diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
index 87e75384476..ac1e20d1e84 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
@@ -5846,6 +5846,18 @@ static void lib_link_scene_collection(FileData *fd, Library *lib, SceneCollectio
 	}
 }
 
+static void lib_link_layer_collection(FileData *fd, LayerCollection *layer_collection)
+{
+	IDP_LibLinkProperty(layer_collection->properties, fd);
+
+	for (LayerCollection *layer_collection_nested = layer_collection->layer_collections.first;
+	     layer_collection_nested != NULL;
+	     layer_collection_nested = layer_collection_nested->next)
+	{
+		lib_link_layer_collection(fd, layer_collection_nested);
+	}
+}
+
 static void lib_link_view_layer(FileData *fd, Library *lib, ViewLayer *view_layer)
 {
 	/* tag scene layer to update for collection tree evaluation */
@@ -5866,6 +5878,16 @@ static void lib_link_view_layer(FileData *fd, Library *lib, ViewLayer *view_laye
 		base->flag |= BASE_DIRTY_ENGINE_SETTINGS;
 		base->collection_properties = NULL;
 	}
+
+	for (LayerCollection *layer_collection = view_layer->layer_collections.first;
+	     layer_collection != NULL;
+	     layer_collection = layer_collection->next)
+	{
+		lib_link_layer_collection(fd, layer_collection);
+	}
+
+	IDP_LibLinkProperty(view_layer->properties, fd);
+	IDP_LibLinkProperty(view_layer->id_properties, fd);
 }
 
 static void lib_link_scene(FileData *fd, Main *main)
@@ -9913,6 +9935,18 @@ static void expand_scene_collection(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, SceneCollection
 	}
 }
 
+static void expand_layer_collection(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, LayerCollection *layer_collection)
+{
+	expand_idprops(fd, mainvar, layer_collection->properties);
+
+	for (LayerCollection *layer_collection_nested = layer_collection->layer_collections.first;
+	     layer_collection_nested != NULL;
+	     layer_collection_nested = layer_collection_nested->next)
+	{
+		expand_layer_collection(fd, mainvar, layer_collection_nested);
+	}
+}
+
 static void expand_scene(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, Scene *sce)
 {
 	SceneRenderLayer *srl;
@@ -9949,6 +9983,9 @@ static void expand_scene(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, Scene *sce)
 	}
 
 	for (ViewLayer *view_layer = sce->view_layers.first; view_layer; view_layer = view_layer->next) {
+		expand_idprops(fd, mainvar, view_layer->properties);
+		expand_idprops(fd, mainvar, view_layer->id_properties);
+
 		for (module = view_layer->freestyle_config.modules.first; module; module = module->next) {
 			if (module->script) {
 				expand_doit(fd, mainvar, module->script);
@@ -9961,6 +9998,13 @@ static void expand_scene(FileData *fd, Main *mainvar, Scene *sce)
 			}
 			expand_doit(fd, mainvar, lineset->linestyle);
 		}
+
+		for (LayerCollection *layer_collection = view_layer->layer_collections.first;
+		     layer_collection != NULL;
+		     layer_collection = layer_collection->next)
+		{
+			expand_layer_collection(fd, mainvar, layer_collection);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (sce->r.dometext)