diff --git a/src/app/vertextool/qgsvertextool.cpp b/src/app/vertextool/qgsvertextool.cpp
index af5366a6c559..66fe2f6db824 100644
--- a/src/app/vertextool/qgsvertextool.cpp
+++ b/src/app/vertextool/qgsvertextool.cpp
@@ -2696,6 +2696,7 @@ void QgsVertexTool::setHighlightedVertices( const QList<Vertex> &listVertices, H
 
     QgsVertexMarker *marker = new QgsVertexMarker( canvas() );
     marker->setIconType( QgsVertexMarker::ICON_CIRCLE );
+    marker->setZValue( marker->zValue() + 1 );
     marker->setIconSize( QgsGuiUtils::scaleIconSize( 10 ) );
     marker->setPenWidth( QgsGuiUtils::scaleIconSize( 2 ) );
     marker->setColor( Qt::blue );