diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.application/src/QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction.cpp b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.application/src/QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction.cpp
index cddd229429..f07f011542 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.application/src/QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction.cpp
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.application/src/QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction.cpp
@@ -1,68 +1,76 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include <QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction.h>
 
 // mitk core
 #include <mitkRenderingManager.h>
 
 QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction(QWidget* parent, berry::IWorkbenchPartSite::Pointer workbenchpartSite)
   : QAction(parent)
   , QmitkAbstractDataNodeAction(workbenchpartSite)
 {
   setText(tr("Show only selected nodes"));
   InitializeAction();
 }
 
 QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction(QWidget* parent, berry::IWorkbenchPartSite* workbenchpartSite)
   : QAction(parent)
   , QmitkAbstractDataNodeAction(berry::IWorkbenchPartSite::Pointer(workbenchpartSite))
 {
   setText(tr("Show only selected nodes"));
   InitializeAction();
 }
 
 QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::~QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction()
 {
   // nothing here
 }
 
 void QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::InitializeAction()
 {
   connect(this, &QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::triggered, this, &QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::OnActionTriggered);
 }
 
 void QmitkDataNodeShowSelectedNodesAction::OnActionTriggered(bool /*checked*/)
 {
   if (m_DataStorage.IsExpired())
   {
     return;
   }
 
   auto dataStorage = m_DataStorage.Lock();
 
   auto selectedNodes = GetSelectedNodes();
   auto nodeset = dataStorage->GetAll();
   for (auto& node : *nodeset)
   {
     if (node.IsNotNull())
     {
       node->SetVisibility(selectedNodes.contains(node));
+      if(node->GetData() == nullptr)
+      {
+        node->SetVisibility(true);
+        mitk::DataStorage::SetOfObjects::ConstPointer derivations = dataStorage->GetDerivations(node);
+        for (mitk::DataStorage::SetOfObjects::const_iterator iter = derivations->begin(); iter != derivations->end(); ++iter)
+        {
+          (*iter)->SetVisibility(true);
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
-
   mitk::RenderingManager::GetInstance()->RequestUpdateAll();
 }