diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.cpp b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.cpp
index 52ca6b400..1ea1ce160 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.cpp
@@ -599,6 +599,13 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             return true;
         }
 
+        bool CSimulatorXPlane::followAircraft(const CCallsign &callsign)
+        {
+            if (! m_trafficProxy || ! m_trafficProxy->isValid()) { return false; }
+            m_trafficProxy->setFollowedAircraft(callsign.toQString());
+            return true;
+        }
+
         void CSimulatorXPlane::injectWeatherGrid(const Weather::CWeatherGrid &weatherGrid)
         {
             Q_ASSERT(isConnected());
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.h b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.h
index a913fe959..23bdde3c2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.h
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/simulatorxplane.h
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             virtual BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTime getTimeSynchronizationOffset() const override { return BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTime(0, BlackMisc::PhysicalQuantities::CTimeUnit::hrmin()); }
             virtual bool isPhysicallyRenderedAircraft(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &callsign) const override;
             virtual BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsignSet physicallyRenderedAircraft() const override;
+            virtual bool followAircraft(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &callsign) override;
             virtual void unload() override;
             //! @}
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.cpp b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.cpp
index 18c4ab23a..f9794cb18 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.cpp
@@ -148,5 +148,10 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             };
             m_dbusInterface->callDBusAsync(QLatin1String("getEelevationAtPosition"), callback, callsign.asString(), latitude, longitude, altitude);
         }
+
+        void CXSwiftBusTrafficProxy::setFollowedAircraft(const QString &callsign)
+        {
+            m_dbusInterface->callDBus(QLatin1String("setFollowedAircraft"), callsign);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.h b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.h
index 8a7e8f9b6..51182df2a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.h
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane/xswiftbustrafficproxy.h
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             void getEelevationAtPosition(const BlackMisc::Aviation::CCallsign &callsign, double latitude, double longitude, double altitude,
                                          const ElevationCallback &setter);
 
+            //! \copydoc XSwiftBus::CTraffic::setFollowedAircraft
+            void setFollowedAircraft(const QString &callsign);
+
         private:
             BlackMisc::CGenericDBusInterface *m_dbusInterface = nullptr;
         };
diff --git a/src/xswiftbus/org.swift_project.xswiftbus.traffic.xml b/src/xswiftbus/org.swift_project.xswiftbus.traffic.xml
index e3bb46075..ed86a478a 100644
--- a/src/xswiftbus/org.swift_project.xswiftbus.traffic.xml
+++ b/src/xswiftbus/org.swift_project.xswiftbus.traffic.xml
@@ -78,5 +78,8 @@ R"(<node>
       <arg type="s" direction="out"/>
       <arg type="d" direction="out"/>
     </method>
+    <method name="setFollowedAircraft">
+       <arg name="callsign" type="s" direction="in"/>
+    </method>
   </interface>
 </node>)"
diff --git a/src/xswiftbus/traffic.cpp b/src/xswiftbus/traffic.cpp
index 5d9b92b11..ddfc1321c 100644
--- a/src/xswiftbus/traffic.cpp
+++ b/src/xswiftbus/traffic.cpp
@@ -393,6 +393,14 @@ namespace XSwiftBus
         }
     }
 
+    void CTraffic::setFollowedAircraft(const std::string &callsign)
+    {
+        auto planeIt = m_planesByCallsign.find(callsign);
+        if (planeIt == m_planesByCallsign.end()) { return; }
+
+        orbitRemotePlane(callsign);
+    }
+
     const char *introspection_traffic =
         DBUS_INTROSPECT_1_0_XML_DOCTYPE_DECL_NODE
 #include "org.swift_project.xswiftbus.traffic.xml"
@@ -655,6 +663,17 @@ namespace XSwiftBus
                     ;                   sendDBusMessage(reply);
                 });
             }
+            else if (message.getMethodName() == "setFollowedAircraft")
+            {
+                maybeSendEmptyDBusReply(wantsReply, sender, serial);
+                std::string callsign;
+                message.beginArgumentRead();
+                message.getArgument(callsign);
+                queueDBusCall([ = ]()
+                {
+                    setFollowedAircraft(callsign);
+                });
+            }
             else
             {
                 // Unknown message. Tell DBus that we cannot handle it
diff --git a/src/xswiftbus/traffic.h b/src/xswiftbus/traffic.h
index 749367334..b9e638230 100644
--- a/src/xswiftbus/traffic.h
+++ b/src/xswiftbus/traffic.h
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ namespace XSwiftBus
         //! Get the ground elevation at an arbitrary position
         double getEelevationAtPosition(const std::string &callsign, double latitude, double longitude, double altitude);
 
+        //! Sets the aircraft with callsign to be followed in plane view
+        void setFollowedAircraft(const std::string &callsign);
+
         int processDBus() override;
 
     protected: