diff --git a/devtools/test_dashboard/test_gl3d.js b/devtools/test_dashboard/test_gl3d.js
index a6321c50160..7ae784ad2ea 100644
--- a/devtools/test_dashboard/test_gl3d.js
+++ b/devtools/test_dashboard/test_gl3d.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ plots['marker-arrays'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_marker-arrays.json');
 plots['scatter3d-colorscale'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_scatter3d-colorscale.json');
 plots['autocolorscale'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_autocolorscale.json');
 plots['nan-holes'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_nan-holes.json');
+plots['scatter3d-connectgaps'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.json');
 plots['tet'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_tet.json');
 plots['surface_intensity'] = require('@mocks/gl3d_surface_intensity.json');
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 01a227a14e6..6738cc29861 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "gl-error2d": "^1.0.0",
     "gl-error3d": "^1.0.0",
     "gl-line2d": "^1.2.1",
-    "gl-line3d": "^1.0.1",
+    "gl-line3d": "^1.1.0",
     "gl-mat4": "^1.1.2",
     "gl-mesh3d": "^1.0.7",
     "gl-plot2d": "^1.1.6",
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js b/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js
index af468e3196f..d43fadce201 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatter3d/attributes.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ module.exports = {
         y: makeProjectionAttr('y'),
         z: makeProjectionAttr('z')
     },
+    connectgaps: scatterAttrs.connectgaps,
     line: {
         color: scatterLineAttrs.color,
         width: scatterLineAttrs.width,
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter3d/convert.js b/src/traces/scatter3d/convert.js
index aee10619d5b..8ee2c6418c7 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatter3d/convert.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatter3d/convert.js
@@ -303,7 +303,8 @@ proto.update = function(data) {
         lineWidth: options.lineWidth || 1,
         dashes: dashPattern[0],
         dashScale: dashPattern[1],
-        opacity: data.opacity
+        opacity: data.opacity,
+        connectGaps: data.connectgaps
     };
 
     if(this.mode.indexOf('lines') !== -1) {
diff --git a/src/traces/scatter3d/defaults.js b/src/traces/scatter3d/defaults.js
index 43704afdd2c..bf4fc134f38 100644
--- a/src/traces/scatter3d/defaults.js
+++ b/src/traces/scatter3d/defaults.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, defaultColor, layout
     coerce('mode');
 
     if(subTypes.hasLines(traceOut)) {
+        coerce('connectgaps');
         handleLineDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, defaultColor, coerce);
     }
 
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.png b/test/image/baselines/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8c61187f56
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image/baselines/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.json b/test/image/mocks/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..484afddbcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/gl3d_scatter3d-connectgaps.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "data": [{
+    "type": "scatter3d",
+    "mode": "lines",
+    "x": [0, 0, null, null, 0, 0],
+    "y": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+    "z": [2, 1, null, null, 0, 3],
+    "connectgaps": false,
+    "name": "gap in z"
+  }, {
+    "type": "scatter3d",
+    "mode": "lines",
+    "x": [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1],
+    "y": [0, 1, null, null, 4, 5],
+    "z": [2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 3],
+    "connectgaps": false,
+    "name": "gap in y"
+  },{
+    "type": "scatter3d",
+    "mode": "lines",
+    "x": [2, 2, null, null, 2, 2],
+    "y": [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+    "z": [2, 1, 2, 0, 0, 3],
+    "connectgaps": false,
+    "name": "gap in x"
+  }],
+  "layout": {
+    "title": "connect gaps test"
+  }
+}