diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
index 9721fc5d15..6de9bfb1de 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DPy.cpp
@@ -1267,6 +1267,21 @@ Py::Object View3DInventorPy::getObjectsInfo(const Py::Tuple& args)
                     // ok, found the node of interest
                     list.append(dict);
                 }
+                else {
+                    // custom nodes not in a VP: search for a SoFCSelection node
+                    SoFCDocumentObjectAction objaction;
+                    objaction.apply(point->getPath());
+                    if (objaction.isHandled()) {
+                        dict.setItem("Document",
+                            Py::String(objaction.documentName.getString()));
+                        dict.setItem("Object",
+                            Py::String(objaction.objectName.getString()));
+                        dict.setItem("Component",
+                            Py::String(objaction.componentName.getString()));
+                        // ok, found the node of interest
+                        ret = dict;
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             ret = list;