diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/PartFeature.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/PartFeature.cpp
index 5924616e5e..ad967dd3a8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/PartFeature.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/PartFeature.cpp
@@ -861,7 +861,12 @@ App::Material Feature::getMaterialAppearance() const
 
 void Feature::setMaterialAppearance(const App::Material& material)
 {
-    ShapeMaterial.setValue(material);
+    try {
+        ShapeMaterial.setValue(material);
+    }
+    catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
+        e.ReportException();
+    }
 }
 
 // Toponaming project March 2024:  This method should be going away when we get to the python layer.