An arrangement for a vehicle roof having a cover which, starting from a closure position, can be raised for opening by deployment means in the rear region thereof and which can be displaced backward over the vehicle roof. The deployment means have a sliding member which can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle by a drive and which has a first slotted guide. The deployment means also have a second slotted guide which is secured to the vehicle, and have a first control lever pivotably supported in the rear region on the cover and is coupled to the first slotted guide and the second slotted guide, so that, starting from the closure position of the cover, when the sliding member is displaced in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a movement of the cover in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle is initially locked by means of the first control lever.