diff --git a/src/ctx.cpp b/src/ctx.cpp
index 622a814d9f..bcb6e1ccfb 100644
--- a/src/ctx.cpp
+++ b/src/ctx.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ void pj_set_ctx( projPJ pj, projCtx ctx )
     if (pj==nullptr)
         return;
     pj->ctx = ctx;
+    if( pj->is_pipeline )
+    {
+        pj_pipeline_assign_context_to_steps(pj, ctx);
+    }
+    for( const auto &alt: pj->alternativeCoordinateOperations )
+    {
+        pj_set_ctx(alt.pj, ctx);
+    }
 }
 
 /************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/pipeline.cpp b/src/pipeline.cpp
index afa3b19aed..5f4d95633e 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/pipeline.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ static PJ_LPZ    pipeline_reverse_3d (PJ_XYZ xyz, PJ *P);
 static PJ_XY     pipeline_forward (PJ_LP lp, PJ *P);
 static PJ_LP     pipeline_reverse (PJ_XY xy, PJ *P);
 
-
+void pj_pipeline_assign_context_to_steps( PJ* P, PJ_CONTEXT* ctx )
+{
+    for (int i = 1; i <= static_cast<struct pj_opaque*>(P->opaque)->steps; i++)
+        proj_assign_context(static_cast<struct pj_opaque*>(P->opaque)->pipeline[i], ctx);
+}
 
 
 static PJ_COORD pipeline_forward_4d (PJ_COORD point, PJ *P) {
diff --git a/src/proj_internal.h b/src/proj_internal.h
index 4a126e98e6..77c4ba172d 100644
--- a/src/proj_internal.h
+++ b/src/proj_internal.h
@@ -926,6 +926,8 @@ std::string pj_double_quote_string_param_if_needed(const std::string& str);
 PJ *pj_create_internal (PJ_CONTEXT *ctx, const char *definition);
 PJ *pj_create_argv_internal (PJ_CONTEXT *ctx, int argc, char **argv);
 
+void pj_pipeline_assign_context_to_steps( PJ* P, PJ_CONTEXT* ctx );
+
 /* classic public API */
 #include "proj_api.h"