diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
index 90934b7d..ab6587c2 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function BaseController(authApi, pgConnection) {
 
 module.exports = BaseController;
 
-// jshint maxcomplexity:9
+// jshint maxcomplexity:10
 /**
  * Whitelist input and get database name & default geometry type from
  * subdomain/user metadata held in CartoDB Redis
@@ -75,7 +75,11 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
         return;
     }
 
-    req.query = _.pick(req.query, REQUEST_QUERY_PARAMS_WHITELIST);
+    var allowedQueryParams = REQUEST_QUERY_PARAMS_WHITELIST;
+    if (Array.isArray(req.context.allowedQueryParams)) {
+        allowedQueryParams = allowedQueryParams.concat(req.context.allowedQueryParams);
+    }
+    req.query = _.pick(req.query, allowedQueryParams);
     req.params = _.extend({}, req.params); // shuffle things as request is a strange array/object
 
     var user = req.context.user;
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
index f7215943..4119655f 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/layergroup.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var BaseController = require('./base');
 
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
+var allowQueryParams = require('../middleware/allow-query-params');
 
 var DataviewBackend = require('../backends/dataview');
 var AnalysisStatusBackend = require('../backends/analysis-status');
@@ -67,11 +68,13 @@ LayergroupController.prototype.register = function(app) {
         this.attributes.bind(this));
 
     app.get(app.base_url_mapconfig +
-        '/static/center/:token/:z/:lat/:lng/:width/:height.:format', cors(), userMiddleware,
+        '/static/center/:token/:z/:lat/:lng/:width/:height.:format',
+        cors(), userMiddleware, allowQueryParams(['layer']),
         this.center.bind(this));
 
     app.get(app.base_url_mapconfig +
-        '/static/bbox/:token/:west,:south,:east,:north/:width/:height.:format', cors(), userMiddleware,
+        '/static/bbox/:token/:west,:south,:east,:north/:width/:height.:format',
+        cors(), userMiddleware, allowQueryParams(['layer']),
         this.bbox.bind(this));
 
     // Undocumented/non-supported API endpoint methods.
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index f8f9b89c..bde3827d 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ var BaseController = require('./base');
 
 var cors = require('../middleware/cors');
 var userMiddleware = require('../middleware/user');
+var allowQueryParams = require('../middleware/allow-query-params');
 
 function NamedMapsController(authApi, pgConnection, namedMapProviderCache, tileBackend, previewBackend,
                              surrogateKeysCache, tablesExtentApi, metadataBackend) {
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.register = function(app) {
         this.tile.bind(this));
 
     app.get(app.base_url_mapconfig +
-        '/static/named/:template_id/:width/:height.:format', cors(), userMiddleware,
+        '/static/named/:template_id/:width/:height.:format', cors(), userMiddleware, allowQueryParams(['layer']),
         this.staticMap.bind(this));
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/middleware/allow-query-params.js b/lib/cartodb/middleware/allow-query-params.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04a27033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cartodb/middleware/allow-query-params.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = function allowQueryParams(params) {
+    if (!Array.isArray(params)) {
+        throw new Error('allowQueryParams must receive an Array of params');
+    }
+    return function allowQueryParamsMiddleware(req, res, next) {
+        req.context.allowedQueryParams = params;
+        next();
+    };
+};
diff --git a/test/acceptance/named_maps_static_view.js b/test/acceptance/named_maps_static_view.js
index 91026226..c7ddff2f 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/named_maps_static_view.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/named_maps_static_view.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe('named maps static view', function() {
 
     var IMAGE_TOLERANCE = 20;
 
-    function createTemplate(view) {
+    function createTemplate(view, layers) {
         return {
             version: '0.0.1',
             name: templateName,
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('named maps static view', function() {
             },
             view: view,
             layergroup: {
-                layers: [
+                layers: layers || [
                     {
                         type: 'mapnik',
                         options: {
@@ -198,4 +198,43 @@ describe('named maps static view', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should allow to select the layers to render', function (done) {
+        var view = {
+            bounds: {
+                west: 0,
+                south: 0,
+                east: 45,
+                north: 45
+            }
+        };
+
+        var layers = [
+            {
+                type: 'mapnik',
+                options: {
+                    sql: 'select * from populated_places_simple_reduced',
+                    cartocss: '#layer { marker-fill: <%= color %>; }',
+                    cartocss_version: '2.3.0'
+                }
+            },
+            {
+                type: 'mapnik',
+                options: {
+                    sql: 'select ST_Transform(ST_MakeEnvelope(-45, -45, 45, 45, 4326), 3857) the_geom_webmercator',
+                    cartocss: '#layer { polygon-fill: <%= color %>; }',
+                    cartocss_version: '2.3.0'
+                }
+            }
+        ];
+        templateMaps.addTemplate(username, createTemplate(view, layers), function (err) {
+            if (err) {
+                return done(err);
+            }
+            getStaticMap({ layer: 0 }, function(err, img) {
+                assert.ok(!err);
+                assert.imageIsSimilarToFile(img, previewFixture('bounds'), IMAGE_TOLERANCE, done);
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
 });