diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index f97f6e4a..90d97d35 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Base.@kwdef mutable struct PGFPlotsXPlot
     function PGFPlotsXPlot(is_created, was_shown, the_plot)
         pgfx_plot = new(is_created, was_shown, the_plot)
         PGFPlotsX.push_preamble!(pgfx_plot.the_plot, "\\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta}")
+        PGFPlotsX.push_preamble!(pgfx_plot.the_plot, "\\usepgfplotslibrary{patchplots}")
         pgfx_plot
     end
 end