diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index 43fe66ec..6a7c9df8 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ function pgfx_add_series!(::Val{:path}, axis, series_opt, series, series_func, o
         segment_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options()
         segment_opt = merge(segment_opt, pgfx_linestyle(opt, i))
         if opt[:markershape] != :none
-            marker = opt[:markershape]
+            marker = _cycle(opt[:markershape], i)
             if marker isa Shape
                 x = marker.x
                 y = marker.y
@@ -417,6 +417,11 @@ function pgfx_add_series!(::Val{:path}, axis, series_opt, series, series_func, o
         end
         pgfx_add_legend!(axis, series, opt, i)
     end # for segments
+    # get that last marker
+    if !any(isnan, opt[:y]) && opt[:markershape] isa AVec
+        additional_plot = PGFPlotsX.PlotInc(pgfx_marker(opt, length(segments) + 1), PGFPlotsX.Coordinates(tuple((last(opt[:x]), last(opt[:y])))))
+        push!(axis, additional_plot)
+    end
 end
 
 function pgfx_add_series!(::Val{:scatter}, axis, series_opt, series, series_func, opt)
@@ -832,9 +837,12 @@ function pgfx_marker(plotattributes, i = 1)
         pgfx_thickness_scaling(plotattributes) *
         0.75 *
         _cycle(plotattributes[:markersize], i)
+    mark_freq = !any(isnan, plotattributes[:y]) && plotattributes[:markershape] isa AVec ?
+                length(plotattributes[:markershape]) : 1
     return PGFPlotsX.Options(
         "mark" => shape isa Shape ? "PlotsShape$i" : pgfx_get_marker(shape),
         "mark size" => "$mark_size pt",
+        "mark repeat" => mark_freq,
         "mark options" => PGFPlotsX.Options(
             "color" => cstr_stroke,
             "draw opacity" => a_stroke,
diff --git a/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl b/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl
index 2e640ead..fdf8ada8 100644
--- a/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -326,6 +326,15 @@ end
       @test ribbon_plot.o !== nothing
       @test ribbon_plot.o.the_plot !== nothing
    end # testset
+   @testset "Markers and Paths" begin
+      pl = plot(5 .- ones(9), markershape = [:utriangle, :rect],
+                 markersize = 8,
+                 color = [:red, :black])
+      Plots._update_plot_object(pl)
+      axis = Plots.pgfx_axes(pl.o)[1]
+      plots = filter(x -> x isa PGFPlotsX.Plot, axis.contents)
+      @test length(plots) == 9
+   end # testset
 end # testset
 
 @testset "Extra kwargs" begin