diff --git a/app/inpututils.cpp b/app/inpututils.cpp
index b5333c2ad..0a65a8119 100644
--- a/app/inpututils.cpp
+++ b/app/inpututils.cpp
@@ -160,9 +160,14 @@ QString InputUtils::formatNumber( const double number, int precision )
   return QString::number( number, 'f', precision );
 }
 
-QString InputUtils::formatDistanceInProjectUnit( const double distanceInMeters, int precision )
+QString InputUtils::formatDistanceInProjectUnit( const double distanceInMeters, int precision, Qgis::DistanceUnit destUnit )
 {
-  Qgis::DistanceUnit distUnit = QgsProject::instance()->distanceUnits();
+  Qgis::DistanceUnit distUnit = destUnit;
+
+  if ( distUnit == Qgis::DistanceUnit::Unknown )
+  {
+    distUnit = QgsProject::instance()->distanceUnits();
+  }
 
   if ( distUnit == Qgis::DistanceUnit::Unknown )
   {
diff --git a/app/inpututils.h b/app/inpututils.h
index e930a2fff..342972d6f 100644
--- a/app/inpututils.h
+++ b/app/inpututils.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class InputUtils: public QObject
     Q_INVOKABLE QString getFileName( const QString &filePath );
     Q_INVOKABLE QString formatProjectName( const QString &fullProjectName );
     Q_INVOKABLE QString formatNumber( const double number, int precision = 1 );
-    Q_INVOKABLE QString formatDistanceInProjectUnit( const double distanceInMeters, int precision = 1 );
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString formatDistanceInProjectUnit( const double distanceInMeters, int precision = 1, Qgis::DistanceUnit destUnit = Qgis::DistanceUnit::Unknown );
     Q_INVOKABLE void setExtentToFeature( const FeatureLayerPair &pair, InputMapSettings *mapSettings, double panelOffsetRatio );
 
     // utility functions to extract information from map settings
diff --git a/app/test/testutilsfunctions.cpp b/app/test/testutilsfunctions.cpp
index 74cbc222e..f737751f4 100644
--- a/app/test/testutilsfunctions.cpp
+++ b/app/test/testutilsfunctions.cpp
@@ -822,3 +822,36 @@ void TestUtilsFunctions::testParsePositionUpdates()
     }
   }
 }
+
+void TestUtilsFunctions::testFormatDistanceInDistanceUnit()
+{
+  QString dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 1222.234, 2, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Meters );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "1222.23 m" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 1222.234, 1, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Meters );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "1222.2 m" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 1222.234, 0, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Meters );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "1222 m" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 700.22, 1, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Meters );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "700.2 m" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 0.22, 0, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Meters );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "0 m" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( -0.22, 0, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Meters );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "-0 m" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 1.222234, 2, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Kilometers );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "0.00 km" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 6000, 1, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Feet );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "19685.0 ft" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 5, 1, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Feet );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "16.4 ft" );
+
+  dist2str =  mUtils->formatDistanceInProjectUnit( 7000, 1, Qgis::DistanceUnit::Feet );
+  QVERIFY( dist2str == "22965.9 ft" );
+}
diff --git a/app/test/testutilsfunctions.h b/app/test/testutilsfunctions.h
index 41bd38ab6..4880a5956 100644
--- a/app/test/testutilsfunctions.h
+++ b/app/test/testutilsfunctions.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class TestUtilsFunctions: public QObject
     void testInvalidGeometryWarning();
     void testAttribution();
     void testParsePositionUpdates();
+    void testFormatDistanceInDistanceUnit();
 
   private:
     void testFormatDuration( const QDateTime &t0, qint64 diffSecs, const QString &expectedResult );