diff --git a/src/App/GroupExtension.pyi b/src/App/GroupExtension.pyi
index cef2617867..8d50bc416b 100644
--- a/src/App/GroupExtension.pyi
+++ b/src/App/GroupExtension.pyi
@@ -70,3 +70,9 @@ class GroupExtension(DocumentObjectExtension):
         @param recursive  if true check also if the obj is child of some sub group (default is false).
         """
         ...
+
+    def allowObject(self, obj: Any) -> bool:
+        """
+        Returns true if obj is allowed in the group extension.
+        """
+        ...
diff --git a/src/App/GroupExtensionPyImp.cpp b/src/App/GroupExtensionPyImp.cpp
index a13fbd7f65..fc281215d8 100644
--- a/src/App/GroupExtensionPyImp.cpp
+++ b/src/App/GroupExtensionPyImp.cpp
@@ -318,3 +318,30 @@ int GroupExtensionPy::setCustomAttributes(const char* /*attr*/, PyObject* /*obj*
 {
     return 0;
 }
+
+// def allowObject(self, obj: Any) -> bool:
+PyObject* GroupExtensionPy::allowObject(PyObject* args)
+{
+    PyObject* object;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", &(DocumentObjectPy::Type), &object)) {
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    auto* docObj = static_cast<DocumentObjectPy*>(object);
+    if (!docObj->getDocumentObjectPtr()
+        || !docObj->getDocumentObjectPtr()->isAttachedToDocument()) {
+        PyErr_SetString(Base::PyExc_FC_GeneralError, "Cannot check an invalid object");
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+    if (docObj->getDocumentObjectPtr()->getDocument()
+        != getGroupExtensionPtr()->getExtendedObject()->getDocument()) {
+        PyErr_SetString(Base::PyExc_FC_GeneralError,
+                        "Cannot check an object from another document from this group");
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
+    GroupExtension* grp = getGroupExtensionPtr();
+
+    bool allowed = grp->allowObject(docObj->getDocumentObjectPtr());
+    return PyBool_FromLong(allowed ? 1 : 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.cpp b/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.cpp
index 0c0a5693c6..e76882167a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.cpp
@@ -197,3 +197,15 @@ void ActiveObjectList::objectDeleted(const ViewProviderDocumentObject &vp)
         }
     }
 }
+
+App::DocumentObject* ActiveObjectList::getObjectWithExtension(const Base::Type extensionTypeId) const
+{
+    for (const auto& pair : _ObjectMap) {
+        App::DocumentObject* obj = getObject(pair.second, true);
+        if (obj && obj->hasExtension(extensionTypeId)) {
+            return obj;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
diff --git a/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.h b/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.h
index 8a75ce87bb..bd058d0607 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ActiveObjectList.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
+#include <Base/Type.h>
 #include <Gui/TreeItemMode.h>
 #include <FCGlobal.h>
 
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ namespace Gui
         void objectDeleted(const ViewProviderDocumentObject& viewProviderIn);
         bool hasObject(App::DocumentObject *obj, const char *, const char *subname=nullptr) const;
 
+        App::DocumentObject* getObjectWithExtension(Base::Type extensionTypeId) const;
+
     private:
         struct ObjectInfo;
         void setHighlight(const ObjectInfo &info, Gui::HighlightMode mode, bool enable);
diff --git a/src/Gui/CommandStructure.cpp b/src/Gui/CommandStructure.cpp
index b465c4055c..1fd797e675 100644
--- a/src/Gui/CommandStructure.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/CommandStructure.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "ActiveObjectList.h"
 #include "Application.h"
 #include "Document.h"
+#include "MDIView.h"
 #include "ViewProviderDocumentObject.h"
 #include "Selection.h"
 
@@ -121,9 +122,27 @@ void StdCmdGroup::activated(int iMsg)
     std::string GroupName;
     GroupName = getUniqueObjectName("Group");
     QString label = QApplication::translate("Std_Group", "Group");
-    doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().Tip = App.activeDocument().addObject('App::DocumentObjectGroup','%s')",GroupName.c_str());
-    doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().%s.Label = '%s'", GroupName.c_str(),
-              label.toUtf8().data());
+
+    // create a group
+    doCommand(Doc,"group = App.activeDocument().addObject('App::DocumentObjectGroup','%s')",GroupName.c_str());
+    doCommand(Doc,"group.Label = '%s'", label.toUtf8().data());
+    doCommand(Doc,"App.activeDocument().Tip = group");
+
+    // try to add the group to any active object that supports grouping (has GroupExtension)
+    if (auto* activeDoc = Gui::Application::Instance->activeDocument()) {
+        if (auto* activeView = activeDoc->getActiveView()) {
+            // find the first active object with GroupExtension
+            if (auto* activeObj = activeView->getActiveObjectWithExtension(
+                    App::GroupExtension::getExtensionClassTypeId())) {
+                doCommand(Doc,
+                          "active_obj = App.activeDocument().getObject('%s')\n"
+                          "if active_obj and active_obj.allowObject(group):\n"
+                          "    active_obj.Group += [group]",
+                          activeObj->getNameInDocument());
+            }
+        }
+    } // if we have no active object, group will be added to root doc
+
     commitCommand();
 
     Gui::Document* gui = Application::Instance->activeDocument();
diff --git a/src/Gui/MDIView.h b/src/Gui/MDIView.h
index f56a04578c..64c92ee4d8 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MDIView.h
+++ b/src/Gui/MDIView.h
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ public:
         return ActiveObjects.hasObject(o,n,subname);
     }
 
+    App::DocumentObject* getActiveObjectWithExtension(const Base::Type extensionTypeId) const
+    {
+        return ActiveObjects.getObjectWithExtension(extensionTypeId);
+    }
+
     /*!
      * \brief containsViewProvider
      * Checks if the given view provider is part of this view. The default implementation