diff --git a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js
index ecd3a378..016c1df2 100644
--- a/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js
+++ b/lib/features/modeling/behavior/ReplaceElementBehaviour.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import inherits from 'inherits';
 
-import { forEach } from 'min-dash';
+import { forEach, reduce } from 'min-dash';
 
 import CommandInterceptor from 'diagram-js/lib/command/CommandInterceptor';
 
@@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ export default function ReplaceElementBehaviour(
         target = context.parent,
         elements = context.elements;
 
-    var canReplace = bpmnRules.canReplace(elements, target);
+    var elementReplacements = reduce(elements, function(replacements, element) {
+      var canReplace = bpmnRules.canReplace([ element ], element.host || element.parent || target);
 
-    if (canReplace) {
-      this.replaceElements(elements, canReplace.replacements);
+      return canReplace ? replacements.concat(canReplace.replacements) : replacements;
+    }, []);
+
+    if (elementReplacements.length) {
+      this.replaceElements(elements, elementReplacements);
     }
   }, this);