diff --git a/protege-editor-owl/src/main/java/org/protege/editor/owl/ui/tree/OWLModelManagerTree.java b/protege-editor-owl/src/main/java/org/protege/editor/owl/ui/tree/OWLModelManagerTree.java
index ac31b018e..e297e6108 100644
--- a/protege-editor-owl/src/main/java/org/protege/editor/owl/ui/tree/OWLModelManagerTree.java
+++ b/protege-editor-owl/src/main/java/org/protege/editor/owl/ui/tree/OWLModelManagerTree.java
@@ -125,7 +125,12 @@ private void handleRenderingChanged(OWLEntity entity) {
         try {
             for (OWLObjectTreeNode<N> node : getNodes(entity)) {
                 DefaultTreeModel model = (DefaultTreeModel) getModel();
-                model.nodeStructureChanged(node);
+                model.nodeChanged(node);
+                for (N equivalentEntity: node.getEquivalentObjects()) {
+                	for (OWLObjectTreeNode<N> equivalentNode : getNodes(equivalentEntity)) {
+                		model.nodeChanged(equivalentNode);
+                	}
+                }
             }
         }
         catch (ClassCastException e) {