diff --git a/source/blender/editors/io/io_obj.cc b/source/blender/editors/io/io_obj.cc
index 579f848d2330cff9964f5c8c33b2e3d7d4cbcb44..4002a28ddd6852df07dcc17fd8f8ea85e9b87177 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/io/io_obj.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/io/io_obj.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static void ui_obj_export_settings(uiLayout *layout, PointerRNA *imfptr)
   uiItemR(
       sub, imfptr, "export_selected_objects", UI_ITEM_NONE, IFACE_("Selected Only"), ICON_NONE);
   uiItemR(sub, imfptr, "global_scale", UI_ITEM_NONE, nullptr, ICON_NONE);
-
+  uiItemR(sub, imfptr, "forward_axis", UI_ITEM_NONE, IFACE_("Forward Axis"), ICON_NONE);
   uiItemR(sub, imfptr, "up_axis", UI_ITEM_NONE, IFACE_("Up Axis"), ICON_NONE);
 
   col = uiLayoutColumn(box, false);