diff --git a/src/attributes.cpp b/src/attributes.cpp
index 5dd9dcfc477b8c1083fa85d42f1c56ae9a34fe7b..3187b1950d575d83d87a75b4b6c94f18da6183e4 100644
--- a/src/attributes.cpp
+++ b/src/attributes.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static SPStyleProp const props[] = {
     {SPAttr::PRESERVEASPECTRATIO, "preserveAspectRatio"},
     {SPAttr::ONLOAD, "onload"},
     {SPAttr::SODIPODI_DOCNAME, "sodipodi:docname"},
+    {SPAttr::INKSCAPE_SELECTIONDATA, "inkscape:selectiondata"},
     /* SPItem */
     {SPAttr::TRANSFORM, "transform"},
     {SPAttr::SODIPODI_TYPE, "sodipodi:type"},
diff --git a/src/attributes.h b/src/attributes.h
index d3c946799df9b79584884d8e5a8298bb8fc6a174..a81d9dfcd1a33f8cd0e00881a79eb47d450cf2a1 100644
--- a/src/attributes.h
+++ b/src/attributes.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ enum class SPAttr {
     PRESERVEASPECTRATIO,
     ONLOAD,
     SODIPODI_DOCNAME,
+    INKSCAPE_SELECTIONDATA,
     /* SPItem */
     TRANSFORM,
     SODIPODI_TYPE,
diff --git a/src/extension/execution-env.cpp b/src/extension/execution-env.cpp
index 0875d132fa75937b78f7a4a1a1582e240d8428cf..08144b8f8457b57ecf0c5e3341565e323eeb780b 100644
--- a/src/extension/execution-env.cpp
+++ b/src/extension/execution-env.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "document-undo.h"
 #include "desktop.h"
 #include "object/sp-namedview.h"
+#include "object/sp-item.h"
 
 #include "ui/widget/canvas.h"  // To get window (perverse!)
 
@@ -207,7 +208,9 @@ ExecutionEnv::run () {
     _effect->get_imp()->effect(_effect, _doc, _docCache);
     desktop->clearWaitingCursor();
     _state = ExecutionEnv::COMPLETE;
-    selection->restoreBackup();
+    const gchar * selectiondata = desktop->getDocument()->getNamedView()->getAttribute("inkscape:selectiondata");
+    selection->restoreBackup(selectiondata);
+    desktop->getDocument()->getNamedView()->setAttribute("inkscape:selectiondata", nullptr);
     // _runComplete.signal();
     return;
 }
diff --git a/src/extension/execution-env.h b/src/extension/execution-env.h
index fb54ceb71d099c37cfad948c1d385370dd6a1294..70bc9a82569b5e06e3e330653605aa9935c48715 100644
--- a/src/extension/execution-env.h
+++ b/src/extension/execution-env.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <glibmm/main.h>
 #include <glibmm/ustring.h>
+#include "object/sp-object.h"
 
 #include <gtkmm/dialog.h>
 
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ public:
 
 private:
     void runComplete ();
+    void removeClass(SPObject *obj, const Glib::ustring &className, bool all);
+
     void createWorkingDialog ();
     void workingCanceled (const int resp);
     void genDocCache ();
diff --git a/src/selection.cpp b/src/selection.cpp
index 2641dfd17d3f43e053cbc7170dfacad7f8225bec..3ab273cfc098d4e32ed302804ad15a8a8b3d2251 100644
--- a/src/selection.cpp
+++ b/src/selection.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "ui/tool/multi-path-manipulator.h"
 #include "ui/tool/path-manipulator.h"
 #include "ui/tool/control-point-selection.h"
+#include "svg/svg.h"
 #include "layer-manager.h"
 #include "page-manager.h"
 #include "object/sp-path.h"
@@ -331,6 +332,48 @@ Selection::setBackup ()
     }//end add selected nodes
 }
 
+void
+Selection::restoreBackup(const gchar * selectiondata)
+{
+    if (!selectiondata) {
+        restoreBackup();
+        return;
+    }
+    _selected_ids.clear();
+    _seldata.clear();
+    gchar ** strarray = g_strsplit(selectiondata, "@", 0);
+    gchar ** iter = strarray;
+    Glib::ustring previter = "";
+    while (*iter != nullptr) {
+        gchar ** strsubarray = g_strsplit(*iter, "," , 0);
+        gchar ** subiter = strsubarray;
+        size_t pos = 0;
+        while (*subiter != nullptr) {
+            if (!pos) {
+                _selected_ids.emplace_back(*subiter);
+            } else {
+                if (pos % 2 == 0) {
+                    float spf;
+                    sp_svg_number_read_f(previter.c_str(), &spf);
+                    int sp = (unsigned int)spf;
+                    float nlf;
+                    sp_svg_number_read_f(g_strstrip(*subiter), &nlf);
+                    int nl = (unsigned int)nlf;
+                    _seldata.emplace_back(std::string(_selected_ids.back()),std::make_pair(sp,nl));
+                } else {
+                    previter = Glib::ustring(*subiter);
+                }
+            }
+            pos++;
+            subiter++;
+        }
+        g_strfreev (strsubarray);
+        iter++;
+    }
+    g_strfreev (strarray);
+    restoreBackup();
+}
+
 void
 Selection::restoreBackup()
 {
diff --git a/src/selection.h b/src/selection.h
index 9dd6eda60338aef12214a3c26b435c58782491cc..07eb01976294aa912ae8dec71e8881593c961872 100644
--- a/src/selection.h
+++ b/src/selection.h
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ public:
      * Restore a selection from a existing backup
      */
     void restoreBackup();
+    /**
+     * Restore a selection from a string property in svg usualy set by extensions
+     */
+    void restoreBackup(const gchar * selectiondata);
     /**
      * Here store a paramlist when set backup
      */
diff --git a/testfiles/src/attributes-test.cpp b/testfiles/src/attributes-test.cpp
index 3b161f721e0c3d913c130f56c8c91ec0dab31e77..adf72a27658376e36675448171c15723addf549f 100644
--- a/testfiles/src/attributes-test.cpp
+++ b/testfiles/src/attributes-test.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ std::vector<AttributeInfo> getKnownAttrs()
         AttributeInfo("inkscape:zoom", true),
         AttributeInfo("inkscape:svg-dpi", true),
         AttributeInfo("inkscape:swatch", true),
+        AttributeInfo("inkscape:selectiondata", true),
         AttributeInfo("sodipodi:arc-type", true),
         AttributeInfo("sodipodi:arg1", true),
         AttributeInfo("sodipodi:arg2", true),