diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index d518c9bd..36f71e3d 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1317,7 +1317,7 @@ function py_add_legend(plt::Plot, sp::Subplot, ax)
                     elseif series[:seriestype] in (:path, :straightline, :scatter)
                         PyPlot.plt."Line2D"((0,1),(0,0),
                             color = py_color(single_color(get_linecolor(series, clims)), get_linealpha(series)),
-                            linewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, clamp(get_linewidth(series), 0, 5)),
+                            linewidth = py_thickness_scale(plt, clamp(sp[:legendfontsize]/10, 0, 5)),
                             linestyle = py_linestyle(:path, get_linestyle(series)),
                             marker = py_marker(_cycle(series[:markershape], 1)),
                             markersize = py_thickness_scale(plt, sp[:legendfontsize]),