diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/CommandBody.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/CommandBody.cpp
index 04faaf92a5..a99eb837fb 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/CommandBody.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/CommandBody.cpp
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ void CmdPartDesignBody::activated(int iMsg)
                 }
             }
 
-            // for sketches open the feature dialog to rebase it to a new pane
+            // for sketches open the feature dialog to rebase it to a new plane
             // as requested in issue #0002862
             if (addtogroup) {
                 std::vector<App::DocumentObject*> planes;
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderBody.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderBody.cpp
index cd18a0639a..03a3db6acd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderBody.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderBody.cpp
@@ -454,7 +454,13 @@ bool ViewProviderBody::canDropObject(App::DocumentObject* obj) const
 void ViewProviderBody::dropObject(App::DocumentObject* obj)
 {
     PartDesign::Body* body = static_cast<PartDesign::Body*>(getObject());
-    body->BaseFeature.setValue(obj);
+    if (obj->getTypeId().isDerivedFrom(Part::Part2DObject::getClassTypeId())) {
+        body->addObject(obj);
+    }
+    else {
+        body->BaseFeature.setValue(obj);
+    }
+
     App::Document* doc  = body->getDocument();
     doc->recompute();