diff --git a/src/Gui/Clipping.cpp b/src/Gui/Clipping.cpp
index 266b1f0d16..ccba033736 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Clipping.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Clipping.cpp
@@ -129,10 +129,14 @@ Clipping::Clipping(Gui::View3DInventor* view, QWidget* parent)
     View3DInventorViewer* viewer = view->getViewer();
     d->node = static_cast<SoGroup*>(viewer->getSceneGraph());
     d->node->ref();
-    d->node->insertChild(d->clipX, 0);
-    d->node->insertChild(d->clipY, 0);
-    d->node->insertChild(d->clipZ, 0);
-    d->node->insertChild(d->clipView, 0);
+    int index = -1;
+    if (auto editingRoot = viewer->getEditingRoot()) {
+        index = d->node->findChild(editingRoot);
+    }
+    d->node->insertChild(d->clipX, index + 1);
+    d->node->insertChild(d->clipY, index + 1);
+    d->node->insertChild(d->clipZ, index + 1);
+    d->node->insertChild(d->clipView, index + 1);
 
     SoGetBoundingBoxAction action(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getViewportRegion());
     action.apply(viewer->getSceneGraph());
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
index b4ba4ce9dd..691b8c2173 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.cpp
@@ -999,6 +999,11 @@ void View3DInventorViewer::setEditingTransform(const Base::Matrix4D& mat)
     // NOLINTEND
 }
 
+SoNode* View3DInventorViewer::getEditingRoot() const
+{
+    return pcEditingRoot;
+}
+
 void View3DInventorViewer::setupEditingRoot(SoNode* node, const Base::Matrix4D* mat)
 {
     if (!editViewProvider) {
diff --git a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.h b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.h
index 1392b9cf21..edbeefb847 100644
--- a/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.h
+++ b/src/Gui/View3DInventorViewer.h
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ public:
     ViewProvider* getEditingViewProvider() const;
     /// reset from edit mode
     void resetEditingViewProvider();
+    SoNode* getEditingRoot() const;
     void setupEditingRoot(SoNode* node = nullptr, const Base::Matrix4D* mat = nullptr);
     void resetEditingRoot(bool updateLinks = true);
     void setEditingTransform(const Base::Matrix4D& mat);