diff --git a/src/components/drawing/index.js b/src/components/drawing/index.js
index c3353345dca..981d6f2aa55 100644
--- a/src/components/drawing/index.js
+++ b/src/components/drawing/index.js
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ drawing.pattern = function(sel, gd, patternID, shape, size, solidity, mcc, fillm
             break;
     }
 
+    var isLegend = patternID.substr(0, 6) === 'legend';
+
     var str = [
         shape || 'noSh',
         bgcolor || 'noBg',
@@ -527,7 +529,8 @@ drawing.pattern = function(sel, gd, patternID, shape, size, solidity, mcc, fillm
                 'id': fullID,
                 'width': width + 'px',
                 'height': height + 'px',
-                'patternUnits': 'userSpaceOnUse'
+                'patternUnits': 'userSpaceOnUse',
+                'patternTransform': isLegend ? 'scale(0.7)' : ''
             });
 
             if(bgcolor) {
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/pattern_bars.png b/test/image/baselines/pattern_bars.png
index 2a93a12acd3..af75ef71ddf 100644
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diff --git a/test/image/baselines/pattern_fgcolor_overlay_fillmode.png b/test/image/baselines/pattern_fgcolor_overlay_fillmode.png
index 59744a2c1da..2bc5b92e043 100644
Binary files a/test/image/baselines/pattern_fgcolor_overlay_fillmode.png and b/test/image/baselines/pattern_fgcolor_overlay_fillmode.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/pattern_with_colorscale.png b/test/image/baselines/pattern_with_colorscale.png
index 7fb0e21a4b7..14e74e551e4 100644
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