diff --git a/TimeSeries.pm b/TimeSeries.pm
index c70e9a0..9d592ac 100644
--- a/TimeSeries.pm
+++ b/TimeSeries.pm
@@ -309,6 +309,42 @@ sub colors {
 }
 
 
+=head2 pointtype($pointtype)
+
+Get or set the point type. This sets the point type for all the
+timeseries. There probably should be a way to set the point type for
+each timeseries, like for the colors.
+
+=cut
+
+sub pointtype {
+    my ($self, $pointtype) = @_;
+
+    if (defined $pointtype) {
+        $self->{pointtype} = $pointtype;
+    }
+    return $self->{pointtype};
+}
+
+
+=head2 pointsize($pointsize)
+
+Get or set the point size. This sets the point size for all the
+timeseries. I think that's what we usually want. Different point sizes
+for different timeseries are probably not a good idea.
+
+=cut
+
+sub pointsize {
+    my ($self, $pointsize) = @_;
+
+    if (defined $pointsize) {
+        $self->{pointsize} = $pointsize;
+    }
+    return $self->{pointsize};
+}
+
+
 =head2 dstcorr $time [, $period]
 
 corrects for time shifts caused by DST switches by aligning the
@@ -433,6 +469,12 @@ sub plot {
         if (my $color = $self->{colors}[$i]) {
             print $ctlfh " linecolor rgbcolor '$color'";
         }
+        if (defined $self->{pointtype}) {
+            print $ctlfh " pointtype $self->{pointtype}";
+        }
+        if (defined $self->{pointsize}) {
+            print $ctlfh " pointsize $self->{pointsize}";
+        }
     }
 
     print $ctlfh "\n";
diff --git a/tsplot b/tsplot
index 3ce4b74..e6ba88b 100755
--- a/tsplot
+++ b/tsplot
@@ -58,11 +58,15 @@ my @yrange;
 my $keeptempfiles;
 my $finalresolution;
 my $legend_position = 'top right';
+my $pointtype;
+my $pointsize;
 
 GetOptions('output_format|output-format=s' => \$output_format,
 	   'log_y|log-y'		   => \$log_y,
 	   'time_t'			   => \$time_t,
 	   'style=s'			   => \$style,
+           'pointtype=s'                   => \$pointtype,
+           'pointsize=s'                   => \$pointsize,
 	   'tsv'			   => \$tsv,
 	   'stacked'			   => \$stacked,
 	   'yrange=s{2}'		   => \@yrange,
@@ -100,6 +104,8 @@ $ts->style($style);
 $ts->stacked($stacked);
 $ts->yrange(@yrange);
 $ts->finalresolution($finalresolution) if $finalresolution;
+$ts->pointtype($pointtype) if $pointtype;
+$ts->pointsize($pointsize) if $pointsize;
 
 my $g = $ts->plot();
 print $g