diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLine.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLine.cpp
index bdae7a5f8b..172f6f5356 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderLine.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderLine.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoCoordinate3.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoFont.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoIndexedLineSet.h>
+# include <Inventor/nodes/SoPickStyle.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoTranslation.h>
 #endif
@@ -76,5 +77,9 @@ void ViewProviderLine::attach ( App::DocumentObject *obj ) {
     textTranslation->translation.setValue ( SbVec3f ( -size * 49. / 50., size / 30., 0 ) );
     sep->addChild ( textTranslation );
 
+    SoPickStyle *ps = new SoPickStyle();
+    ps->style.setValue(SoPickStyle::BOUNDING_BOX);
+    sep->addChild(ps);
+
     sep->addChild ( getLabel () );
 }
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPlane.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPlane.cpp
index 02fa1b550e..32401618bb 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderPlane.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderPlane.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoCoordinate3.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoFont.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoIndexedLineSet.h>
+# include <Inventor/nodes/SoPickStyle.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoSeparator.h>
 # include <Inventor/nodes/SoTranslation.h>
 #endif
@@ -78,5 +79,9 @@ void ViewProviderPlane::attach ( App::DocumentObject *obj ) {
     textTranslation->translation.setValue ( SbVec3f ( -size * 49. / 50., size * 9./10., 0 ) );
     sep->addChild ( textTranslation );
 
+    SoPickStyle *ps = new SoPickStyle();
+    ps->style.setValue(SoPickStyle::BOUNDING_BOX);
+    sep->addChild(ps);
+
     sep->addChild ( getLabel () );
 }