diff --git a/importexport/musicxml/exportxml.cpp b/importexport/musicxml/exportxml.cpp
index 75d8ca18165ab..27914f218bf92 100644
--- a/importexport/musicxml/exportxml.cpp
+++ b/importexport/musicxml/exportxml.cpp
@@ -4450,6 +4450,8 @@ static void wordsMetronome(XmlWriter& xml, Score* s, TextBase const* const text,
             QString tagName = QString("metronome parentheses=\"%1\"").arg(hasParen ? "yes" : "no");
             tagName += color2xml(text);
             tagName += positioningAttributes(text);
+            if (!text->visible())
+                  tagName += " print-object=\"no\"";
             xml.stag(tagName);
             int len1 = 0;
             TDuration dur;
diff --git a/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp b/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
index 7864a6c3e0e5d..4716756389dca 100644
--- a/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
+++ b/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.cpp
@@ -3257,6 +3257,7 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::direction(const QString& partId,
                   if (tt->plainText().contains('='))
                         tt->setFollowText(true);
                   }
+            tt->setVisible(_visible);
 
             addElemOffset(tt, track, placement(), measure, tick + _offset);
             }
@@ -3325,6 +3326,8 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::direction(const QString& partId,
                         t->setPropertyFlags(Pid::COLOR, PropertyFlags::UNSTYLED);
                         }
 
+                  t->setVisible(_visible);
+
                   QString wordsPlacement = placement();
                   // Case-based defaults
                   if (wordsPlacement.isEmpty()) {
@@ -3382,9 +3385,11 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::direction(const QString& partId,
                         dynaValue = 127;
                   else if (dynaValue < 0)
                         dynaValue = 0;
-                  dyn->setVelocity( dynaValue );
+                  dyn->setVelocity(dynaValue);
                   }
 
+            dyn->setVisible(_visible);
+
             QString dynamicsPlacement = placement();
             // Case-based defaults
             if (dynamicsPlacement.isEmpty())
@@ -3473,6 +3478,7 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::direction(const QString& partId,
                         else
                               spannerPlacement = totalY() < 0 ? "above" : "below";
                         }
+                  desc._sp->setVisible(_visible);
                   if (spdesc._isStopped) {
                         _pass2.addSpanner(desc);
                         // handleSpannerStart and handleSpannerStop must be called in order
@@ -3514,6 +3520,7 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::directionType(QList<MusicXmlSpannerDesc>& starts,
             _hasDefaultY |= hasDefaultYCandidate;
             _hasRelativeY |= hasRelativeYCandidate;
             _isBold &= _e.attributes().value("font-weight").toString() == "bold";
+            _visible = _e.attributes().value("print-object") != "no";
             QString number = _e.attributes().value("number").toString();
             int n = 0;
             if (!number.isEmpty()) {
@@ -4202,6 +4209,7 @@ void MusicXMLParserDirection::handleRepeats(Measure* measure, const int track, c
                         measure = measure->prevMeasure();
                   else if (tb->tid() == Tid::REPEAT_LEFT && !closerToLeft && measure->nextMeasure())
                         measure = measure->nextMeasure();
+                  tb->setVisible(_visible);
                   measure->add(tb);
                   }
             }
diff --git a/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.h b/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.h
index 6f7131b73af67..44604704b506e 100644
--- a/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.h
+++ b/importexport/musicxml/importmxmlpass2.h
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ class MusicXMLParserDirection {
       bool _isBold;
       double _tpoMetro;                 // tempo according to metronome
       double _tpoSound;                 // tempo according to sound
+      bool _visible = true;
       QList<Element*> _elems;
       Fraction _offset;
 
diff --git a/mtest/musicxml/io/testInvisibleDirection.xml b/mtest/musicxml/io/testInvisibleDirection.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8bd311bd05599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mtest/musicxml/io/testInvisibleDirection.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE score-partwise PUBLIC "-//Recordare//DTD MusicXML 4.0 Partwise//EN" "http://www.musicxml.org/dtds/partwise.dtd">
+<score-partwise version="4.0">
+  <work>
+    <work-title>Untitled score</work-title>
+    </work>
+  <identification>
+    <creator type="composer">Composer / arranger</creator>
+    <encoding>
+      <software>MuseScore 0.7.0</software>
+      <encoding-date>2007-09-10</encoding-date>
+      <supports element="accidental" type="yes"/>
+      <supports element="beam" type="yes"/>
+      <supports element="print" attribute="new-page" type="no"/>
+      <supports element="print" attribute="new-system" type="no"/>
+      <supports element="stem" type="yes"/>
+      </encoding>
+    </identification>
+  <part-list>
+    <score-part id="P1">
+      <part-name>Flute</part-name>
+      <part-abbreviation>Fl.</part-abbreviation>
+      <score-instrument id="P1-I1">
+        <instrument-name>Flute</instrument-name>
+        </score-instrument>
+      <midi-device id="P1-I1" port="1"></midi-device>
+      <midi-instrument id="P1-I1">
+        <midi-channel>1</midi-channel>
+        <midi-program>74</midi-program>
+        <volume>78.7402</volume>
+        <pan>0</pan>
+        </midi-instrument>
+      </score-part>
+    </part-list>
+  <part id="P1">
+    <measure number="1">
+      <attributes>
+        <divisions>1</divisions>
+        <key>
+          <fifths>0</fifths>
+          </key>
+        <time>
+          <beats>4</beats>
+          <beat-type>4</beat-type>
+          </time>
+        <clef>
+          <sign>G</sign>
+          <line>2</line>
+          </clef>
+        </attributes>
+      <direction placement="above">
+        <direction-type>
+          <metronome parentheses="no"print-object="no">
+            <beat-unit>quarter</beat-unit>
+            <per-minute>64</per-minute>
+            </metronome>
+          </direction-type>
+        <sound tempo="64"/>
+        </direction>
+      <note>
+        <rest measure="yes"/>
+        <duration>4</duration>
+        <voice>1</voice>
+        </note>
+      </measure>
+    <measure number="2">
+      <note>
+        <rest measure="yes"/>
+        <duration>4</duration>
+        <voice>1</voice>
+        </note>
+      </measure>
+    <measure number="3">
+      <note>
+        <rest measure="yes"/>
+        <duration>4</duration>
+        <voice>1</voice>
+        </note>
+      <barline location="right">
+        <bar-style>light-heavy</bar-style>
+        </barline>
+      </measure>
+    </part>
+  </score-partwise>
diff --git a/mtest/musicxml/io/tst_mxml_io.cpp b/mtest/musicxml/io/tst_mxml_io.cpp
index 5f922deb3b247..a7da7f5e440cd 100644
--- a/mtest/musicxml/io/tst_mxml_io.cpp
+++ b/mtest/musicxml/io/tst_mxml_io.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ private slots:
       void instrumentSound() { mxmlIoTestRef("testInstrumentSound"); }
       void invalidLayout() { mxmlMscxExportTestRef("testInvalidLayout"); }
       void invalidTimesig() { mxmlIoTestRef("testInvalidTimesig"); }
+      void invisibleDirection() { mxmlIoTest("testInvisibleDirection"); }
       void invisibleElements() { mxmlIoTest("testInvisibleElements"); }
       void keysig1() { mxmlIoTest("testKeysig1"); }
       void keysig2() { mxmlIoTest("testKeysig2"); }