diff --git main/vcl/aqua/source/gdi/ctlayout.cxx main/vcl/aqua/source/gdi/ctlayout.cxx
index f79cd3770341..b8e307fb6c2e 100644
--- main/vcl/aqua/source/gdi/ctlayout.cxx
+++ main/vcl/aqua/source/gdi/ctlayout.cxx
@@ -121,8 +121,16 @@ bool CTLayout::LayoutText( ImplLayoutArgs& rArgs )
 	if( mnCharCount <= 0 )
 		return false;
 
-	// create the CoreText line layout
+	// prepare the string to be layouted by CoreText
 	CFStringRef aCFText = CFStringCreateWithCharactersNoCopy( NULL, rArgs.mpStr + mnMinCharPos, mnCharCount, kCFAllocatorNull );
+	// #i124375# force soft-hyphen visibility to meet the expectations of Writer+EditEngine
+	if( CFStringFind( aCFText, (CFStringRef)@"\u00AD", 0).length > 0 )
+	{
+		NSString* pDashStr = [(NSString*)aCFText stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString: @"\u00AD" withString: @"-"];
+		aCFText = CFStringCreateCopy( NULL, (CFStringRef)pDashStr );
+	}
+
+	// create the CoreText line layout using the requested text style
 	mpAttrString = CFAttributedStringCreate( NULL, aCFText, mpTextStyle->GetStyleDict() );
 	mpCTLine = CTLineCreateWithAttributedString( mpAttrString );
 	CFRelease( aCFText);