diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
index f56eb27b8e..2594b03e9a 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
@@ -878,9 +878,12 @@ def makeWire(pointslist,closed=False,placement=None,face=None,support=None):
         print("Invalid input points: ",pointslist)
     #print(pointslist)
     #print(closed)
-    if placement: typecheck([(placement,FreeCAD.Placement)], "makeWire")
+    if placement:
+        typecheck([(placement,FreeCAD.Placement)], "makeWire")
+        ipl = placement.inverse()
+        pointslist = [ipl.multVec(p) for p in pointslist]
     if len(pointslist) == 2: fname = "Line"
-    else: fname = "DWire"
+    else: fname = "Wire"
     obj = FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.addObject("Part::Part2DObjectPython",fname)
     _Wire(obj)
     obj.Points = pointslist
diff --git a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py
index 00bf869212..05d37faf91 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Draft/DraftTools.py
@@ -605,9 +605,12 @@ class Line(Creator):
                 # building command string
                 rot,sup,pts,fil = self.getStrings()
                 FreeCADGui.addModule("Draft")
-                self.commit(translate("draft","Create DWire"),
-                            ['points='+pts,
-                             'line = Draft.makeWire(points,closed='+str(closed)+',face='+fil+',support='+sup+')',
+                self.commit(translate("draft","Create Wire"),
+                            ['pl = FreeCAD.Placement()',
+                             'pl.Rotation.Q = '+rot,
+                             'pl.Base = '+DraftVecUtils.toString(self.node[0]),
+                             'points = '+pts,
+                             'line = Draft.makeWire(points,placement=pl,closed='+str(closed)+',face='+fil+',support='+sup+')',
                              'Draft.autogroup(line)'])
         Creator.finish(self)
         if self.ui: