diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp
index 390ca047bd..2c3d5e2330 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.cpp
@@ -301,6 +301,44 @@ void SubShapeBinder::setupObject() {
     checkPropertyStatus();
 }
 
+App::DocumentObject *SubShapeBinder::getSubObject(const char *subname, PyObject **pyObj,
+        Base::Matrix4D *mat, bool transform, int depth) const
+{
+    auto sobj = Part::Feature::getSubObject(subname,pyObj,mat,transform,depth);
+    if(sobj)
+        return sobj;
+    if(Data::ComplexGeoData::findElementName(subname)==subname)
+        return nullptr;
+
+    const char *dot = strchr(subname, '.');
+    if(!dot)
+        return nullptr;
+
+    App::GetApplication().checkLinkDepth(depth);
+    std::string name(subname,dot-subname);
+    for(auto &l : Support.getSubListValues()) {
+        auto obj = l.getValue();
+        if(!obj || !obj->getNameInDocument())
+            continue;
+        for(auto &sub : l.getSubValues()) {
+            auto sobj = obj->getSubObject(sub.c_str());
+            if(!sobj || !sobj->getNameInDocument())
+                continue;
+            if(subname[0] == '$') {
+                if(sobj->Label.getStrValue() != name.c_str()+1)
+                    continue;
+            } else if(!boost::equals(sobj->getNameInDocument(), name))
+                continue;
+            name = Data::ComplexGeoData::noElementName(sub.c_str());
+            name += dot+1;
+            if(mat && transform)
+                *mat *= Placement.getValue().toMatrix();
+            return obj->getSubObject(name.c_str(),pyObj,mat,true,depth+1);
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
 void SubShapeBinder::update(SubShapeBinder::UpdateOption options) {
     Part::TopoShape result;
     std::vector<Part ::TopoShape> shapes;
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.h b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.h
index d5c60e0b40..8cb528a65b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.h
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/ShapeBinder.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool canLinkProperties() const override {return false;}
 
+    virtual App::DocumentObject *getSubObject(const char *subname, PyObject **pyObj=0, 
+            Base::Matrix4D *mat=0, bool transform=true, int depth=0) const override;
+
 protected:
     virtual App::DocumentObjectExecReturn* execute(void) override;
     virtual void onChanged(const App::Property *prop) override;
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp
index e630e070e1..47bddf8086 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp
@@ -343,9 +343,26 @@ void ViewProviderSubShapeBinder::updatePlacement(bool transaction) {
 
 std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> ViewProviderSubShapeBinder::claimChildren(void) const {
     std::vector<App::DocumentObject *> ret;
-    auto self = dynamic_cast<PartDesign::SubShapeBinder*>(getObject());
-    if(self && self->ClaimChildren.getValue() && self->Support.getValue())
-        ret.push_back(self->Support.getValue());
+    auto self = Base::freecad_dynamic_cast<PartDesign::SubShapeBinder>(getObject());
+    if(self && self->ClaimChildren.getValue() && self->Support.getValue()) {
+        std::set<App::DocumentObject *> objSet;
+        for(auto &l : self->Support.getSubListValues()) {
+            auto obj = l.getValue();
+            if(!obj)
+                continue;
+            const auto &subs = l.getSubValues();
+            if(subs.empty()) {
+                if(objSet.insert(obj).second)
+                    ret.push_back(obj);
+                continue;
+            }
+            for(auto &sub : subs) {
+                auto sobj = obj->getSubObject(sub.c_str());
+                if(sobj && objSet.insert(sobj).second)
+                    ret.push_back(sobj);
+            }
+        }
+    }
     return ret;
 }