diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
index 48b6e8ac152c..fbc33e955563 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_pgf.py
@@ -453,8 +453,17 @@ def draw_path(self, gc, path, transform, rgbFace=None):
                      r"{\pgfqpoint{0in}{0in}}{\pgfqpoint{1in}{1in}}")
             _writeln(self.fh, r"\pgfusepath{clip}")
             scale = mpl.transforms.Affine2D().scale(self.dpi)
+            # Store default PGF line width
+            _writeln(self.fh, r"\newlength{\defaultpgflinewidth}")
+            _writeln(self.fh,
+                     r"\setlength{\defaultpgflinewidth}{\pgflinewidth}")
+            lw = (mpl.rcParams["hatch.linewidth"]
+                  * mpl_pt_to_in * latex_in_to_pt)
+            _writeln(self.fh, r"\pgfsetlinewidth{%fpt}" % lw)
             self._print_pgf_path(None, gc.get_hatch_path(), scale)
             self._pgf_path_draw(stroke=True)
+            # Restore default PGF line width
+            _writeln(self.fh, r"\pgfsetlinewidth{\defaultpgflinewidth}")
             _writeln(self.fh, r"\end{pgfscope}")
             _writeln(self.fh, r"}")
             # repeat pattern, filling the bounding rect of the path
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pgf/hatch_linewidth.pdf b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_backend_pgf/hatch_linewidth.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..956f6070e6ec
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diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
index e218a81cdceb..4c83d48f037a 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_backend_pgf.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 import matplotlib as mpl
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib.testing import _has_tex_package, _check_for_pgf
-from matplotlib.testing.exceptions import ImageComparisonFailure
 from matplotlib.testing.compare import compare_images
-from matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf import PdfPages
+from matplotlib.testing.exceptions import ImageComparisonFailure
+from matplotlib.backends.backend_pgf import FigureCanvasPgf, PdfPages
 from matplotlib.testing.decorators import (
     _image_directories, check_figures_equal, image_comparison)
 from matplotlib.testing._markers import (
@@ -400,3 +400,13 @@ def test_document_font_size():
              label=r'\normalsize the document font size is \the\fontdimen6\font'
              )
     plt.legend()
+
+
+@needs_pgf_xelatex
+@pytest.mark.backend('pgf')
+@image_comparison(['hatch_linewidth'], extensions=['pdf'])
+def test_pgf_hatch_linewidth():
+    mpl.backend_bases.register_backend('pdf', FigureCanvasPgf)
+    mpl.rcParams['hatch.linewidth'] = 0.1
+
+    plt.bar(1, 1, color='white', edgecolor='black', hatch='/')