diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIRichAnno.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIRichAnno.cpp
index 7cd18ae006..38ae7b1c9b 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIRichAnno.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIRichAnno.cpp
@@ -277,10 +277,25 @@ void QGIRichAnno::paint ( QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem * o
 
 QPen QGIRichAnno::rectPen() const
 {
-    QPen pen(Qt::SolidLine);
-    pen.setWidthF(1.0);
+    QPen pen;
+    const auto sym( dynamic_cast<TechDraw::DrawRichAnno*>(getViewObject()) );
+    if( sym == nullptr ) {
+        return pen;
+    }
+    auto vp = static_cast<ViewProviderRichAnno*>(getViewProvider(getViewObject()));
+    if ( vp == nullptr ) {
+        return pen;
+    }
+
+    double rectWeight = Rez::guiX(vp->LineWidth.getValue());
+    Qt::PenStyle rectStyle = (Qt::PenStyle) vp->LineStyle.getValue();
+    App::Color temp = vp->LineColor.getValue();
+    QColor rectColor = temp.asValue<QColor>(); 
+
+    pen = QPen(rectStyle);
+    pen.setWidthF(rectWeight);
+    pen.setColor(rectColor);
     return pen;
 }
-    
 
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/Gui/moc_QGIRichAnno.cpp>
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.cpp
index 7354e428aa..a86d6ce6ee 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include <Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObject.h>
 
 #include <Mod/TechDraw/App/DrawRichAnno.h>
+#include <Mod/TechDraw/App/LineGroup.h>
 
 #include "MDIViewPage.h"
 #include "QGVPage.h"
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ ViewProviderRichAnno::ViewProviderRichAnno()
 {
     sPixmap = "actions/techdraw-RichTextAnnotation";
 
+    static const char *group = "Frame Format";
+
+    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(LineWidth,(getDefLineWeight()), group,(App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_None),"Frame line weight");
+    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(LineStyle,(1), group,(App::PropertyType)(App::Prop_None),"Frame line style");
+    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(LineColor,(getDefLineColor()),group,App::Prop_None,"The color of the frame");
 }
 
 ViewProviderRichAnno::~ViewProviderRichAnno()
@@ -155,3 +161,18 @@ double ViewProviderRichAnno::getDefFontSize()
     double fontSize = hGrp->GetFloat("FontSize", 5.0);
     return fontSize;
 }
+
+double ViewProviderRichAnno::getDefLineWeight(void)
+{
+    double result = 0.0;
+    Base::Reference<ParameterGrp> hGrp = App::GetApplication().GetUserParameter().
+                                         GetGroup("BaseApp")->GetGroup("Preferences")->
+                                         GetGroup("Mod/TechDraw/Decorations");
+    std::string lgName = hGrp->GetASCII("LineGroup","FC 0.70mm");
+    auto lg = TechDraw::LineGroup::lineGroupFactory(lgName);
+    result = lg->getWeight("Graphics");
+    delete lg;
+    return result;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.h b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.h
index 6a2b9d2940..2b1928652d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.h
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/ViewProviderRichAnno.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public:
     /// destructor
     virtual ~ViewProviderRichAnno();
 
+    App::PropertyFloat    LineWidth;
+    App::PropertyInteger  LineStyle;
+    App::PropertyColor    LineColor;
 
     virtual void attach(App::DocumentObject *);
     virtual bool useNewSelectionModel(void) const {return false;}
@@ -63,6 +66,8 @@ protected:
     App::Color getDefLineColor(void);
     std::string getDefFont(void);
     double getDefFontSize(void);
+    double getDefLineWeight(void);
+
 
 };