diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderDatum.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderDatum.cpp
index ae5c93b2d3..f5449bfcd8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderDatum.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderDatum.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ ViewProviderDatum::~ViewProviderDatum()
 
 void ViewProviderDatum::attach(App::DocumentObject *obj)
 {
+    if (auto geo = dynamic_cast<App::GeoFeature*>(obj)) {
+        geo->setMaterialAppearance(ShapeAppearance[0]);
+    }
+
     ViewProviderGeometryObject::attach ( obj );
 
     // TODO remove this field (2015-09-08, Fat-Zer)
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp
index 7dbb522c7a..8c4da52827 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,14 @@ void ViewProviderShapeBinder::unsetEdit(int ModNum) {
     PartGui::ViewProviderPart::unsetEdit(ModNum);
 }
 
+void ViewProviderShapeBinder::attach(App::DocumentObject *obj)
+{
+    if (auto geo = dynamic_cast<App::GeoFeature*>(obj)) {
+        geo->setMaterialAppearance(ShapeAppearance[0]);
+    }
+    ViewProviderPart::attach(obj);
+}
+
 void ViewProviderShapeBinder::highlightReferences(bool on)
 {
     App::GeoFeature* obj = nullptr;
@@ -221,6 +229,9 @@ ViewProviderSubShapeBinder::ViewProviderSubShapeBinder() {
 void ViewProviderSubShapeBinder::attach(App::DocumentObject* obj) {
 
     UseBinderStyle.setValue(boost::istarts_with(obj->getNameInDocument(), "binder"));
+    if (auto geo = dynamic_cast<App::GeoFeature*>(obj)) {
+        geo->setMaterialAppearance(ShapeAppearance[0]);
+    }
     ViewProviderPart::attach(obj);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.h b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.h
index aef4562150..3037b3e862 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.h
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/Gui/ViewProviderShapeBinder.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public:
 protected:
     bool setEdit(int ModNum) override;
     void unsetEdit(int ModNum) override;
+    void attach(App::DocumentObject *obj) override;
 
 private:
     std::vector<App::Color> originalLineColors;