diff --git a/include/openmc/plot.h b/include/openmc/plot.h
index 7e85996de..a58480c6b 100644
--- a/include/openmc/plot.h
+++ b/include/openmc/plot.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ private:
   void set_pixels(pugi::xml_node node);
   void set_opacities(pugi::xml_node node);
   void set_orthographic_width(pugi::xml_node node);
+  void set_wireframe_thickness(pugi::xml_node node);
 
   /* Used for drawing wireframe and colors. We record the list of
    * surface/cell/material intersections and the corresponding lengths as a ray
@@ -312,14 +313,15 @@ private:
   Position camera_position_;        // where camera is
   Position look_at_;                // point camera is centered looking at
   Direction up_ {0.0, 0.0, 1.0};    // which way is up
-  bool wireframe_ {true}; // draw wireframe around ID boundaries (material or
-                          // cell based on color_by)
 
   /* The horizontal thickness, if using an orthographic projection.
    * If set to zero, we assume using a perspective projection.
    */
   double orthographic_width_ {0.0};
 
+  // Thickness of the wireframe lines. Can set to zero for no wireframe.
+  int wireframe_thickness_ {1};
+
   RGBColor wireframe_color_ {BLACK}; // wireframe color
   std::vector<double>
     xs_; // macro cross section values for cell volume rendering
diff --git a/src/plot.cpp b/src/plot.cpp
index 67e36c448..8e2816005 100644
--- a/src/plot.cpp
+++ b/src/plot.cpp
@@ -1034,6 +1034,7 @@ ProjectionPlot::ProjectionPlot(pugi::xml_node node) : PlottableInterface(node)
   set_pixels(node);
   set_opacities(node);
   set_orthographic_width(node);
+  set_wireframe_thickness(node);
 
   if (check_for_node(node, "orthographic_width") &&
       check_for_node(node, "field_of_view"))
@@ -1138,6 +1139,11 @@ void ProjectionPlot::create_output() const
   size_t height = pixels_[1];
   ImageData data({width, height}, not_found_);
 
+  // This array marks where the initial wireframe was drawn.
+  // We convolve it with a filter that gets adjusted with the
+  // wireframe thickness in order to thicken the lines.
+  xt::xtensor<int, 2> wireframe_initial({width, height}, 0);
+
   // Loop over horizontal lines (vert field of view)
   SourceSite s; // Where particle starts from (camera)
   s.E = 1;
@@ -1269,11 +1275,31 @@ void ProjectionPlot::create_output() const
           draw_wireframe || !trackstack_equivalent(
                               this_line_segments[horiz], old_segments[horiz]);
       }
-      if (draw_wireframe && wireframe_) {
-        data(horiz, vert) = wireframe_color_;
+      if (draw_wireframe) {
+        wireframe_initial(horiz, vert) = 1;
       }
     }
   }
+
+  // Now thicken the wireframe lines and apply them to our image
+  for (int vert = 0; vert < pixels_[1]; ++vert) {
+    for (int horiz = 0; horiz < pixels_[0]; ++horiz) {
+      if (wireframe_initial(horiz, vert)) {
+        if (wireframe_thickness_ == 1)
+          data(horiz, vert) = wireframe_color_;
+        for (int i = -wireframe_thickness_ / 2; i < wireframe_thickness_ / 2;
+             ++i)
+          for (int j = -wireframe_thickness_ / 2; j < wireframe_thickness_ / 2;
+               ++j)
+            if (i * i + j * j < wireframe_thickness_ * wireframe_thickness_) {
+              if (horiz + i >= 0 && horiz + i < pixels_[0] && vert + j >= 0 &&
+                  vert + j < pixels_[1])
+                data(horiz + i, vert + j) = wireframe_color_;
+            }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
 #ifdef USE_LIBPNG
   output_png(path_plot(), data);
 #else
@@ -1333,6 +1359,17 @@ void ProjectionPlot::set_orthographic_width(pugi::xml_node node)
   }
 }
 
+void ProjectionPlot::set_wireframe_thickness(pugi::xml_node node)
+{
+  if (check_for_node(node, "wireframe_thickness")) {
+    int wireframe_thickness =
+      std::stoi(get_node_value(node, "wireframe_thickness", true));
+    if (wireframe_thickness < 0)
+      fatal_error("Requires non-negative wireframe thickness");
+    wireframe_thickness_ = wireframe_thickness;
+  }
+}
+
 void ProjectionPlot::set_pixels(pugi::xml_node node)
 {
   vector<int> pxls = get_node_array<int>(node, "pixels");