diff --git a/src/Mod/Image/Gui/ViewProviderImagePlane.cpp b/src/Mod/Image/Gui/ViewProviderImagePlane.cpp
index 54a6d8849e..3fc49e3bf9 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Image/Gui/ViewProviderImagePlane.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Image/Gui/ViewProviderImagePlane.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoFaceSet.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoShapeHints.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoImage.h>
+# include <Inventor/nodes/SoMaterial.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoTextureCoordinate2.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoTexture2.h>
 # include <QFile>
@@ -92,6 +93,8 @@ void ViewProviderImagePlane::attach(App::DocumentObject *pcObj)
     texture->model = SoTexture2::MODULATE;
     planesep->addChild(texture);
 
+    planesep->addChild(pcShapeMaterial);
+
     // plane
     pcCoords->point.set1Value(0,0,0,0);
     pcCoords->point.set1Value(1,1,0,0);