diff --git a/src/insets/InsetRef.cpp b/src/insets/InsetRef.cpp
index cd00e0d023..9f606ff0a2 100644
--- a/src/insets/InsetRef.cpp
+++ b/src/insets/InsetRef.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ void InsetRef::latex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & rp) const
 	string const cmd = getCmdName();
 	docstring const data = getEscapedLabel(rp);
 
+	if (rp.inulemcmd)
+		os << "\\mbox{";
+
 	if (cmd == "eqref" && buffer().params().use_refstyle) {
 		os << '(' << from_ascii("\\ref{") << data << from_ascii("})");
 	} 
@@ -159,6 +162,9 @@ void InsetRef::latex(otexstream & os, OutputParams const & rp) const
 		p["reference"] = ref;
 		os << p.getCommand(rp);
 	}
+
+	if (rp.inulemcmd)
+		os << "}";
 }
 
 
diff --git a/status.20x b/status.20x
index 029bfcc739..7f51249be6 100644
--- a/status.20x
+++ b/status.20x
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ What's new
 
 - Add support for some IPA diacritics.
 
+- Enclose underlined \ref{} commands in \mbox{} to protect them when
+  using the package soul in place of (or together with) ulem.
+
 
 * TEX2LYX IMPROVEMENTS