diff --git a/src/geo/polygon.js b/src/geo/polygon.js
index 1ad113b0..decef7bd 100644
--- a/src/geo/polygon.js
+++ b/src/geo/polygon.js
@@ -1219,6 +1219,25 @@ class Polygon {
         return list;
     }
 
+    // return true if any line segments on either poly crosses the other
+    // this is a shallow test and does not inspect inners
+    intersects(poly) {
+        let p0 = this.points.slice(); p0.push(p0[0]);
+        let p1 = poly.points.slice(); p1.push(p1[0]);
+        for (let i=1; i<p0.length; i++) {
+            let a = p0[i-1];
+            let b = p0[i];
+            for (let j=1; j<p1.length; j++) {
+                let c = p1[j-1];
+                let d = p1[j];
+                if (util.intersect(a, b, c, d, base.key.SEGINT)) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * using two points, split polygon into two open polygons
      * or return null if p1,p2 does not intersect or poly is open
diff --git a/src/geo/polygons.js b/src/geo/polygons.js
index c6358eeb..e1884407 100644
--- a/src/geo/polygons.js
+++ b/src/geo/polygons.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const ClipperLib = self.ClipperLib,
     EndType = ClipperLib.EndType,
     JoinType = ClipperLib.JoinType,
     PolyTree = ClipperLib.PolyTree,
+    ClipXOR = ClipType.ctXor,
     ClipDiff = ClipType.ctDifference,
     ClipUnion = ClipType.ctUnion,
     ClipIntersect = ClipType.ctIntersection,
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ const POLYS = base.polygons = {
     inner,
     nest,
     diff,
+    xor,
     setZ,
     filter,
     toClipper,
@@ -486,7 +488,47 @@ function diff(setA, setB, z) {
     } else {
         return null;
     }
-};
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Polygon} poly clipping mask
+ * @returns {?Polygon[]}
+ */
+ function xor(set, z) {
+    z = z || set[0].getZ();
+    outer: for (;;) {
+        // sort largest to smallest area
+        set.sort((a,b) => b.area() - a.area());
+        for (let i=0; i<set.length; i++) {
+            let p0 = set[i];
+            for (let j=i+1; j<set.length; j++) {
+                let p1 = set[j];
+                // if polys overlap, xor and check result
+                // if output differs from input, update set
+                // and start from scratch
+                if (p1.overlaps(p0) && p1.intersects(p0)) {
+                    let xor = p0.xor(p1);
+                    if (xor.length === 2) {
+                        let same0 = Math.abs(p0.area() - xor[0].area()) + Math.abs(p1.area() - xor[1].area()) < 0.01;
+                        let same1 = Math.abs(p1.area() - xor[0].area()) + Math.abs(p0.area() - xor[1].area()) < 0.01;
+                        if (same0 || same1) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // console.log({ p0, p1, xor, i, j });
+                    set[i] = null;
+                    set[j] = null;
+                    set = set.filter(o => o);
+                    set.appendAll(xor);
+                    continue outer;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // exit when no change to set occur
+        break;
+    }
+    return set;
+}
 
 /**
  * Slice.doProjectedFills()
diff --git a/src/geo/slicer.js b/src/geo/slicer.js
index 36508749..6301a042 100644
--- a/src/geo/slicer.js
+++ b/src/geo/slicer.js
@@ -387,6 +387,9 @@ async function sliceZ(z, points, options = {}) {
     let rval = { z, lines };
     if (groupFn) {
         let groups = groupFn(lines, z, options);
+        if (options.xor) {
+            groups = POLY.xor(groups);
+        }
         if (options.union) {
             let points = groups.map(p => p.length).reduce((a,b) => a + b);
             // simplistic healing of non-manifold meshes