diff --git a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
index 48359bfc5646..478d751fde46 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Import/App/AppImportPy.cpp
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class Module : public Py::ExtensionModule<Module>
             hApp->NewDocument(TCollection_ExtendedString("MDTV-CAF"), hDoc);
 
             bool keepExplicitPlacement = list.size() > 1;
-            
+            keepExplicitPlacement = Standard_True;
             Import::ExportOCAF ocaf(hDoc, keepExplicitPlacement);
 
             for (Py::Sequence::iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it) {