diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
index e53cb8b097..56d71e2381 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
@@ -3529,7 +3529,8 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::UpdateSolverInformation()
     bool hasPartiallyRedundant = getSketchObject()->getLastHasPartialRedundancies();
     bool hasMalformed = getSketchObject()->getLastHasMalformedConstraints();
 
-    if (getSketchObject()->Geometry.getSize() == 0) {
+    if (getSketchObject()->Geometry.getSize() == 0 &&
+        getSketchObject()->ExternalGeo.getSize() <= 2) { // X- and Y-Axis
         signalSetUp(QStringLiteral("empty"), tr("Empty sketch"), QString(), QString());
     }
     else if (dofs < 0 || hasConflicts) {// over-constrained sketch