diff --git a/src/mplfinance/_version.py b/src/mplfinance/_version.py
index 8a17c325..1d141451 100644
--- a/src/mplfinance/_version.py
+++ b/src/mplfinance/_version.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-version_info = (0, 12, 8, 'beta', 4)
+version_info = (0, 12, 8, 'beta', 5)
 
 _specifier_ = {'alpha': 'a','beta': 'b','candidate': 'rc','final': ''}
 
diff --git a/src/mplfinance/plotting.py b/src/mplfinance/plotting.py
index 8d8cbc6f..eb61b469 100644
--- a/src/mplfinance/plotting.py
+++ b/src/mplfinance/plotting.py
@@ -915,10 +915,13 @@ def _addplot_columns(panid,panels,ydata,apdict,xdates,config):
         mark  = apdict['marker']
         color = apdict['color']
         alpha = apdict['alpha']
+        edgecolors  = apdict['edgecolors']
+        linewidths = apdict['linewidths']
+
         if isinstance(mark,(list,tuple,np.ndarray)):
-            _mscatter(xdates,ydata,ax=ax,m=mark,s=size,color=color,alpha=alpha)
+            _mscatter(xdates, ydata, ax=ax, m=mark, s=size, color=color, alpha=alpha, edgecolors=edgecolors, linewidths=linewidths)
         else:
-            ax.scatter(xdates,ydata,s=size,marker=mark,color=color,alpha=alpha)
+            ax.scatter(xdates, ydata, s=size, marker=mark, color=color, alpha=alpha, edgecolors=edgecolors, linewidths=linewidths)
     elif aptype == 'bar':
         width  = 0.8 if apdict['width'] is None else apdict['width']
         bottom = apdict['bottom']
@@ -1033,6 +1036,7 @@ def _valid_addplot_kwargs():
     valid_linestyles = ('-','solid','--','dashed','-.','dashdot','.','dotted',None,' ','')
     valid_types = ('line','scatter','bar', 'ohlc', 'candle','step')
     valid_stepwheres = ('pre','post','mid')
+    valid_edgecolors = ('face', 'none', None)
 
     vkwargs = {
         'scatter'     : { 'Default'     : False,
@@ -1060,7 +1064,13 @@ def _valid_addplot_kwargs():
         'linestyle'   : { 'Default'     : None,
                           'Validator'   : lambda value: value in valid_linestyles },
 
-        'width'       : { 'Default'     : None, # width of `bar` or `line` 
+        'linewidths': {'Default': None,
+                      'Validator'   : lambda value: isinstance(value,(int,float)) },
+
+        'edgecolors': {'Default': None,
+                       'Validator': lambda value: mcolors.is_color_like(value) or value in valid_edgecolors},
+
+        'width'       : { 'Default'     : None, # width of `bar` or `line`
                           'Validator'   : lambda value: isinstance(value,(int,float)) or
                                                         all([isinstance(v,(int,float)) for v in value]) },