diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index 487b7d1e..5989ea35 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ const _allAxes = [:auto, :left, :right]
     :r => :right
   )
 
-const _allTypes = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter,
-                   :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar, :hline, :vline, :ohlc, :contour]
+const _3dTypes = [:path3d, :scatter3d]
+const _allTypes = vcat([
+                        :none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter,
+                        :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar, :hline, :vline, :ohlc, :contour
+                       ], _3dTypes)
 @compat const _typeAliases = Dict(
     :n             => :none,
     :no            => :none,
@@ -27,8 +30,10 @@ const _allTypes = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter,
     :dots          => :scatter,
     :histogram     => :hist,
     :contours      => :contours,
+    :line3d        => :path3d,
   )
 
+
 const _allStyles = [:auto, :solid, :dash, :dot, :dashdot, :dashdotdot]
 @compat const _styleAliases = Dict(
     :a    => :auto,
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index ac6fca49..6f504d2d 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ end
 
 immutable PyPlotFigWrapper
   fig
+  kwargs  # for add_subplot
 end
 
 immutable PyPlotAxisWrapper
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ getfig(wrap::@compat(Union{PyPlotAxisWrapper,PyPlotFigWrapper})) = wrap.fig
 function getLeftAxis(wrap::PyPlotFigWrapper)
   axes = wrap.fig.o[:axes]
   if isempty(axes)
-    return wrap.fig.o[:add_subplot](111)
+    return wrap.fig.o[:add_subplot](111; wrap.kwargs...)
   end
   axes[1]
 end
@@ -108,13 +109,14 @@ function getPyPlotFunction(plt::Plot, axis::Symbol, linetype::Symbol)
   ax = getAxis(plt, axis)
   ax[:set_ylabel](plt.initargs[:yrightlabel])
   fmap = @compat Dict(
-      :hist => :hist,
-      :sticks => :bar,
-      :bar => :bar,
-      :heatmap => :hexbin,
-      :hexbin => :hexbin,
-      :scatter => :scatter,
-      :contour => :contour,
+      :hist       => :hist,
+      :sticks     => :bar,
+      :bar        => :bar,
+      :heatmap    => :hexbin,
+      :hexbin     => :hexbin,
+      :scatter    => :scatter,
+      :contour    => :contour,
+      :scatter3d  => :scatter,
     )
   return ax[get(fmap, linetype, :plot)]
 end
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ function plot(pkg::PyPlotPackage; kw...)
   else
     w,h = map(px2inch, d[:size])
     bgcolor = getPyPlotColor(d[:background_color])
-    wrap = PyPlotFigWrapper(PyPlot.figure(; figsize = (w,h), facecolor = bgcolor, dpi = 96))
+    wrap = PyPlotFigWrapper(PyPlot.figure(; figsize = (w,h), facecolor = bgcolor, dpi = 96), [])
   end
 
   plt = Plot(wrap, pkg, 0, d, Dict[])
@@ -190,8 +192,12 @@ end
 function plot!(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
   d = Dict(kw)
 
-  ax = getAxis(plt, d[:axis])
   lt = d[:linetype]
+  if lt in _3dTypes && isa(plt.o, PyPlotFigWrapper)
+    push!(plt.o.kwargs, (:projection, "3d"))
+  end
+
+  ax = getAxis(plt, d[:axis])
   if !(lt in supportedTypes(pkg))
     error("linetype $(lt) is unsupported in PyPlot.  Choose from: $(supportedTypes(pkg))")
   end
@@ -202,7 +208,7 @@ function plot!(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
   if lt == :sticks
     d,_ = sticksHack(;d...)
   
-  elseif lt == :scatter
+  elseif lt in (:scatter, :scatter3d)
     if d[:markershape] == :none
       d[:markershape] = :ellipse
     end
@@ -250,7 +256,7 @@ function plot!(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
     extra_kwargs[:linestyle] = getPyPlotLineStyle(lt, d[:linestyle])
     extra_kwargs[:marker] = getPyPlotMarker(d[:markershape])
 
-    if lt == :scatter
+    if lt in (:scatter, :scatter3d)
       extra_kwargs[:s] = d[:markersize]^2
       c = d[:markercolor]
       if isa(c, ColorGradient) && d[:z] != nothing
@@ -288,6 +294,8 @@ function plot!(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
       handle = ax[:contourf](x, y, surf, d[:nlevels]; cmap = getPyPlotColorMap(d[:fillcolor], d[:fillopacity]))
     end
     handle
+  elseif lt in _3dTypes
+    plotfunc(d[:x], d[:y], d[:z]; extra_kwargs...)
   elseif lt in (:scatter, :heatmap, :hexbin)
     plotfunc(d[:x], d[:y]; extra_kwargs...)
   else
@@ -515,7 +523,7 @@ function buildSubplotObject!(subplt::Subplot{PyPlotPackage}, isbefore::Bool)
     subplt.plts[i].o = PyPlotAxisWrapper(ax, fig)
   end
 
-  subplt.o = PyPlotFigWrapper(fig)
+  subplt.o = PyPlotFigWrapper(fig, [])
   true
 end
 
@@ -566,7 +574,7 @@ end
 function addPyPlotLegend(plt::Plot, ax)
   if plt.initargs[:legend]
     # gotta do this to ensure both axes are included
-    args = filter(x -> !(x[:linetype] in (:hist,:hexbin,:heatmap,:hline,:vline,:contour)), plt.seriesargs)
+    args = filter(x -> !(x[:linetype] in (:hist,:hexbin,:heatmap,:hline,:vline,:contour, :path3d, :scatter3d)), plt.seriesargs)
     if length(args) > 0
       ax[:legend]([d[:serieshandle] for d in args],
                   [d[:label] for d in args],
diff --git a/src/backends/supported.jl b/src/backends/supported.jl
index f32eb34c..a238c6a9 100644
--- a/src/backends/supported.jl
+++ b/src/backends/supported.jl
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ supportedArgs(::PyPlotPackage) = [
     :markeropacity,
   ]
 supportedAxes(::PyPlotPackage) = _allAxes
-supportedTypes(::PyPlotPackage) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter, :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar, :hline, :vline, :contour]
+supportedTypes(::PyPlotPackage) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :sticks, :scatter, :heatmap, :hexbin, :hist, :bar, :hline, :vline, :contour, :path3d, :scatter3d]
 supportedStyles(::PyPlotPackage) = [:auto, :solid, :dash, :dot, :dashdot]
 # supportedMarkers(::PyPlotPackage) = [:none, :auto, :rect, :ellipse, :diamond, :utriangle, :dtriangle, :cross, :xcross, :star5, :hexagon]
 supportedMarkers(::PyPlotPackage) = vcat(_allMarkers, Shape)
diff --git a/src/plotter.jl b/src/plotter.jl
index 1d147e4b..9a5e9faf 100644
--- a/src/plotter.jl
+++ b/src/plotter.jl
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ function backend()
         @eval export PyPlot
         @eval const pycolors = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.colors"))
         @eval const pypath = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.path"))
+        @eval const mplot3d = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("mpl_toolkits.mplot3d"))
         # @eval const pycolorbar = PyPlot.pywrap(PyPlot.pyimport("matplotlib.colorbar"))
         if !isa(Base.Multimedia.displays[end], Base.REPL.REPLDisplay)
           PyPlot.ioff()  # stops wierd behavior of displaying incomplete graphs in IJulia
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 828046cc..a8b98660 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ limsType(lims::Symbol) = lims == :auto ? :auto : :invalid
 limsType(lims) = :invalid
 
 
+Base.convert{T<:Real}(::Type{Vector{T}}, rng::Range{T}) = T[x for x in rng]
+Base.convert{T<:Real,S<:Real}(::Type{Vector{T}}, rng::Range{S}) = T[x for x in rng]
 
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