diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
index 2ddfb1a247..15b3efe31e 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "PreCompiled.h"
 
 #ifndef _PreComp_
+# include <functional>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoCoordinate3.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoDrawStyle.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoIndexedFaceSet.h>
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@
 #include <Gui/Control.h>
 #include <Gui/Document.h>
 #include <Gui/MainWindow.h>
+#include <Gui/Selection.h>
+#include <Gui/SelectionObject.h>
 #include <Gui/SoFCColorBar.h>
 #include <Gui/TaskView/TaskDialog.h>
 
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@
 
 
 using namespace FemGui;
+namespace sp = std::placeholders;
 
 #ifdef VTK_CELL_ARRAY_V2
 typedef const vtkIdType* vtkIdTypePtr;
@@ -130,6 +134,9 @@ ViewProviderFemPostObject::ViewProviderFemPostObject() : m_blockPropertyChanges(
     m_currentAlgorithm = m_outline;
 
     updateProperties();  // initialize the enums
+
+    this->connectSelection = Gui::Selection().signalSelectionChanged.connect(
+        std::bind(&ViewProviderFemPostObject::selectionChanged, this, sp::_1));
 }
 
 ViewProviderFemPostObject::~ViewProviderFemPostObject()
@@ -708,3 +715,23 @@ bool ViewProviderFemPostObject::canDelete(App::DocumentObject* obj) const
     Q_UNUSED(obj)
         return true;
 }
+
+void ViewProviderFemPostObject::selectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &sel)
+{
+    // If a FemPostObject is selected in the document tree we must refresh its
+    // Field property to update the color bar.
+    // But don't do this if the object is invisible because otherobjects with a
+    // color bar might be visible and the color bar is then wrong.
+    if (sel.Type == sel.AddSelection) {
+        Gui::SelectionObject obj(sel);
+        if (obj.getObject() == this->getObject()) {
+            if (!this->getObject()->Visibility.getValue())
+                return;
+            auto propField = Base::freecad_dynamic_cast<App::PropertyEnumeration>(
+                getPropertyByName("Field"));
+            if (propField)
+                propField->touch();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h
index e4e12cd61a..399fe96340 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/Gui/ViewProviderFemPostObject.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class SoIndexedLineSet;
 class SoIndexedTriangleStripSet;
 
 namespace Gui {
+  class SelectionChanges;
   class SoFCColorBar;
 }
 
@@ -145,6 +146,10 @@ protected:
     vtkSmartPointer<vtkExtractEdges>            m_wireframe, m_wireframeSurface;
     vtkSmartPointer<vtkVertexGlyphFilter>       m_points, m_pointsSurface;
 
+    void selectionChanged(const Gui::SelectionChanges &);
+    typedef boost::signals2::scoped_connection Connection;
+    Connection connectSelection;
+
 private:
     void updateProperties();
     void update3D();