diff --git a/ColorPlugin.cc b/ColorPlugin.cc
index 8a6206ae3622e831d30bdfba1bd915d60aba9c9b..4b41b1c8f52f5fdd0bbb3e0cdc680559eb21957c 100644
--- a/ColorPlugin.cc
+++ b/ColorPlugin.cc
@@ -289,6 +289,19 @@ void ColorPlugin::setBackgroundColor( Vector _color ) {
   PluginFunctions::setBackColor(color);
 }
 
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+void ColorPlugin::setObjectEmissiveColor(int _objectId , Vector4 _color) {
+
+  BaseObjectData* object;
+  if ( ! PluginFunctions::getObject(_objectId,object) ) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  OpenMesh::Vec4f tmp = OpenMesh::Vec4f(_color);
+  object->materialNode()->set_base_color(tmp);
+
+}
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/ColorPlugin.hh b/ColorPlugin.hh
index 3360208fcacc7cff070abdf4b41cd0ec634037de..03d333f9cdf1032eb1af6ee1aa001bdfeef9c46d 100644
--- a/ColorPlugin.hh
+++ b/ColorPlugin.hh
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ class ColorPlugin : public QObject, BaseInterface, MenuInterface, ScriptInterfac
     */
     void setBackgroundColor( Vector _color );
 
+    /** Sets the emissive color of an object
+     *
+     * @param _objectId  Id of an Object
+     * @param _color     Color to be set
+     */
+    void setObjectEmissiveColor(int _objectId , Vector4 _color);
+
   /** @} */
 
   //===========================================================================