diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.h
index b91dea6b05..405ea9459d 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Batch.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public:
     void _glDisableVertexAttribArray(GLint location);
 
     void _glColor4f(GLfloat red, GLfloat green, GLfloat blue, GLfloat alpha);
+    void _glLineWidth(GLfloat width);
 
     enum Command {
         COMMAND_draw = 0,
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ public:
         COMMAND_glDisableVertexAttribArray,
 
         COMMAND_glColor4f,
+        COMMAND_glLineWidth,
 
         NUM_COMMANDS,
     };
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
index c26564a338..da6979fb27 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ GLBackend::CommandCall GLBackend::_commandCalls[Batch::NUM_COMMANDS] =
 
     (&::gpu::GLBackend::do_glEnableVertexAttribArray),
     (&::gpu::GLBackend::do_glDisableVertexAttribArray),
-
+    
     (&::gpu::GLBackend::do_glColor4f),
+    (&::gpu::GLBackend::do_glLineWidth),
 };
 
 GLBackend::GLBackend() :
@@ -566,6 +567,18 @@ void GLBackend::do_glColor4f(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset) {
     (void) CHECK_GL_ERROR();
 }
 
+void Batch::_glLineWidth(GLfloat width) {
+    ADD_COMMAND_GL(glLineWidth);
+    
+    _params.push_back(width);
+    
+    DO_IT_NOW(_glLineWidth, 1);
+}
+void GLBackend::do_glLineWidth(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset) {
+    glLineWidth(batch._params[paramOffset]._float);
+    (void) CHECK_GL_ERROR();
+}
+
 void GLBackend::loadMatrix(GLenum target, const glm::mat4 & m) {
     glMatrixMode(target);
     glLoadMatrixf(glm::value_ptr(m));
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
index d1ba7714e9..5e3177c6ea 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackend.h
@@ -370,8 +370,9 @@ protected:
 
     void do_glEnableVertexAttribArray(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset);
     void do_glDisableVertexAttribArray(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset);
-
+    
     void do_glColor4f(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset);
+    void do_glLineWidth(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset);
 
     typedef void (GLBackend::*CommandCall)(Batch&, uint32);
     static CommandCall _commandCalls[Batch::NUM_COMMANDS];