diff --git a/source/simulation2/components/CCmpTemplateManager.cpp b/source/simulation2/components/CCmpTemplateManager.cpp
index d69cc36b35..3894761871 100644
--- a/source/simulation2/components/CCmpTemplateManager.cpp
+++ b/source/simulation2/components/CCmpTemplateManager.cpp
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ void CCmpTemplateManager::ConstructTemplateActor(const std::string& actorName, C
 	std::string name = utf8_from_wstring(CParamNode::EscapeXMLString(actorNameW));
 	std::string xml = "<Entity>"
 	                      "<VisualActor><Actor>" + name + "</Actor></VisualActor>"
+						  // arbitrary-sized Footprint definition to make actors' selection outlines show up in Atlas
+						  "<Footprint><Circle radius='2.0'/><Height>1.0</Height></Footprint>"
 	                      "<Selectable>"
 	                          "<EditorOnly/>"
 	                          "<Overlay><Texture><MainTexture>actor.png</MainTexture><MainTextureMask>actor_mask.png</MainTextureMask></Texture></Overlay>"