diff --git a/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs b/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs
index 7846f3728..3011fd6e4 100644
--- a/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs
+++ b/spine-xna/example/src/ExampleGame.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ namespace Spine {
 				SkeletonBinary binary = new SkeletonBinary(atlas);
 				binary.Scale = scale;
 				skeletonData = binary.ReadSkeletonData(assetsFolder + name + ".skel");
-			} else {
+			}
+			else {
 				SkeletonJson json = new SkeletonJson(atlas);
 				json.Scale = scale;
 				skeletonData = json.ReadSkeletonData(assetsFolder + name + ".json");
diff --git a/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs b/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs
index 721b9e398..0de6b73cc 100644
--- a/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs
+++ b/spine-xna/src/SkeletonRenderer.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ namespace Spine {
 		private float zSpacing = 0.0f;
 		public float ZSpacing { get { return zSpacing; } set { zSpacing = value; } }
 
+		/// <summary>A Z position offset added at each vertex.</summary>
+		private float z = 0.0f;
+		public float Z { get { return z; } set { z = value; } }
+
 		public SkeletonRenderer (GraphicsDevice device) {
 			this.device = device;
 
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Spine {
 			for (int i = 0, n = drawOrder.Count; i < n; i++) {
 				Slot slot = drawOrderItems[i];
 				Attachment attachment = slot.Attachment;
-				float attachmentZOffset = zSpacing * i;
+				float attachmentZOffset = z + zSpacing * i;
 
 				float attachmentColorR, attachmentColorG, attachmentColorB, attachmentColorA;
 				object textureObject = null;