diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/preferences/PathJob.ui b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/preferences/PathJob.ui
index ea793c3cc4..2e84541bbc 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/preferences/PathJob.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/Gui/Resources/preferences/PathJob.ui
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QToolBox" name="toolBox">
      <property name="currentIndex">
-      <number>2</number>
+      <number>0</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="page">
       <property name="geometry">
@@ -91,18 +91,28 @@
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
           <item row="0" column="0">
            <widget class="QWidget" name="widget_5" native="true">
-            <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
-             <item>
+            <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_4">
+             <item row="0" column="1">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="geometryTolerance">
+               <property name="toolTip">
+                <string>Default value for new Jobs, used for computing Paths.  Smaller increases accuracy, but slows down computation</string>
+               </property>
+              </widget>
+             </item>
+             <item row="0" column="0">
               <widget class="QLabel" name="label_6">
                <property name="text">
                 <string>Default Geometry Tolerance</string>
                </property>
               </widget>
              </item>
-             <item>
-              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="geometryTolerance">
-               <property name="toolTip">
-                <string>Default value for new Jobs, used for computing Paths.  Smaller increases accuracy, but slows down computation</string>
+             <item row="1" column="1">
+              <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="curveAccuracy"/>
+             </item>
+             <item row="1" column="0">
+              <widget class="QLabel" name="label_12">
+               <property name="text">
+                <string>Default Curve Accuracy</string>
                </property>
               </widget>
              </item>
@@ -132,8 +142,8 @@
        <rect>
         <x>0</x>
         <y>0</y>
-        <width>422</width>
-        <height>558</height>
+        <width>406</width>
+        <height>360</height>
        </rect>
       </property>
       <attribute name="label">
@@ -334,6 +344,14 @@
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="page_3">
+      <property name="geometry">
+       <rect>
+        <x>0</x>
+        <y>0</y>
+        <width>422</width>
+        <height>558</height>
+       </rect>
+      </property>
       <attribute name="label">
        <string>Setup</string>
       </attribute>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/Init.py b/src/Mod/Path/Init.py
index 28c1bc22b5..3fa8e508b8 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/Init.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/Init.py
@@ -29,3 +29,7 @@ ParGrp.SetString("HelpIndex",        "Path/Help/index.html")
 ParGrp.SetString("WorkBenchName",    "Path")
 ParGrp.SetString("WorkBenchModule",  "PathWorkbench.py")
 
+# Setup global default values
+import Path
+from PathScripts.PathPreferences import PathPreferences
+Path.Area.setDefaultParams(Accuracy = PathPreferences.defaultLibAreaCurveAccuracy())
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py
index d8cde7f3bc..1609b377c0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferences.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class PathPreferences:
     PostProcessorOutputPolicy = "PostProcessorOutputPolicy"
 
     # Linear tolerance to use when generating Paths, eg when tesselating geometry
-    GeometryTolerance   = "GeometryTolerance"
+    GeometryTolerance       = "GeometryTolerance"
+    LibAreaCurveAccuracy    = "LibAreaCurveAccuarcy"
 
     @classmethod
     def preferences(cls):
@@ -90,6 +91,10 @@ class PathPreferences:
     def defaultGeometryTolerance(cls):
         return cls.preferences().GetFloat(cls.GeometryTolerance, 0.01)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def defaultLibAreaCurveAccuracy(cls):
+        return cls.preferences().GetFloat(cls.LibAreaCurveAccuracy, 0.01)
+
     @classmethod
     def defaultFilePath(cls):
         return cls.preferences().GetString(cls.DefaultFilePath)
@@ -125,12 +130,13 @@ class PathPreferences:
         return ''
 
     @classmethod
-    def setJobDefaults(cls, filePath, jobTemplate, geometryTolerance):
-        PathLog.track("(%s='%s', %s, %s)" % (cls.DefaultFilePath, filePath, jobTemplate, geometryTolerance))
+    def setJobDefaults(cls, filePath, jobTemplate, geometryTolerance, curveAccuracy):
+        PathLog.track("(%s='%s', %s, %s, %s)" % (cls.DefaultFilePath, filePath, jobTemplate, geometryTolerance, curveAccuracy))
         pref = cls.preferences()
         pref.SetString(cls.DefaultFilePath, filePath)
         pref.SetString(cls.DefaultJobTemplate, jobTemplate)
         pref.SetFloat(cls.GeometryTolerance, geometryTolerance)
+        pref.SetFloat(cls.LibAreaCurveAccuracy, curveAccuracy)
 
     @classmethod
     def postProcessorBlacklist(cls):
diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferencesPathJob.py b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferencesPathJob.py
index ae290e0374..9839883ab2 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferencesPathJob.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/PathScripts/PathPreferencesPathJob.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class JobPreferencesPage:
         filePath = self.form.leDefaultFilePath.text()
         jobTemplate = self.form.leDefaultJobTemplate.text()
         geometryTolerance = Units.Quantity(self.form.geometryTolerance.text())
-        PathPreferences.setJobDefaults(filePath, jobTemplate, geometryTolerance)
+        curveAccuracy = Units.Quantity(self.form.curveAccuracy.text())
+        PathPreferences.setJobDefaults(filePath, jobTemplate, geometryTolerance, curveAccuracy)
 
         processor = str(self.form.defaultPostProcessor.currentText())
         args = str(self.form.defaultPostProcessorArgs.text())
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ class JobPreferencesPage:
 
         geomTol = Units.Quantity(PathPreferences.defaultGeometryTolerance(), Units.Length)
         self.form.geometryTolerance.setText(geomTol.UserString)
+        self.form.curveAccuracy.setText(Units.Quantity(PathPreferences.defaultLibAreaCurveAccuracy(), Units.Length).UserString)
 
         self.form.leOutputFile.setText(PathPreferences.defaultOutputFile())
         self.selectComboEntry(self.form.cboOutputPolicy, PathPreferences.defaultOutputPolicy())