diff --git a/src/App/Expression.cpp b/src/App/Expression.cpp
index eb324cb0a5..f00dd4950c 100644
--- a/src/App/Expression.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Expression.cpp
@@ -1748,6 +1748,7 @@ FunctionExpression::FunctionExpression(const DocumentObject *_owner, Function _f
     case MINVERT:
     case STR:
     case HIDDENREF:
+    case HREF:
         if (args.size() != 1)
             EXPR_THROW("Invalid number of arguments: exactly one required.");
         break;
@@ -2099,7 +2100,7 @@ Py::Object FunctionExpression::evaluate(const Expression *expr, int f, const std
         return res;
     } else if (f == STR) {
         return Py::String(args[0]->getPyValue().as_string());
-    } else if (f == HIDDENREF) {
+    } else if (f == HIDDENREF || f == HREF) {
         return args[0]->getPyValue();
     }
 
@@ -2437,6 +2438,8 @@ void FunctionExpression::_toString(std::ostream &ss, bool persistent,int) const
         ss << "str("; break;;
     case HIDDENREF:
         ss << "hiddenref("; break;;
+    case HREF:
+        ss << "href("; break;;
     default:
         ss << fname << "("; break;;
     }
@@ -2470,7 +2473,7 @@ void FunctionExpression::_visit(ExpressionVisitor &v)
 {
     std::vector<Expression*>::const_iterator i = args.begin();
 
-    HiddenReference ref(f == HIDDENREF);
+    HiddenReference ref(f == HIDDENREF || f == HREF);
     while (i != args.end()) {
         (*i)->visit(v);
         ++i;
@@ -3252,6 +3255,7 @@ static void initParser(const App::DocumentObject *owner)
         registered_functions["create"] = FunctionExpression::CREATE;
         registered_functions["str"] = FunctionExpression::STR;
         registered_functions["hiddenref"] = FunctionExpression::HIDDENREF;
+        registered_functions["href"] = FunctionExpression::HREF;
 
         // Aggregates
         registered_functions["sum"] = FunctionExpression::SUM;
diff --git a/src/App/ExpressionParser.h b/src/App/ExpressionParser.h
index c354216299..726220c80c 100644
--- a/src/App/ExpressionParser.h
+++ b/src/App/ExpressionParser.h
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ public:
         CREATE, // create new object of a given type
         STR, // stringify
         HIDDENREF, // hidden reference that has no dependency check
+        HREF, // deprecated alias of HIDDENREF
 
         // Aggregates
         AGGREGATES,