diff --git a/gui/builtinViewColumns/tracking.py b/gui/builtinViewColumns/tracking.py
index f3281947e..03c257fee 100644
--- a/gui/builtinViewColumns/tracking.py
+++ b/gui/builtinViewColumns/tracking.py
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ class Tracking(ViewColumn):
         else:
             return ""
 
+    def getToolTip(self, mod):
+        return "Tracking"
+
     def getImageId(self, mod):
         return -1
 
diff --git a/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py b/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py
index 4c73d8d53..89fb10c1e 100644
--- a/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py
+++ b/gui/builtinViews/fittingView.py
@@ -139,8 +139,19 @@ class FittingView(d.Display):
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_LEFT_DOWN, self.click)
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_RIGHT_DOWN, self.click)
         self.Bind(wx.EVT_SHOW, self.OnShow)
+        self.Bind(wx.EVT_MOTION, self.OnMouseMove)
         self.parent.Bind(gui.chromeTabs.EVT_NOTEBOOK_PAGE_CHANGED, self.pageChanged)
 
+    def OnMouseMove(self, event):
+        row, _, col = self.HitTestSubItem(event.Position)
+        if row != -1 and col != -1:
+            mod = self.mods[self.GetItemData(row)]
+            if self.DEFAULT_COLS[col] == "Tracking":
+                tooltip = self.activeColumns[col].getToolTip(mod)
+                self.SetToolTipString(tooltip)
+            else:
+                self.SetToolTipString("")
+
     def handleDrag(self, type, fitID):
         if type == "fit":
             wx.PostEvent(self.mainFrame, gui.shipBrowser.FitSelected(fitID=fitID))
diff --git a/gui/viewColumn.py b/gui/viewColumn.py
index 294395e87..948d09074 100644
--- a/gui/viewColumn.py
+++ b/gui/viewColumn.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class ViewColumn(object):
     def getText(self, mod):
         return ""
 
+    def getToolTip(self, mod):
+        return ""
+
     def getImageId(self, mod):
         return -1