diff --git a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
index 2f029e1609..20bf8e573c 100644
--- a/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/propertyeditor/PropertyItem.cpp
@@ -552,7 +552,10 @@ QVariant PropertyItem::data(int column, int role) const
 {
     // property name
     if (column == 0) {
-        if (role == Qt::BackgroundRole || role == Qt::ForegroundRole) {
+        if (role == Qt::TextColorRole && linked)
+            return QVariant::fromValue(QColor(0x20,0xaa,0x20));
+
+        if (role == Qt::BackgroundRole || role == Qt::TextColorRole) {
             if(PropertyView::showAll()
                 && propertyItems.size() == 1
                 && propertyItems.front()->testStatus(App::Property::PropDynamic)