diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 89662b43..385dc1ae 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -589,6 +589,12 @@ function py_add_series(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend}, series::Series)
             push!(handles, handle)
         else
             # do a normal scatter plot
+
+            # Add depthshade option for 3d plots
+            if RecipesPipeline.is3d(sp)
+                extrakw[:depthshade] = get(series[:extra_kwargs], :depthshade, false)
+            end
+
             handle = ax."scatter"(xyargs...;
                 label = series[:label],
                 zorder = series[:series_plotindex] + 0.5,