diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.cpp b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.cpp
index 64bcdd02de..8001f50cde 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ void DlgSettingsPathColor::saveSettings()
     DefaultBBoxSelectionColor->onSave();
     DefaultBBoxNormalColor->onSave();
 	DefaultSelectionStyle->onSave();
+    DefaultTaskPanelLayout->onSave();
 }
 
 void DlgSettingsPathColor::loadSettings()
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ void DlgSettingsPathColor::loadSettings()
     DefaultBBoxSelectionColor->onRestore();
     DefaultBBoxNormalColor->onRestore();
 	DefaultSelectionStyle->onRestore();
+    DefaultTaskPanelLayout->onRestore();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.ui b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.ui
index 49ed19f0ab..7477b0932c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/DlgSettingsPathColor.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>357</width>
-    <height>372</height>
+    <width>483</width>
+    <height>536</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -396,6 +396,43 @@
         </item>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="1" column="0">
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Task Panel Layout</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="1" column="1">
+       <widget class="Gui::PrefComboBox" name="DefaultTaskPanelLayout">
+        <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+         <string>DefaultTaskPanelLayout</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+         <string>Mod/Path</string>
+        </property>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Classic</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Classic - reversed</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Multi Panel</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Multi Panel - reversed</string>
+         </property>
+        </item>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathOpGui.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathOpGui.py
index b897d85eca..3c72ca7cf8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathOpGui.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathOpGui.py
@@ -35,20 +35,13 @@ import importlib
 
 from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
 from PathScripts.PathGeom import PathGeom
+from PathScripts.PathPreferences import PathPreferences
 
 __title__ = "Path Operation UI base classes"
 __author__ = "sliptonic (Brad Collette)"
 __url__ = "http://www.freecadweb.org"
 __doc__ = "Base classes and framework for Path operation's UI"
 
-# TaskPanelLayout
-#  0 ... existing toolbox layout
-#  1 ... reverse order
-#  2 ... multi panel layout
-#  3 ... multi panel layout reverse
-TaskPanelLayout = 0
-
-
 if False:
     PathLog.setLevel(PathLog.Level.DEBUG, PathLog.thisModule())
     PathLog.trackModule(PathLog.thisModule())
@@ -748,11 +741,13 @@ class TaskPanel(object):
             page.initPage(obj)
             page.onDirtyChanged(self.pageDirtyChanged)
 
-        if TaskPanelLayout < 2:
+        taskPanelLayout = PathPreferences.defaultTaskPanelLayout()
+
+        if taskPanelLayout < 2:
             opTitle = opPage.getTitle(obj)
             opPage.setTitle(translate('PathOp', 'Operation'))
             toolbox = QtGui.QToolBox()
-            if TaskPanelLayout == 0:
+            if taskPanelLayout == 0:
                 for page in self.featurePages:
                     toolbox.addItem(page.form, page.getTitle(obj))
                 toolbox.setCurrentIndex(len(self.featurePages)-1)
@@ -765,13 +760,13 @@ class TaskPanel(object):
                 toolbox.setWindowIcon(QtGui.QIcon(opPage.getIcon(obj)))
 
             self.form = toolbox
-        elif TaskPanelLayout == 2:
+        elif taskPanelLayout == 2:
             forms = []
             for page in self.featurePages:
                 page.form.setWindowTitle(page.getTitle(obj))
                 forms.append(page.form)
             self.form = forms
-        elif TaskPanelLayout == 3:
+        elif taskPanelLayout == 3:
             forms = []
             for page in reversed(self.featurePages):
                 page.form.setWindowTitle(page.getTitle(obj))
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py
index f5e025913d..8dd58d611b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class PathPreferences:
     DefaultFilePath           = "DefaultFilePath"
     DefaultJobTemplate        = "DefaultJobTemplate"
     DefaultStockTemplate      = "DefaultStockTemplate"
+    DefaultTaskPanelLayout    = "DefaultTaskPanelLayout"
 
     PostProcessorDefault      = "PostProcessorDefault"
     PostProcessorDefaultArgs  = "PostProcessorDefaultArgs"
@@ -180,6 +181,12 @@ class PathPreferences:
     def setDefaultStockTemplate(cls, template):
         cls.preferences().SetString(cls.DefaultStockTemplate, template)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def defaultTaskPanelLayout(cls):
+        return cls.preferences().GetInt(cls.DefaultTaskPanelLayout, 0)
+    @classmethod
+    def setDefaultTaskPanelLayout(cls, style):
+        cls.preferences().SetInt(cls.DefaultTaskPanelLayout, style)
 
     @classmethod
     def experimentalFeaturesEnabled(cls):