diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.cpp
index 2bba4faac..bf8f3e216 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ void DlgSettingsViewColor::saveSettings()
     EditedVertexColor->onSave();
     ConstructionColor->onSave();
     FullyConstrainedColor->onSave();
+    BoundingBoxColor->onSave();
     DefaultShapeColor->onSave();
     DefaultShapeLineColor->onSave();
     DefaultShapeLineWidth->onSave();
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ void DlgSettingsViewColor::loadSettings()
     EditedVertexColor->onRestore();
     ConstructionColor->onRestore();
     FullyConstrainedColor->onRestore();
+    BoundingBoxColor->onRestore();
     DefaultShapeColor->onRestore();
     DefaultShapeLineColor->onRestore();
     DefaultShapeLineWidth->onRestore();
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.ui b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.ui
index 6acaaeaf9..8a7d92e6f 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsViewColor.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>601</width>
-    <height>565</height>
+    <height>598</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -520,6 +520,33 @@
           </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item row="5" column="0">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Bounding box color</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="5" column="1">
+         <widget class="Gui::PrefColorButton" name="BoundingBoxColor">
+          <property name="toolTip">
+           <string>The color of bounding boxes in the 3D view</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="color">
+           <color>
+            <red>255</red>
+            <green>255</green>
+            <blue>255</blue>
+           </color>
+          </property>
+          <property name="prefEntry" stdset="0">
+           <cstring>BoundingBoxColor</cstring>
+          </property>
+          <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
+           <cstring>View</cstring>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
       <item row="0" column="0">
@@ -660,6 +687,7 @@
   <tabstop>EditedVertexColor</tabstop>
   <tabstop>ConstructionColor</tabstop>
   <tabstop>FullyConstrainedColor</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>BoundingBoxColor</tabstop>
   <tabstop>radioButtonSimple</tabstop>
   <tabstop>SelectionColor_Background</tabstop>
   <tabstop>radioButtonGradient</tabstop>
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp
index a4394338c..698e1e608 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeometryObject.cpp
@@ -482,13 +482,17 @@ SoPickedPoint* ViewProviderGeometryObject::getPickedPoint(const SbVec2s& pos, co
 void ViewProviderGeometryObject::showBoundingBox(bool show)
 {
     if (!pcBoundSwitch && show) {
+        ParameterGrp::handle hGrp = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/View");
+        unsigned long bbcol = hGrp->GetUnsigned("BoundingBoxColor",4294967295UL); // white (255,255,255)
+        float r,g,b;
+        r = ((bbcol >> 24) & 0xff) / 255.0; g = ((bbcol >> 16) & 0xff) / 255.0; b = ((bbcol >> 8) & 0xff) / 255.0;
         pcBoundSwitch = new SoSwitch();
         SoSeparator* pBoundingSep = new SoSeparator();
         SoDrawStyle* lineStyle = new SoDrawStyle;
         lineStyle->lineWidth = 2.0f;
         pBoundingSep->addChild(lineStyle);
         SoBaseColor* color = new SoBaseColor();
-        color->rgb.setValue(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
+        color->rgb.setValue(r, g, b);
         pBoundingSep->addChild(color);
 
         pBoundingSep->addChild(new SoTransform());