diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.cxx b/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.cxx
index 69bb3ad7d44b943016aa90cab75a06c9ebba486f..3edad59d417931311c3cd3d6e53c11c7716117d9 100644
--- a/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.cxx
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.cxx
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ vtkMRMLSliceNode::vtkMRMLSliceNode()
 
   this->SliceVisible = 0;
   this->WidgetVisible = 0;
+  this->WidgetOutlineVisible = 1;
   this->WidgetNormalLockedToCamera = 0;
   this->UseLabelOutline = 0;
 
@@ -895,6 +896,7 @@ void vtkMRMLSliceNode::WriteXML(ostream& of, int nIndent)
   of << " jumpMode=\"" << this->JumpMode << "\"";
   of << " sliceVisibility=\"" << (this->SliceVisible ? "true" : "false") << "\"";
   of << " widgetVisibility=\"" << (this->WidgetVisible ? "true" : "false") << "\"";
+  of << " widgetOutlineVisibility=\"" << (this->WidgetOutlineVisible ? "true" : "false") << "\"";
   of << " useLabelOutline=\"" << (this->UseLabelOutline ? "true" : "false") << "\"";
   of << " sliceSpacingMode=\"" << this->SliceSpacingMode << "\"";
   of << " prescribedSliceSpacing=\""
@@ -1078,6 +1080,17 @@ void vtkMRMLSliceNode::ReadXMLAttributes(const char** atts)
         this->WidgetVisible = 0;
         }
       }
+    else if (!strcmp(attName, "widgetOutlineVisibility"))
+      {
+      if (!strcmp(attValue,"true"))
+        {
+        this->WidgetOutlineVisible = 1;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+        this->WidgetOutlineVisible = 0;
+        }
+      }
     else if (!strcmp(attName, "useLabelOutline"))
       {
       if (!strcmp(attValue,"true"))
@@ -1293,6 +1306,7 @@ void vtkMRMLSliceNode::Copy(vtkMRMLNode *anode)
   this->SliceSpacingMode = node->SliceSpacingMode;
 
   this->WidgetVisible = node->WidgetVisible;
+  this->WidgetOutlineVisible = node->WidgetOutlineVisible;
   this->UseLabelOutline = node->UseLabelOutline;
 
   this->SliceResolutionMode = node->SliceResolutionMode;
@@ -1393,6 +1407,8 @@ void vtkMRMLSliceNode::PrintSelf(ostream& os, vtkIndent indent)
     (this->SliceVisible ? "true" : "false") << "\n";
   os << indent << "WidgetVisible: " <<
     (this->WidgetVisible ? "true" : "false") << "\n";
+  os << indent << "WidgetOutlineVisible: " <<
+    (this->WidgetOutlineVisible ? "true" : "false") << "\n";
   os << indent << "UseLabelOutline: " <<
     (this->UseLabelOutline ? "true" : "false") << "\n";
 
diff --git a/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.h b/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.h
index 20c9bfe1de40c75c93868655788e526fd8702be9..b5857b204df764806b60282685177aeb75b6c765 100644
--- a/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.h
+++ b/Libs/MRML/Core/vtkMRMLSliceNode.h
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ class VTK_MRML_EXPORT vtkMRMLSliceNode : public vtkMRMLAbstractViewNode
   vtkGetMacro(WidgetVisible, int);
   vtkSetMacro(WidgetVisible, int);
 
+  /// The visibility of the slice plane widget outline in the 3DViewer.
+  vtkGetMacro(WidgetOutlineVisible, int);
+  vtkSetMacro(WidgetOutlineVisible, int);
+
   /// Add View Node ID for the view to display this node in.
   /// \sa ViewNodeIDs, RemoveViewNodeID(), RemoveAllViewNodeIDs()
   void AddThreeDViewID(const char* viewNodeID);
@@ -512,6 +516,7 @@ protected:
 
   int SliceVisible;
   int WidgetVisible;
+  int WidgetOutlineVisible;
   int WidgetNormalLockedToCamera;
   int UseLabelOutline;
 
diff --git a/Libs/MRML/DisplayableManager/vtkMRMLThreeDReformatDisplayableManager.cxx b/Libs/MRML/DisplayableManager/vtkMRMLThreeDReformatDisplayableManager.cxx
index d3f42647c656ce982ff2ae8ec338bf3fdc62b506..2227ca48f29257b83e4197ac840dafbe7f3baa1a 100644
--- a/Libs/MRML/DisplayableManager/vtkMRMLThreeDReformatDisplayableManager.cxx
+++ b/Libs/MRML/DisplayableManager/vtkMRMLThreeDReformatDisplayableManager.cxx
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ bool vtkMRMLThreeDReformatDisplayableManager::vtkInternal
                  sliceToRAS->GetElement(1,3),
                  sliceToRAS->GetElement(2,3));
 
+  rep->SetDrawOutline(sliceNode->GetWidgetOutlineVisible());
+
   // Update the widget itself if necessary
   bool visible =
     sliceNode->IsDisplayableInThreeDView(this->External->GetMRMLViewNode()->GetID())