diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
index 3e9785813210..67be03dba347 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/art3d.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from matplotlib.patches import Patch
 from matplotlib.colors import Normalize
 from matplotlib.cbook import iterable
+from matplotlib.artist import allow_rasterization
 
 import warnings
 import numpy as np
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ def set_3d_properties(self, z=0, zdir='z'):
         self._dir_vec = get_dir_vector(zdir)
         self.stale = True
 
+    @allow_rasterization
     def draw(self, renderer):
         proj = proj3d.proj_trans_points([self._position3d, \
                 self._position3d + self._dir_vec], renderer.M)
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ def set_3d_properties(self, zs=0, zdir='z'):
         self._verts3d = juggle_axes(xs, ys, zs, zdir)
         self.stale = True
 
+    @allow_rasterization
     def draw(self, renderer):
         xs3d, ys3d, zs3d = self._verts3d
         xs, ys, zs = proj3d.proj_transform(xs3d, ys3d, zs3d, renderer.M)
@@ -235,6 +238,7 @@ def do_3d_projection(self, renderer):
             minz = min(minz, min(zs))
         return minz
 
+    @allow_rasterization
     def draw(self, renderer, project=False):
         if project:
             self.do_3d_projection(renderer)
@@ -280,6 +284,7 @@ def do_3d_projection(self, renderer):
         self._facecolor2d = self._facecolor3d
         return min(vzs)
 
+    @allow_rasterization
     def draw(self, renderer):
         Patch.draw(self, renderer)
 
@@ -706,6 +711,7 @@ def get_edgecolors(self):
         return self._edgecolors2d
     get_edgecolor = get_edgecolors
 
+    @allow_rasterization
     def draw(self, renderer):
         return Collection.draw(self, renderer)