diff --git a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/Feature.cpp b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/Feature.cpp
index bcee81ff59..7f19a9516d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/Feature.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/PartDesign/App/Feature.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <App/FeaturePythonPyImp.h>
 #include "App/OriginFeature.h"
 #include "Body.h"
+#include "ShapeBinder.h"
 #include "Feature.h"
 #include "FeaturePy.h"
 #include "Mod/Part/App/DatumFeature.h"
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ Part::Feature* Feature::getBaseObject(bool silent) const {
 const TopoDS_Shape& Feature::getBaseShape() const {
     const Part::Feature* BaseObject = getBaseObject();
 
+    if (BaseObject->isDerivedFrom(PartDesign::ShapeBinder::getClassTypeId())) {
+        throw Base::ValueError("Base shape of shape binder cannot be used");
+    }
+
     const TopoDS_Shape& result = BaseObject->Shape.getValue();
     if (result.IsNull())
         throw Base::Exception("Base feature's shape is invalid");
@@ -133,6 +138,10 @@ const TopoDS_Shape& Feature::getBaseShape() const {
 const Part::TopoShape Feature::getBaseTopoShape() const {
     const Part::Feature* BaseObject = getBaseObject();
 
+    if (BaseObject->isDerivedFrom(PartDesign::ShapeBinder::getClassTypeId())) {
+        throw Base::ValueError("Base shape of shape binder cannot be used");
+    }
+
     const Part::TopoShape& result = BaseObject->Shape.getShape();
     if (result.getShape().IsNull())
         throw Base::Exception("Base feature's TopoShape is invalid");