diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h
index 31126501d..abbc5b3fb 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderDocumentObjectGroup.h
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ public:
     QIcon getIcon(void) const;
     /// returns a list of all possible modes
     std::vector<std::string> getDisplayModes(void) const;
-    void hide(void);
-    void show(void);
+    virtual void hide(void);
+    virtual void show(void);
     bool isShow(void) const;
 
     virtual bool onDelete(const std::vector<std::string> &);
 
-    /// get called if the user hover over a object in the tree 
+    /// get called if the user hover over a object in the tree
     virtual bool allowDrop(const std::vector<const App::DocumentObject*> &objList,Qt::KeyboardModifiers keys,Qt::MouseButtons mouseBts,const QPoint &pos);
     /// get called if the user drops some objects
     virtual void drop(const std::vector<const App::DocumentObject*> &objList,Qt::KeyboardModifiers keys,Qt::MouseButtons mouseBts,const QPoint &pos);
diff --git a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeoFeatureGroup.h b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeoFeatureGroup.h
index f1058451d..33a5e2c6a 100644
--- a/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeoFeatureGroup.h
+++ b/src/Gui/ViewProviderGeoFeatureGroup.h
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ public:
     virtual void setDisplayMode(const char* ModeName);
     virtual std::vector<std::string> getDisplayModes(void) const;
 
+    /// Show the object in the view: suppresses behavior of DocumentObjectGroup
+    virtual void show(void) {
+        ViewProviderDocumentObject::show();
+    }
+    /// Hide the object in the view: suppresses behavior of DocumentObjectGroup
+    virtual void hide(void) {
+        ViewProviderDocumentObject::hide();
+    }
+
     virtual void updateData(const App::Property*);
 protected:
     SoGroup *pcGroupChildren;