diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/femmesh2mesh.py b/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/femmesh2mesh.py
index d7280925f6..c9061d0edd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/femmesh2mesh.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/femmesh/femmesh2mesh.py
@@ -125,7 +125,10 @@ def femmesh_2_mesh(myFemMesh, myResults=None, myDispScale=1):
         for ele in myFemMesh.Faces:
             element_nodes = myFemMesh.getElementNodes(ele)
             # print("element_node: ", element_nodes)
-            faceDef = {1: [0, 1, 2]}
+            if len(element_nodes) in [3, 6]:
+                faceDef = {1: [0, 1, 2]}
+            else:  # quad element
+                faceDef = {1: [0, 1, 2, 3]}
 
             for key in faceDef:
                 nodeList = []