diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp
index 08fcf8e39f..bfd1ea5fe0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/MDIViewPage.cpp
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ void MDIViewPage::printAllPdf(QPrinter* printer, App::Document* doc)
     QString outputFile = printer->outputFileName();
     QString documentName = QString::fromUtf8(doc->getName());
     QPdfWriter pdfWriter(outputFile);
+    // setPdfVersion sets the printied PDF Version to comply with PDF/A-1b, more details under: https://www.kdab.com/creating-pdfa-documents-qt/
+    pdfWriter.setPdfVersion(QPagedPaintDevice::PdfVersion_A1b);
     pdfWriter.setTitle(documentName);
     pdfWriter.setResolution(printer->resolution());
     QPainter painter(&pdfWriter);