diff --git a/components/ideintf/componenttreeview.pas b/components/ideintf/componenttreeview.pas
index a6f0519de3..be5cc0340c 100644
--- a/components/ideintf/componenttreeview.pas
+++ b/components/ideintf/componenttreeview.pas
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ begin
   DragMode := dmAutomatic;
   FComponentList:=TBackupComponentList.Create;
   Options := Options + [tvoAllowMultiselect, tvoAutoItemHeight, tvoKeepCollapsedNodes, tvoReadOnly];
+  MultiSelectStyle := MultiSelectStyle + [msShiftSelect];
   FImageList := TImageList.Create(nil);
   FImageList.Width := TIDEImages.ScaledSize;
   FImageList.Height := TIDEImages.ScaledSize;