diff --git a/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py b/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py
index 3890b417cb..3d7558ec31 100644
--- a/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py
+++ b/src/Mod/BIM/nativeifc/ifc_viewproviders.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ class ifc_vp_object:
         from PySide import QtCore, QtGui  # lazy import
 
         rclass = self.Object.IfcClass.replace("StandardCase","")
+        rclass = self.Object.IfcClass.replace("Type","")
         ifcicon = ":/icons/IFC/" + rclass + ".svg"
         if QtCore.QFile.exists(ifcicon):
             if getattr(self, "ifcclass", "") != rclass: