diff --git a/src/map/options.ts b/src/map/options.ts
index fd10c43d0..2511f538a 100644
--- a/src/map/options.ts
+++ b/src/map/options.ts
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ import { COLOR_MAPS } from './colorscales';
 import BARS_SVG from '../static/bars.svg';
 import HTML_OPTIONS from './options.html.in';
 
-// in 3D mode, only strings are supported for 'marker.symbol', and only very few
-// of them. See https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/issues/4205 as the plotly
-// issue tracking more symbols in 3D mode.
-const POSSIBLE_SYMBOLS_IN_3D = ['circle', 'square', 'diamond', 'cross'];
-
+// in 3D mode, only strings are supported for 'marker.symbol'.
+const markers3d = require('./plotly/markers3d');
+const POSSIBLE_SYMBOLS_IN_3D = Object.keys(markers3d.default);
 export function get3DSymbol(i: number): string {
     return POSSIBLE_SYMBOLS_IN_3D[i % POSSIBLE_SYMBOLS_IN_3D.length];
 }
diff --git a/src/map/plotly/markers3d.js b/src/map/plotly/markers3d.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06c123916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/map/plotly/markers3d.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/** @type {{ [key: string]: string }} */
+const markers3d_dict = {
+    circle: '●',
+    square: '■',
+    diamond: '◆',
+    cross: '✚',
+    x: '✖',
+    'triangle-up': '▲',
+    'triangle-down': '▼',
+    'triangle-left': '◀',
+    'triangle-right': '▶',
+    'triangle-ne': '◥',
+    'triangle-se': '◢',
+    'triangle-sw': '◣',
+    'triangle-nw': '◤',
+    pentagon: '⬟',
+    hexagon: '⬢',
+    hexagon2: '⬣',
+    octagon: '⯃',
+    star: '🟊',
+    hexagram: '🟌',
+    hourglass: '⧗',
+    bowtie: '⧓',
+};
+
+export default markers3d_dict;
diff --git a/src/map/plotly/plotly-scatter.js b/src/map/plotly/plotly-scatter.js
index 95d0e8710..6b60e1434 100644
--- a/src/map/plotly/plotly-scatter.js
+++ b/src/map/plotly/plotly-scatter.js
@@ -10,8 +10,19 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+const markers3d = require('./markers3d.js');
+
+// Require the module
+const scatter3d = require('plotly.js/lib/scatter3d');
+// monkey patch scatter3d to include more (and better!) symbols for 3d plots
+// see https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/issues/4205 in case this ever gets
+// patched upstream and becomes unnecessary
+for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(markers3d.default)) {
+    scatter3d.markerSymbols[k] = v;
+}
+
 const Plotly = require('plotly.js/lib/core');
 
-Plotly.register([require('plotly.js/lib/scattergl'), require('plotly.js/lib/scatter3d')]);
+Plotly.register([require('plotly.js/lib/scattergl'), scatter3d]);
 
 module.exports = Plotly;