diff --git a/darwin/draw.m b/darwin/draw.m
index 79b21a8e..4405b30a 100644
--- a/darwin/draw.m
+++ b/darwin/draw.m
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ void uiDrawStroke(uiDrawContext *c, uiDrawPath *path, uiDrawBrush *b, uiDrawStro
 {
 	CGLineCap cap;
 	CGLineJoin join;
+	CGPathRef dashPath;
+	CGFloat *dashes;
+	size_t i;
 	uiDrawPath p2;
 
 	if (!path->ended)
@@ -153,13 +156,29 @@ void uiDrawStroke(uiDrawContext *c, uiDrawPath *path, uiDrawBrush *b, uiDrawStro
 	}
 
 	// create a temporary path identical to the previous one
+	dashPath = (CGPathRef) path->path;
+	if (p->NumDashes != 0) {
+		dashes = (CGFloat *) uiAlloc(p->NumDashes * sizeof (CGFloat), "CGFloat[]");
+		for (i = 0; i < p->NumDashes; i++)
+			dashes[i] = p->Dashes[i];
+		dashPath = CGPathCreateCopyByDashingPath(path->path,
+			NULL,
+			p->DashPhase,
+			dashes,
+			p->NumDashes);
+		uiFree(dashes);
+	}
+	// the documentation is wrong: this produces a path suitable for calling CGPathCreateCopyByStrokingPath(), not for filling directly
 	// the cast is safe; we never modify the CGPathRef and always cast it back to a CGPathRef anyway
-	p2.path = (CGMutablePathRef) CGPathCreateCopyByStrokingPath(path->path,
+	p2.path = (CGMutablePathRef) CGPathCreateCopyByStrokingPath(dashPath,
 		NULL,
 		p->Thickness,
 		cap,
 		join,
 		p->MiterLimit);
+	if (p->NumDashes != 0)
+		CGPathRelease(dashPath);
+
 	// always draw stroke fills using the winding rule
 	// otherwise intersecting figures won't draw correctly
 	p2.fillMode = uiDrawFillModeWinding;
diff --git a/windows/draw.c b/windows/draw.c
index 0cf82302..e9082baf 100644
--- a/windows/draw.c
+++ b/windows/draw.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ void uiDrawStroke(uiDrawContext *c, uiDrawPath *p, uiDrawBrush *b, uiDrawStrokeP
 		&style);
 	if (hr != S_OK)
 		logHRESULT("error creating stroke style in uiDrawStroke()", hr);
-	if (dashes != NULL)
+	if (sp->NumDashes != 0)
 		uiFree(dashes);
 
 	cliplayer = applyClip(c);