diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
index 30657f1741b..33ec2ed7e42 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditor.cpp
@@ -4125,6 +4125,7 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::registerActions()
                               .contextAction();
     m_visualizeWhitespaceAction = ActionBuilder(this, VISUALIZE_WHITESPACE)
                                       .setContext(m_editorContext)
+                                      .setCheckable(true)
                                       .addOnToggled(
                                           this,
                                           [this](bool checked) {
@@ -4140,6 +4141,7 @@ void TextEditorWidgetPrivate::registerActions()
                               .contextAction();
     m_textWrappingAction = ActionBuilder(this, TEXT_WRAPPING)
                                .setContext(m_editorContext)
+                               .setCheckable(true)
                                .addOnToggled(
                                    this,
                                    [this](bool checked) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
index 5df9de54701..c774fed0438 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorplugin.cpp
@@ -453,7 +453,8 @@ void TextEditorPlugin::createEditorCommands()
     TextActionBuilder(this, VISUALIZE_WHITESPACE)
         .setText(Tr::tr("&Visualize Whitespace"))
         .setDefaultKeySequence(Tr::tr("Meta+E, Meta+V"), Tr::tr("Ctrl+E, Ctrl+V"))
-        .addToContainer(M_EDIT_ADVANCED, G_EDIT_FORMAT);
+        .addToContainer(M_EDIT_ADVANCED, G_EDIT_FORMAT)
+        .setCheckable(true);
     TextActionBuilder(this, CLEAN_WHITESPACE)
         .setText(Tr::tr("Clean Whitespace"))
         .addToContainer(M_EDIT_ADVANCED, G_EDIT_FORMAT);