diff --git a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
index e3f524d6b5..cbb85043e5 100644
--- a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.cpp
@@ -1052,6 +1052,31 @@ void NavigationStyle::saveCursorPosition(const SoEvent * const ev)
                 setRotationCenter(current_planept);
                 break;
             }
+        case BoundingBoxCenter:
+            {
+                const SbViewportRegion & vp = viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion();
+                float ratio = vp.getViewportAspectRatio();
+
+                SoCamera* cam = viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getCamera();
+                if (!cam) break; // no camera
+
+                SoGetBoundingBoxAction action(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
+                action.apply(viewer->getSceneGraph());
+                SbBox3f boundingBox = action.getBoundingBox();
+                SbVec3f boundingBoxCenter = boundingBox.getCenter();
+                setRotationCenter(boundingBoxCenter);
+
+                // To drag around the center point of the bbox we have to determine
+                // its projection on the screen becaue this information is used in
+                // NavigationStyle::spin() for the panning
+                SbViewVolume vv = cam->getViewVolume(ratio);
+                vv.projectToScreen(boundingBoxCenter, boundingBoxCenter);
+                SbVec2s size = vp.getViewportSizePixels();
+                short tox = static_cast<short>(boundingBoxCenter[0] * size[0]);
+                short toy = static_cast<short>(boundingBoxCenter[1] * size[1]);
+                this->localPos.setValue(tox, toy);
+                break;
+            }
         default:
             break;
         }
diff --git a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h
index 0e5b1179d0..28652e7d05 100644
--- a/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h
+++ b/src/Gui/NavigationStyle.h
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ public:
 
     enum RotationCenterMode {
         ScenePointAtCursor,     /**< Find the point in the scene at the cursor position. If there is no point then the focal plane is used */
-        FocalPointAtCursor      /**< Find the point on the focal plane at the cursor position. */
+        FocalPointAtCursor,     /**< Find the point on the focal plane at the cursor position. */
+        BoundingBoxCenter       /**< Find the center point of the bounding box of the scene. */
     };
 
 public: