diff --git a/crates/doc/src/clipboard.rs b/crates/doc/src/clipboard.rs
index 83cb3b7331..7e1b1b9fad 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ pub(crate) fn remap_link(
             remap_link(b, ids, names, bodies, depth + 1);
         }
         LinkSource::Plane { name } => mapped_name(name, names),
+        // A construction axis, by name (#9324); the origin axes are no feature's.
+        LinkSource::Axis { name } if !matches!(name.as_str(), "X" | "Y" | "Z") => mapped_name(name, names),
         _ => {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/project.rs b/crates/doc/src/project.rs
index 0889952654..677e68aa60 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/project.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/project.rs
@@ -238,13 +238,14 @@ fn resolve_uncached(
         }
         LinkSource::Origin => vec![LinkGeom::Point(plane.to_local(Vec3::ZERO))],
         LinkSource::Axis { name } => {
-            let d = match name.to_ascii_uppercase().as_str() {
-                "X" => Vec3::X,
-                "Y" => Vec3::Y,
-                "Z" => Vec3::Z,
-                _ => return Err(DocError::Unknown(format!("axis `{name}`"))),
+            let (o, d) = match name.to_ascii_uppercase().as_str() {
+                "X" => (Vec3::ZERO, Vec3::X),
+                "Y" => (Vec3::ZERO, Vec3::Y),
+                "Z" => (Vec3::ZERO, Vec3::Z),
+                // A construction axis, by name (#9324), where the timeline so far puts it.
+                _ => crate::eval::construction_axis_in(Some(doc), st, name, 0)?,
             };
-            let o = plane.to_local(Vec3::ZERO);
+            let o = plane.to_local(o);
             let d2 = Vec2::new(d.dot(plane.x), d.dot(plane.y));
             match d2.normalized() {
                 Some(u) if d2.len() > 1e-9 => vec![LinkGeom::Line(o - u * AXIS_HALF, o + u * AXIS_HALF)],
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project.rs
index 6bbdbad5e7..d372a3e292 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::{EngineError, Result, Session};
 
 macro_rules! refs_doc {
     () => {
-        "refs: [{edge: [x,y,z], body?} | {face: [x,y,z], body?} (its edge loops) | {body: name} (silhouette) | {vertex: [x,y,z], body?} | {sketch, curve} | {sketch, point} | \"origin\" | {axis: X|Y|Z} | {plane: XY|XZ|YZ|name}]"
+        "refs: [{edge: [x,y,z], body?} | {face: [x,y,z], body?} (its edge loops) | {body: name} (silhouette) | {vertex: [x,y,z], body?} | {sketch, curve} | {sketch, point} | \"origin\" | {axis: X|Y|Z|name} | {plane: XY|XZ|YZ|name}]"
     };
 }
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ fn source(s: &Session, v: &Value, cmd: &str) -> Result<LinkSource> {
         return Ok(LinkSource::Body { body: b.to_string() });
     }
     if let Some(a) = str_(v, "axis") {
-        return Ok(LinkSource::Axis { name: a.to_ascii_uppercase() });
+        return axis_source(s, a, cmd);
     }
     if let Some(p) = str_(v, "plane") {
         return Ok(LinkSource::Plane { name: p.to_string() });
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ fn source(s: &Session, v: &Value, cmd: &str) -> Result<LinkSource> {
     Err(bad(cmd, format!("cannot project {v}")))
 }
 
+/// An origin axis (`X`, `Y` or `Z`, in any case), or a construction axis by its name (#9324).
+fn axis_source(s: &Session, name: &str, cmd: &str) -> Result<LinkSource> {
+    if ["X", "Y", "Z"].iter().any(|axis| name.eq_ignore_ascii_case(axis)) {
+        return Ok(LinkSource::Axis { name: name.to_ascii_uppercase() });
+    }
+    match s.doc.find_feature(name) {
+        Some(f) if matches!(f.kind, FeatureKind::ConstructionAxis { .. }) => Ok(LinkSource::Axis { name: f.name.clone() }),
+        _ => Err(bad(cmd, format!("unknown axis `{name}`: X, Y, Z or the name of a construction axis"))),
+    }
+}
+
 /// The plane of a sketch feature, resolved against `st`: the model before the sketch as its
 /// component sees it, which is what evaluation resolves it against. A construction plane built
 /// from the model (through a sketch line, three points, between two faces…) exists only there.
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project_tests.rs
index 7e94c9c4cc..a17c1fa40d 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/sketch_project_tests.rs
@@ -216,6 +216,53 @@ fn project_edges_bodies_sketches_and_origin() {
     assert!(s.execute("sketch.project", &json!({"refs": [{"plane": "XY"}]})).is_err(), "parallel plane projects to nothing");
 }
 
+/// A construction axis projects as an origin axis does, as its line in the sketch plane, and stays
+/// linked to it: the projection follows when the axis moves and when it is renamed. The report's
+/// steps (#9324): the axis made after the sketch, then moved before it.
+#[test]
+fn a_construction_axis_projects_and_stays_linked() {
+    let mut s = Session::default();
+    let sketch = run(&mut s, "sketch.create", json!({"plane": "XY"}))["sketch"].as_u64().unwrap();
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.finish", json!({}));
+    let axis = |x: f64| json!({"a": {"point": [x, 0, 0]}, "b": {"point": [x, 30, 0]}, "name": "Axis1"});
+    run(&mut s, "construct.axis.two_points", axis(10.0));
+    run(&mut s, "timeline.reorder", json!({"feature": "Axis1", "position": 0}));
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.edit", json!({"sketch": sketch}));
+    let r = run(&mut s, "sketch.project", json!({"refs": [{"axis": "Axis1"}]}));
+    let line = r["links"][0]["curves"][0].clone();
+    // Where the projected line runs: its two ends' x, and its length along y.
+    let at = |s: &mut Session| {
+        run(s, "sketch.edit", json!({"sketch": sketch}));
+        let si = inspect(s);
+        let c = si["curves"].as_array().unwrap().iter().find(|c| c["id"] == line).cloned().unwrap();
+        run(s, "sketch.finish", json!({}));
+        let n = |v: &Value| v.as_f64().unwrap();
+        (n(&c["start_at"][0]), n(&c["end_at"][0]), (n(&c["end_at"][1]) - n(&c["start_at"][1])).abs())
+    };
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.finish", json!({}));
+    let (x0, x1, length) = at(&mut s);
+    assert!((x0 - 10.0).abs() < 1e-9 && (x1 - 10.0).abs() < 1e-9 && length > 30.0, "{x0} {x1} {length}");
+    run(&mut s, "timeline.redefine", json!({"feature": "Axis1", "command": "construct.axis.two_points", "params": axis(25.0)}));
+    let (x0, x1, _) = at(&mut s);
+    assert!((x0 - 25.0).abs() < 1e-9 && (x1 - 25.0).abs() < 1e-9, "the projection follows the axis: {x0} {x1}");
+    run(&mut s, "timeline.rename", json!({"feature": "Axis1", "name": "Hinge axis"}));
+    let state = s.model.state();
+    let link = &state.sketch(sketch).unwrap().sketch.links[0];
+    assert_eq!(link.source, solidcraft_sketch::LinkSource::Axis { name: "Hinge axis".into() });
+    assert!(!link.lost, "renamed, the axis is still found");
+    // A design with the axis after the sketch opens with the link lost, saying why.
+    run(&mut s, "timeline.reorder", json!({"feature": "Hinge axis", "position": 1}));
+    let opened = Session::new(solidcraft_doc::Document::from_json(&s.doc.to_json()).unwrap());
+    assert!(opened.model.state().sketch(sketch).unwrap().sketch.links[0].lost);
+    let warnings = opened.model.result(sketch).and_then(|r| r.warning.clone()).unwrap_or_default();
+    assert!(warnings.contains("it must come earlier in the timeline"), "{warnings}");
+    run(&mut s, "timeline.reorder", json!({"feature": "Hinge axis", "position": 0}));
+    // An axis that is no origin axis and no construction axis is refused, by its name.
+    run(&mut s, "sketch.edit", json!({"sketch": sketch}));
+    let error = s.execute("sketch.project", &json!({"refs": [{"axis": "Axis9"}]})).unwrap_err().to_string();
+    assert!(error.contains("unknown axis `Axis9`"), "{error}");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn project_whole_body_can_create_unlinked_geometry() {
     let mut s = Session::default();