diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/wbview3d.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/wbview3d.cpp
index 6bdee1e0e3f..1cc45d20804 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/wbview3d.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/Tools/WorldBuilder/src/wbview3d.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "intersec.h"
 #include "W3DDevice/GameClient/W3DAssetManager.h"
 #include "W3DDevice/GameClient/Module/W3DModelDraw.h"
+#include "W3DDevice/GameClient/Module/W3DTreeDraw.h"
 #include "agg_def.h"
 #include "part_ldr.h"
 #include "hanim.h"
@@ -1118,6 +1119,15 @@ AsciiString WbView3d::getBestModelName(const ThingTemplate* tt, const ModelCondi
 			{
 				return md->getBestModelNameForWB(c);
 			}
+
+			// TheSuperHackers @bugfix ViTeXFTW 15/02/2025 Fix tree objects not showing
+			// a preview in WB object placer. The W3DTreeDraw module stores its model name
+			// differently from W3DModelDraw.
+			const W3DTreeDrawModuleData* treeData = mdd ? mdd->getAsW3DTreeDrawModuleData() : nullptr;
+			if (treeData)
+			{
+				return treeData->m_modelName;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// removing this crash as sounds can (and should) have no model - jkmcd