diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.cpp
index 71f3994bea..f988fa0132 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ const char* AttachEngine::eMapModeStrings[]= {
 
     "InertialCS",
 
+    "FaceNormal",
+
     NULL};
 
 //this list must be in sync with eRefType enum.
@@ -1565,6 +1567,8 @@ AttachEngineLine::AttachEngineLine()
     modeRefTypes[mm1AxisInertia2] = modeRefTypes[mm1AxisInertia1];
     modeRefTypes[mm1AxisInertia3] = modeRefTypes[mm1AxisInertia1];
 
+    modeRefTypes[mm1FaceNormal] = attacher3D.modeRefTypes[mmTangentPlane];
+
 
 
     this->EnableAllSupportedModes();
@@ -1613,6 +1617,9 @@ Base::Placement AttachEngineLine::calculateAttachedPlacement(Base::Placement ori
     case mm1Tangent:
         mmode = mmNormalToPath;
         break;
+    case mm1FaceNormal:
+        mmode = mmTangentPlane;
+        break;
     default:
         bReUsed = false;
         break;
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.h b/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.h
index 740318c77f..83605ad7ff 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/App/Attacher.h
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ enum eMapMode {
 
     mmInertialCS,
 
+    mm1FaceNormal,
+
     mmDummy_NumberOfModes//a value useful to check the validity of mode value
 };//see also eMapModeStrings[] definition in .cpp
 
diff --git a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/AttacherTexts.cpp b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/AttacherTexts.cpp
index f7f831cba7..d9e5c882fe 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Part/Gui/AttacherTexts.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Part/Gui/AttacherTexts.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ TextSet getUIStrings(Base::Type attacherType, eMapMode mmode)
             return TwoStrings(qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Tangent","AttachmentLine mode caption"),
                               qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Line tangent to an edge. Optional vertex link defines where.","AttachmentLine mode tooltip"));
         case mm1Normal:
-            return TwoStrings(qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Normal","AttachmentLine mode caption"),
+            return TwoStrings(qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Normal to edge","AttachmentLine mode caption"),
                               qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Align to N vector of Frenet-Serret coordinate system of curved edge. Optional vertex link defines where.","AttachmentLine mode tooltip"));
         case mm1Binormal:
             return TwoStrings(qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Binormal","AttachmentLine mode caption"),
@@ -220,6 +220,9 @@ TextSet getUIStrings(Base::Type attacherType, eMapMode mmode)
         case mm1AxisInertia3:
             return TwoStrings(qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "3rd principal axis","AttachmentLine mode caption"),
                               qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Line follows third principal axis of inertia.","AttachmentLine mode tooltip"));
+        case mm1FaceNormal:
+            return TwoStrings(qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Normal to surface","AttachmentLine mode caption"),
+                              qApp->translate("Attacher1D", "Line perpendicular to surface at point set by vertex.","AttachmentLine mode tooltip"));
         default:
             break;
         }