diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGroupExtension.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGroupExtension.cpp
index f3c0d14045..f6e7ca2954 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGroupExtension.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGroupExtension.cpp
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ void ViewProviderGroupExtension::extensionDropObject(App::DocumentObject* obj) {
     QString cmd;
     cmd = QStringLiteral("App.getDocument(\"%1\").getObject(\"%2\").addObject("
                         "App.getDocument(\"%1\").getObject(\"%3\"))")
-                        .arg(QString::fromLatin1(doc->getName()),
-                             QString::fromLatin1(grp->getNameInDocument()),
-                             QString::fromLatin1(obj->getNameInDocument()));
+                        .arg(QString::fromUtf8(doc->getName()),
+                             QString::fromUtf8(grp->getNameInDocument()),
+                             QString::fromUtf8(obj->getNameInDocument()));
 
     Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::App, cmd.toUtf8());
 }