diff --git a/src/Gui/Tree.cpp b/src/Gui/Tree.cpp
index b5972bfb2ef3..3178ece6108d 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Tree.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Tree.cpp
@@ -2095,6 +2095,12 @@ void TreeWidget::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
 
     if(touched && TreeParams::Instance()->RecomputeOnDrop())
         thisDoc->recompute();
+
+    if(touched && TreeParams::Instance()->SyncView()) {
+        auto gdoc = Application::Instance->getDocument(thisDoc);
+        if(gdoc)
+            gdoc->setActiveView();
+    }
 }
 
 void TreeWidget::drawRow(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &options, const QModelIndex &index) const