diff --git a/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp b/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp
index 8d34144c8c..344aea1a58 100644
--- a/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp
+++ b/src/App/GeoFeature.cpp
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ Base::Placement GeoFeature::getGlobalPlacement(App::DocumentObject* targetObj,
         return plc;
     }
 
+    if (rootObj->isLink()) {
+        // Update doc in case its an external link.
+        doc = rootObj->getLinkedObject()->getDocument();
+    }
+
     for (auto& name : names) {
         App::DocumentObject* obj = doc->getObject(name.c_str());
         if (!obj) {