diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoHollow.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoHollow.cpp
index b97a6f4bce..5f3430a784 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoHollow.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Gizmos/GLGizmoHollow.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ void GLGizmoHollow::set_sla_support_data(ModelObject*, const Selection&)
 
         update_clipping_plane(m_c->m_clipping_plane_was_moved);
 
+        // This is a temporary and not very nice hack, to make sure that
+        // if the cp was moved by the data returned by backend, it will
+        // remember its direction. FIXME: Refactor this mess and make
+        // the clipping plane itself part of the shared data.
+        if (! m_c->m_clipping_plane_was_moved && m_c->m_clipping_plane_distance == 0.25f)
+            m_c->m_clipping_plane_was_moved = true;
+
+
         if (m_c->m_model_object) {
             reload_cache();
             if (m_c->has_drilled_mesh())