@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ def writeHatches(self):
                             0, 0, sidelen, sidelen, Op.rectangle,
                             Op.fill)
 
-            self.output(0.1, Op.setlinewidth)
+            self.output(rcParams['hatch.linewidth'], Op.setlinewidth)
 
             # TODO: We could make this dpi-dependent, but that would be
             # an API change
 
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ def create_hatch(self, hatch):
         if hatch in self._hatches:
             return self._hatches[hatch]
         name = 'H%d' % len(self._hatches)
+        hatchwidth = rcParams['hatch.linewidth']
         self._pswriter.write("""\
   << /PatternType 1
      /PaintType 2
@@ -305,7 +306,7 @@ def create_hatch(self, hatch):
 
      /PaintProc {
         pop
-        0 setlinewidth
+        %(hatchwidth)f setlinewidth
 """ % locals())
         self._pswriter.write(
             self._convert_path(Path.hatch(hatch), Affine2D().scale(72.0),
 
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ def __call__(self, s):
     'patch.facecolor'   : ['b', validate_color], # blue
     'patch.antialiased' : [True, validate_bool], # antialised (no jaggies)
 
+    # hatch props
+    'hatch.linewidth'   : [0.1, validate_float], # Hatch line width in points
+
 
     # font props
     'font.family'       : ['sans-serif', str],       # used by text object