diff --git a/src/guiengine/widgets/button_widget.cpp b/src/guiengine/widgets/button_widget.cpp
index feb18af83..01016b2be 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/widgets/button_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/widgets/button_widget.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ void ButtonWidget::add()
     m_id = m_element->getID();
     m_element->setTabOrder(m_id);
     m_element->setTabGroup(false);
+    if (!m_is_visible)
+        m_element->setVisible(false);
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------