(get_parent())->get_canvas_transform();
 	} else {
@@ -1223,9 +1223,9 @@ Transform2D CanvasItem::get_viewport_transform() const {
 
 	if (canvas_layer) {
 		if (get_viewport()) {
-			return get_viewport()->get_final_transform() * canvas_layer->get_transform();
+			return get_viewport()->get_final_transform() * canvas_layer->get_final_transform();
 		} else {
-			return canvas_layer->get_transform();
+			return canvas_layer->get_final_transform();
 		}
 
 	} else {
diff --git a/scene/main/canvas_layer.cpp b/scene/main/canvas_layer.cpp
index c3025bc18fd..83382cdb8c4 100644
--- a/scene/main/canvas_layer.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/canvas_layer.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ Transform2D CanvasLayer::get_transform() const {
 	return transform;
 }
 
+Transform2D CanvasLayer::get_final_transform() const {
+	if (is_following_viewport()) {
+		Transform2D follow;
+		follow.scale(Vector2(get_follow_viewport_scale(), get_follow_viewport_scale()));
+		if (vp) {
+			follow = vp->get_canvas_transform() * follow;
+		}
+		return follow * transform;
+	}
+	return transform;
+}
+
 void CanvasLayer::_update_xform() {
 	transform.set_rotation_and_scale(rot, scale);
 	transform.set_origin(ofs);
@@ -301,6 +313,7 @@ void CanvasLayer::_bind_methods() {
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_transform", "transform"), &CanvasLayer::set_transform);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_transform"), &CanvasLayer::get_transform);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_final_transform"), &CanvasLayer::get_final_transform);
 
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("set_offset", "offset"), &CanvasLayer::set_offset);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_offset"), &CanvasLayer::get_offset);
diff --git a/scene/main/canvas_layer.h b/scene/main/canvas_layer.h
index 130fade6485..4356ba7abcc 100644
--- a/scene/main/canvas_layer.h
+++ b/scene/main/canvas_layer.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ public:
 
 	void set_transform(const Transform2D &p_xform);
 	Transform2D get_transform() const;
+	Transform2D get_final_transform() const;
 
 	void set_offset(const Vector2 &p_offset);
 	Vector2 get_offset() const;
diff --git a/scene/main/viewport.cpp b/scene/main/viewport.cpp
index 694a843ab9e..81f51ce882a 100644
--- a/scene/main/viewport.cpp
+++ b/scene/main/viewport.cpp
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ void Viewport::_process_picking(bool p_ignore_paused) {
 				ObjectID canvas_layer_id;
 				if (E->get()) {
 					// A descendant CanvasLayer
-					canvas_transform = E->get()->get_transform();
+					canvas_transform = E->get()->get_final_transform();
 					canvas_layer_id = E->get()->get_instance_id();
 				} else {
 					// This Viewport's builtin canvas