diff --git a/src/question_matrixdropdownbase.ts b/src/question_matrixdropdownbase.ts
index 9ecc7b1c6c..3ff0ceb78f 100644
--- a/src/question_matrixdropdownbase.ts
+++ b/src/question_matrixdropdownbase.ts
@@ -1245,6 +1245,9 @@ export class QuestionMatrixDropdownModelBase extends QuestionMatrixBaseModel<Mat
     val = val.toLowerCase();
     this.setPropertyValue("cellType", val);
   }
+  isSelectCellType(): boolean {
+    return Serializer.isDescendantOf(this.cellType, "selectbase");
+  }
   private updateColumnsCellType() {
     for (var i = 0; i < this.columns.length; i++) {
       this.columns[i].defaultCellTypeChanged();
@@ -2589,7 +2592,7 @@ Serializer.addClass(
     },
     { name: "horizontalScroll:boolean", visible: false, },
     {
-      name: "choices:itemvalue[]", uniqueProperty: "value",
+      name: "choices:itemvalue[]", uniqueProperty: "value", visibleIf: (obj): boolean => obj.isSelectCellType()
     },
     { name: "placeholder", alternativeName: "optionsCaption", serializationProperty: "locPlaceholder" },
     {
diff --git a/tests/question_matrixdropdownbasetests.ts b/tests/question_matrixdropdownbasetests.ts
index 45c30217e7..e1e8dc1156 100644
--- a/tests/question_matrixdropdownbasetests.ts
+++ b/tests/question_matrixdropdownbasetests.ts
@@ -1530,4 +1530,23 @@ QUnit.test("Check if errors disappered in the cells in the current row on changi
   q2.value = 1;
   assert.equal(q1.errors.length, 0, "q1 errors #2");
   assert.equal(q2.errors.length, 0, "q2 errors #2");
-});
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+});
+QUnit.test("choices property visibility, Bug#8560", function (assert) {
+  const survey = new SurveyModel({
+    elements: [
+      {
+        type: "matrixdynamic",
+        name: "matrix"
+      }
+    ]
+  });
+  const matrix = <QuestionMatrixDynamicModel>survey.getQuestionByName("matrix");
+  const prop = Serializer.findProperty("matrixdynamic", "choices");
+  assert.equal(prop.isVisible("", matrix), true, "#1");
+  matrix.cellType = "text";
+  assert.equal(prop.isVisible("", matrix), false, "#2");
+  matrix.cellType = "checkbox";
+  assert.equal(prop.isVisible("", matrix), true, "#3");
+  matrix.cellType = "comment";
+  assert.equal(prop.isVisible("", matrix), false, "#4");
+});