diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc
index f0f220def2190692d60b6a8fab1d38d7ee7ee1d3..c77d88a3944d03a7e94fbf61cfbb617eb600e194 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/ContextMenu.cc
@@ -263,7 +263,12 @@ void CoreWidget::updatePopupMenuBackground(QMenu* _menu , const QPoint& /*_point
   ACG::SceneGraph::BaseNode* coordSys = root->find("Core Coordsys Node");
 
   if(!coordSys->visible()) {
-	  updatePopupMenuCoordsysNode(_menu, 0);
+
+	  if(!coordSysMenu_) {
+		  coordSysMenu_ = new QMenu("Coordinate System Options", _menu);
+		  updatePopupMenuCoordsysNode(coordSysMenu_, 0);
+	  }
+	  _menu->addMenu(coordSysMenu_);
   }
 
   // Tell Plugins to update their context Menu
diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.cc
index 67da7cf493239c995b028ea5d2b4253c39da798c..3bbe3d8b2b09f4a5cdfd55238fb6bd4fa4ca0170 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.cc
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ CoreWidget( QVector<ViewMode*>& _viewModes,
   contextSelectionMenu_(0),
   drawGroupViewer_(0),
   viewerDrawMenu_(0),
+  coordSysMenu_(0),
   snapshotName_("snap.png"),
   snapshotCounter_(0),
   stackMenu_(0),
diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh
index 48e7cf052d4ed0cff5926663dc7fe8ad7816c6bd..4fbc74125c4540864d47505f8af11fe9b2d85e74 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidget.hh
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ public:
     /// Draw Menu for per Viewer Draw Modes
     QMenu* viewerDrawMenu_;
 
+    /// Menu which holds the context menu entries for
+    /// the coordsys node if invisible
+    QMenu* coordSysMenu_;
+
   /** @} */
 
   //===========================================================================