diff --git a/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_meshsequencecache.cc b/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_meshsequencecache.cc
index 16b54bd49bd..c339d8ec6ac 100644
--- a/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_meshsequencecache.cc
+++ b/source/blender/modifiers/intern/MOD_meshsequencecache.cc
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ static Mesh *generate_bounding_box_mesh(const Mesh *org_mesh)
   }
 
   Mesh *result = geometry::create_cuboid_mesh(max - min, 2, 2, 2);
+  if (org_mesh->mat) {
+    result->mat = static_cast<Material **>(MEM_dupallocN(org_mesh->mat));
+    result->totcol = org_mesh->totcol;
+  }
   BKE_mesh_translate(result, math::midpoint(min, max), false);
 
   return result;