diff --git a/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_core.c b/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_core.c
index 6108e509e1f..03094873e25 100644
--- a/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_core.c
+++ b/source/blender/bmesh/intern/bmesh_core.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ BMEdge *BM_edge_create(BMesh *bm, BMVert *v1, BMVert *v2, const BMEdge *example,
 	e->v1 = v1;
 	e->v2 = v2;
 	
-	BM_elem_flag_enable(e, BM_ELEM_SMOOTH);
+	BM_elem_flag_enable(e, BM_ELEM_SMOOTH | BM_ELEM_DRAW);
 	
 	CustomData_bmesh_set_default(&bm->edata, &e->head.data);