diff --git a/source/blender/animrig/ANIM_bone_collections.hh b/source/blender/animrig/ANIM_bone_collections.hh
index 463a62534ce..3e11e709c0a 100644
--- a/source/blender/animrig/ANIM_bone_collections.hh
+++ b/source/blender/animrig/ANIM_bone_collections.hh
@@ -214,8 +214,33 @@ void ANIM_armature_bonecoll_name_set(struct bArmature *armature,
                                      struct BoneCollection *bcoll,
                                      const char *name);
 
-void ANIM_bonecoll_show(struct BoneCollection *bcoll);
-void ANIM_bonecoll_hide(struct BoneCollection *bcoll);
+/**
+ * Show this bone collection.
+ *
+ * This marks the bone collection as 'visible'. Whether it is effectively
+ * visible also depends on the visibility state of its ancestors. */
+void ANIM_bonecoll_show(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *bcoll);
+
+/**
+ * Hide this bone collection.
+ *
+ * This marks the bone collection as 'hidden'. This also effectively hides its descendants,
+ * regardless of their visibility state. */
+void ANIM_bonecoll_hide(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *bcoll);
+
+/**
+ * Show or hide this bone collection.
+ *
+ * Calling this with a hard-coded `is_visible` parameter is equivalent to
+ * calling the dedicated show/hide functions. Prefer the dedicated functions for
+ * clarity.
+ *
+ * \see ANIM_bonecoll_show
+ * \see ANIM_bonecoll_hide
+ */
+void ANIM_armature_bonecoll_is_visible_set(bArmature *armature,
+                                           BoneCollection *bcoll,
+                                           bool is_visible);
 
 /**
  * Assign the bone to the bone collection.
diff --git a/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc b/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc
index 34182372e3a..3558ebded8c 100644
--- a/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc
+++ b/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections.cc
@@ -44,11 +44,16 @@ namespace {
 
 /** Default flags for new bone collections. */
 constexpr eBoneCollection_Flag default_flags = BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE |
-                                               BONE_COLLECTION_SELECTABLE;
+                                               BONE_COLLECTION_SELECTABLE |
+                                               BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE;
 constexpr auto bonecoll_default_name = "Bones";
 
 }  // namespace
 
+static void ancestors_visible_update(bArmature *armature,
+                                     const BoneCollection *parent_bcoll,
+                                     BoneCollection *bcoll);
+
 BoneCollection *ANIM_bonecoll_new(const char *name)
 {
   if (name == nullptr || name[0] == '\0') {
@@ -98,6 +103,11 @@ void ANIM_armature_runtime_refresh(bArmature *armature)
   ANIM_armature_runtime_free(armature);
   ANIM_armature_bonecoll_active_runtime_refresh(armature);
 
+  /* Make sure the BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE flags are set correctly. */
+  for (BoneCollection *bcoll : armature->collections_roots()) {
+    ancestors_visible_update(armature, nullptr, bcoll);
+  }
+
   /* Construct the bone-to-collections mapping. */
   for (BoneCollection *bcoll : armature->collections_span()) {
     add_reverse_pointers(bcoll);
@@ -182,6 +192,8 @@ static void bonecoll_insert_as_root(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *bcoll,
 
   bonecoll_insert_at_index(armature, bcoll, at_index);
   armature->collection_root_count++;
+
+  ancestors_visible_update(armature, nullptr, bcoll);
 }
 
 static int bonecoll_insert_as_child(bArmature *armature,
@@ -201,6 +213,8 @@ static int bonecoll_insert_as_child(bArmature *armature,
   bonecoll_insert_at_index(armature, bcoll, insert_at_index);
   parent->child_count++;
 
+  ancestors_visible_update(armature, parent, bcoll);
+
   return insert_at_index;
 }
 
@@ -707,14 +721,70 @@ int ANIM_armature_bonecoll_get_index_by_name(bArmature *armature, const char *na
   return -1;
 }
 
-void ANIM_bonecoll_show(BoneCollection *bcoll)
+/* Clear BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE on all decendents of this bone collection. */
+static void ancestors_visible_descendants_clear(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *parent_bcoll)
 {
-  bcoll->flags |= BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE;
+  for (BoneCollection *bcoll : armature->collection_children(parent_bcoll)) {
+    bcoll->flags &= ~BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE;
+    ancestors_visible_descendants_clear(armature, bcoll);
+  }
 }
 
-void ANIM_bonecoll_hide(BoneCollection *bcoll)
+/* Set or clear BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE on all decendents of this bone collection. */
+static void ancestors_visible_descendants_update(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *parent_bcoll)
+{
+  if (!parent_bcoll->is_visible_effectively()) {
+    /* If this bone collection is not visible itself, or any of its ancestors are
+     * invisible, all descendants have an invisible ancestor. */
+    ancestors_visible_descendants_clear(armature, parent_bcoll);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  /* parent_bcoll is visible, and so are its ancestors. This means that all direct children have
+   * visible ancestors. The grandchildren depend on the children's visibility as well, hence the
+   * recursion. */
+  for (BoneCollection *bcoll : armature->collection_children(parent_bcoll)) {
+    bcoll->flags |= BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE;
+    ancestors_visible_descendants_update(armature, bcoll);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Set/clear BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE on this bone collection and all its decendents. */
+static void ancestors_visible_update(bArmature *armature,
+                                     const BoneCollection *parent_bcoll,
+                                     BoneCollection *bcoll)
+{
+  if (parent_bcoll == nullptr || parent_bcoll->is_visible_effectively()) {
+    bcoll->flags |= BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE;
+  }
+  else {
+    bcoll->flags &= ~BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE;
+  }
+  ancestors_visible_descendants_update(armature, bcoll);
+}
+
+void ANIM_bonecoll_show(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *bcoll)
+{
+  bcoll->flags |= BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE;
+  ancestors_visible_descendants_update(armature, bcoll);
+}
+
+void ANIM_bonecoll_hide(bArmature *armature, BoneCollection *bcoll)
 {
   bcoll->flags &= ~BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE;
+  ancestors_visible_descendants_update(armature, bcoll);
+}
+
+void ANIM_armature_bonecoll_is_visible_set(bArmature *armature,
+                                           BoneCollection *bcoll,
+                                           const bool is_visible)
+{
+  if (is_visible) {
+    ANIM_bonecoll_show(armature, bcoll);
+  }
+  else {
+    ANIM_bonecoll_hide(armature, bcoll);
+  }
 }
 
 /* Store the bone's membership on the collection. */
@@ -859,7 +929,7 @@ static bool any_bone_collection_visible(const ListBase /*BoneCollectionRef*/ *co
 
   LISTBASE_FOREACH (const BoneCollectionReference *, bcoll_ref, collection_refs) {
     const BoneCollection *bcoll = bcoll_ref->bcoll;
-    if (bcoll->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE) {
+    if (bcoll->is_visible_effectively()) {
       return true;
     }
   }
@@ -881,14 +951,14 @@ bool ANIM_bonecoll_is_visible_editbone(const bArmature * /*armature*/, const Edi
 void ANIM_armature_bonecoll_show_all(bArmature *armature)
 {
   for (BoneCollection *bcoll : armature->collections_span()) {
-    ANIM_bonecoll_show(bcoll);
+    ANIM_bonecoll_show(armature, bcoll);
   }
 }
 
 void ANIM_armature_bonecoll_hide_all(bArmature *armature)
 {
   for (BoneCollection *bcoll : armature->collections_span()) {
-    ANIM_bonecoll_hide(bcoll);
+    ANIM_bonecoll_hide(armature, bcoll);
   }
 }
 
@@ -1145,6 +1215,9 @@ int armature_bonecoll_move_to_parent(bArmature *armature,
   armature->collection_root_count = armature_root.child_count;
   BLI_assert(armature_root.child_index == 0);
 
+  /* Since the parent changed, the effective visibility might change too. */
+  ancestors_visible_update(armature, to_parent, armature->collection_array[to_bcoll_index]);
+
   return to_bcoll_index;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections_test.cc b/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections_test.cc
index eb7ed7456d9..cd58af3668f 100644
--- a/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections_test.cc
+++ b/source/blender/animrig/intern/bone_collections_test.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ TEST(ANIM_bone_collections, bonecoll_new_free)
   EXPECT_NE(nullptr, bcoll);
   EXPECT_EQ("some name", std::string(bcoll->name));
   EXPECT_TRUE(BLI_listbase_is_empty(&bcoll->bones));
-  EXPECT_EQ(BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE | BONE_COLLECTION_SELECTABLE, bcoll->flags);
+  EXPECT_EQ(BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE | BONE_COLLECTION_SELECTABLE |
+                BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE,
+            bcoll->flags);
   ANIM_bonecoll_free(bcoll);
 }
 
@@ -453,6 +455,71 @@ TEST_F(ANIM_armature_bone_collections, find_parent_index)
   EXPECT_EQ(2, armature_bonecoll_find_parent_index(&arm, 5));
 }
 
+TEST_F(ANIM_armature_bone_collections, collection_hierarchy_visibility)
+{
+  /* Set up a small hierarchy. */
+  BoneCollection *bcoll_root0 = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "root0");
+  BoneCollection *bcoll_root1 = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "root1");
+  const int root0_index = armature_bonecoll_find_index(&arm, bcoll_root0);
+  BoneCollection *bcoll_r0_child0 = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "r0_child0", root0_index);
+  BoneCollection *bcoll_r0_child1 = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "r0_child1", root0_index);
+  const int child0_index = armature_bonecoll_find_index(&arm, bcoll_r0_child0);
+  BoneCollection *bcoll_c0_child0 = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "c0_child0", child0_index);
+
+  /* Initially, all bone collections should be marked as visible. */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_c0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+
+  /* Initially, all bone collections should have visible ancestors. */
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_c0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+
+  /* Mark root_0 as invisible, this should also update its children. */
+  ANIM_bonecoll_hide(&arm, bcoll_root0);
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_root0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_c0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_r0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_r0_child1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_c0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+
+  /* Move r0_child0 to root1, that should change its BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE */
+  const int root1_index = armature_bonecoll_find_index(&arm, bcoll_root1);
+  armature_bonecoll_move_to_parent(&arm, child0_index, 0, root0_index, root1_index);
+
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_root0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_c0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_root1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE)
+      << "The child that was moved to a visible root should be affected";
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_r0_child1->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE)
+      << "The child that wasn't moved should not be affected.";
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_c0_child0->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE)
+      << "The grandchild that was indirectly moved to a visible root should be affected";
+
+  /* Add a new child to root0, it should have the right flags. */
+  BoneCollection *bcoll_r0_child2 = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "r0_child2", root0_index);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(bcoll_r0_child2->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(bcoll_r0_child2->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+}
+
 TEST_F(ANIM_armature_bone_collections, bones_assign_unassign)
 {
   BoneCollection *bcoll = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(&arm, "collection");
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/armature.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/armature.cc
index 9319406ef0c..d384cc6b952 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/armature.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/armature.cc
@@ -3149,4 +3149,37 @@ blender::Span<BoneCollection *> bArmature::collections_span()
   return blender::Span(collection_array, collection_array_num);
 }
 
+blender::Span<const BoneCollection *> bArmature::collections_roots() const
+{
+  return blender::Span(collection_array, collection_root_count);
+}
+blender::Span<BoneCollection *> bArmature::collections_roots()
+{
+  return blender::Span(collection_array, collection_root_count);
+}
+
+blender::Span<const BoneCollection *> bArmature::collection_children(
+    const BoneCollection *parent) const
+{
+  return blender::Span(&collection_array[parent->child_index], parent->child_count);
+}
+
+blender::Span<BoneCollection *> bArmature::collection_children(BoneCollection *parent)
+{
+  return blender::Span(&collection_array[parent->child_index], parent->child_count);
+}
+
+bool BoneCollection::is_visible() const
+{
+  return this->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE;
+}
+bool BoneCollection::is_visible_ancestors() const
+{
+  return this->flags & BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE;
+}
+bool BoneCollection::is_visible_effectively() const
+{
+  return this->is_visible() && this->is_visible_ancestors();
+}
+
 /** \} */
diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_400.cc b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_400.cc
index 454b583a99e..95498a84d07 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_400.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_400.cc
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void version_bonelayers_to_bonecollections(Main *bmain)
       layermask_collection.append(std::make_pair(layer_mask, bcoll));
 
       if ((arm->layer & layer_mask) == 0) {
-        ANIM_bonecoll_hide(bcoll);
+        ANIM_bonecoll_hide(arm, bcoll);
       }
     }
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static void version_bonegroups_to_bonecollections(Main *bmain)
        * groups did not have any impact on this. To retain the behavior, that
        * hiding all layers a bone is on hides the bone, the
        * bone-group-collections should be created hidden. */
-      ANIM_bonecoll_hide(bcoll);
+      ANIM_bonecoll_hide(arm, bcoll);
     }
 
     /* Assign the bones to their bone group based collection. */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_template_bone_collection_tree.cc b/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_template_bone_collection_tree.cc
index 919cea61a43..5451f0c06e7 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_template_bone_collection_tree.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_template_bone_collection_tree.cc
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class BoneCollectionDropTarget : public TreeViewItemDropTarget {
       return false;
     }
 
-    /* Do not allow dropping onto its own decendants. */
+    /* Do not allow dropping onto its own descendants. */
     if (armature_bonecoll_is_decendent_of(
             drag_arm_bcoll->armature, drag_arm_bcoll->bcoll_index, drop_bonecoll_.bcoll_index))
     {
@@ -221,14 +221,12 @@ class BoneCollectionItem : public AbstractTreeViewItem {
 
     /* Visibility eyecon. */
     {
-      const bool is_visible = bone_collection_.flags & BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE;
+      uiLayout *visibility_sub = uiLayoutRow(sub, true);
+      uiLayoutSetActive(visibility_sub, bone_collection_.is_visible_ancestors());
+
+      const int icon = bone_collection_.is_visible() ? ICON_HIDE_OFF : ICON_HIDE_ON;
       PointerRNA bcoll_ptr = rna_pointer();
-      uiItemR(sub,
-              &bcoll_ptr,
-              "is_visible",
-              UI_ITEM_R_ICON_ONLY,
-              "",
-              is_visible ? ICON_HIDE_OFF : ICON_HIDE_ON);
+      uiItemR(visibility_sub, &bcoll_ptr, "is_visible", UI_ITEM_R_ICON_ONLY, "", icon);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/io/collada/collada_utils.cpp b/source/blender/io/collada/collada_utils.cpp
index 4c2ca78994e..82c402812d9 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/collada/collada_utils.cpp
+++ b/source/blender/io/collada/collada_utils.cpp
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ static void bc_add_armature_collections(COLLADAFW::Node *node,
   for (const std::string &name : collection_names) {
     BoneCollection *bcoll = ANIM_armature_bonecoll_new(arm, name.c_str());
     if (visible_names_set.find(name) == visible_names_set.end()) {
-      ANIM_bonecoll_hide(bcoll);
+      ANIM_bonecoll_hide(arm, bcoll);
     }
     else {
-      ANIM_bonecoll_show(bcoll);
+      ANIM_bonecoll_show(arm, bcoll);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_armature_types.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_armature_types.h
index 26db8a41aa1..ad2fbd06897 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_armature_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_armature_types.h
@@ -226,6 +226,14 @@ typedef struct bArmature {
   /* Collection array access for convenient for-loop iteration. */
   blender::Span<const BoneCollection *> collections_span() const;
   blender::Span<BoneCollection *> collections_span();
+
+  /* Span of all root collections. */
+  blender::Span<const BoneCollection *> collections_roots() const;
+  blender::Span<BoneCollection *> collections_roots();
+
+  /* Return the span of children of the given bone collection. */
+  blender::Span<const BoneCollection *> collection_children(const BoneCollection *parent) const;
+  blender::Span<BoneCollection *> collection_children(BoneCollection *parent);
 #endif
 } bArmature;
 
@@ -264,6 +272,35 @@ typedef struct BoneCollection {
 
   /** Custom properties. */
   struct IDProperty *prop;
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+  /**
+   * Return whether this collection is marked as 'visible'.
+   *
+   * Note that its effective visibility depends on the visibility of its ancestors as well.
+   *
+   * \see is_visible_effectively
+   * \see ANIM_bonecoll_show
+   * \see ANIM_bonecoll_hide
+   */
+  bool is_visible() const;
+
+  /**
+   * Return whether this collection's ancestors are visible or not.
+   *
+   * \see is_visible_effectively
+   */
+  bool is_visible_ancestors() const;
+
+  /**
+   * Return whether this collection is effectively visible.
+   *
+   * \return true when this collection and all its ancestors are visible.
+   *
+   * \see is_visisble
+   */
+  bool is_visible_effectively() const;
+#endif
 } BoneCollection;
 
 /** Membership relation of a bone with a bone collection. */
@@ -461,11 +498,19 @@ typedef enum eBone_BBoneHandleFlag {
 
 /** #BoneCollection.flag */
 typedef enum eBoneCollection_Flag {
-  BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE = (1 << 0),
+  BONE_COLLECTION_VISIBLE = (1 << 0),    /* Visibility flag of this particular collection. */
   BONE_COLLECTION_SELECTABLE = (1 << 1), /* Intended to be implemented in the not-so-far future. */
   BONE_COLLECTION_OVERRIDE_LIBRARY_LOCAL = (1 << 2), /* Added by a local library override. */
+
+  /**
+   * Set when all ancestors are visible.
+   *
+   * This would actually be a runtime flag, but bone collections don't have a
+   * runtime struct yet, and the addition of one more flag doesn't seem worth
+   * the effort. */
+  BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE = (1 << 3),
 } eBoneCollection_Flag;
-ENUM_OPERATORS(eBoneCollection_Flag, BONE_COLLECTION_OVERRIDE_LIBRARY_LOCAL)
+ENUM_OPERATORS(eBoneCollection_Flag, BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE)
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
diff --git a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_armature.cc b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_armature.cc
index 2e8d9df4c13..4a3046195d4 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_armature.cc
+++ b/source/blender/makesrna/intern/rna_armature.cc
@@ -373,6 +373,17 @@ static void rna_BoneCollection_name_set(PointerRNA *ptr, const char *name)
   WM_main_add_notifier(NC_OBJECT | ND_BONE_COLLECTION, &arm->id);
 }
 
+static void rna_BoneCollection_is_visible_set(PointerRNA *ptr, const bool is_visible)
+{
+  bArmature *arm = (bArmature *)ptr->owner_id;
+  BoneCollection *bcoll = (BoneCollection *)ptr->data;
+
+  ANIM_armature_bonecoll_is_visible_set(arm, bcoll, is_visible);
+
+  WM_main_add_notifier(NC_OBJECT | ND_BONE_COLLECTION, &arm->id);
+  WM_main_add_notifier(NC_OBJECT | ND_POSE, &arm->id);
+}
+
 static char *rna_BoneCollection_path(const PointerRNA *ptr)
 {
   const BoneCollection *bcoll = (const BoneCollection *)ptr->data;
@@ -2244,7 +2255,15 @@ static void rna_def_bonecollection(BlenderRNA *brna)
       prop, "Visible", "Bones in this collection will be visible in pose/object mode");
   RNA_def_property_flag(prop, PROP_LIB_EXCEPTION);
   RNA_def_property_override_flag(prop, PROPOVERRIDE_OVERRIDABLE_LIBRARY);
-  RNA_def_property_update(prop, NC_OBJECT | ND_POSE, nullptr);
+  RNA_def_property_boolean_funcs(prop, nullptr, "rna_BoneCollection_is_visible_set");
+
+  prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "is_visible_ancestors", PROP_BOOLEAN, PROP_NONE);
+  RNA_def_property_boolean_sdna(prop, nullptr, "flags", BONE_COLLECTION_ANCESTORS_VISIBLE);
+  RNA_def_property_ui_text(prop,
+                           "Ancestors Effectively Visible",
+                           "True when all of the ancestors of this bone collection are marked as "
+                           "visible; always True for root bone collections");
+  RNA_def_property_clear_flag(prop, PROP_EDITABLE);
 
   prop = RNA_def_property(srna, "is_local_override", PROP_BOOLEAN, PROP_NONE);
   RNA_def_property_boolean_sdna(prop, nullptr, "flags", BONE_COLLECTION_OVERRIDE_LIBRARY_LOCAL);