@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - Example of issue with AreaSeries tracker (#1982)
 - Example for CategoryAxis with custom MajorStep and uncentered ticks (#1971)
 - BarSeries.LabelAngle property (#1870)
+- Border properties on PathAnnotation to match functionality in TextAnnotation (#1900)
 
 ### Changed
 - Make consistent BaseValue and BaseLine across BarSeries, LinearBarSeries, and HistogramSeries
 
@@ -19,27 +19,48 @@ public static PlotModel LineAnnotationOnLinearAxes()
             var model = new PlotModel { Title = "LineAnnotation on linear axes" };
             model.Axes.Add(new LinearAxis { Position = AxisPosition.Bottom, Minimum = -20, Maximum = 80 });
             model.Axes.Add(new LinearAxis { Position = AxisPosition.Left, Minimum = -10, Maximum = 10 });
-            model.Annotations.Add(new LineAnnotation { Slope = 0.1, Intercept = 1, Text = "First" });
             model.Annotations.Add(
-                new LineAnnotation { Slope = 0.3, Intercept = 2, MaximumX = 40, Color = OxyColors.Red, Text = "Second" });
+                new LineAnnotation
+                    {
+                        Slope = 0.1,
+                        Intercept = 1,
+                        Text = "First",
+                        BorderBackground = OxyColors.White.ChangeOpacity(0.75),
+                        BorderPadding = new OxyThickness(5)
+                });
+            model.Annotations.Add(
+                new LineAnnotation
+                    {
+                        Slope = 0.3,
+                        Intercept = 2,
+                        MaximumX = 40,
+                        Color = OxyColors.Red,
+                        Text = "Second",
+                        BorderBackground = OxyColors.White.ChangeOpacity(0.75),
+                        BorderPadding = new OxyThickness(5)
+                });
             model.Annotations.Add(
                 new LineAnnotation
                     {
                         Type = LineAnnotationType.Vertical,
                         X = 4,
                         MaximumY = 10,
                         Color = OxyColors.Green,
-                        Text = "Vertical"
-                    });
+                        Text = "Vertical",
+                        BorderBackground = OxyColors.White.ChangeOpacity(0.75),
+                        BorderPadding = new OxyThickness(5)
+                });
             model.Annotations.Add(
                 new LineAnnotation
                     {
                         Type = LineAnnotationType.Horizontal,
                         Y = 2,
                         MaximumX = 4,
                         Color = OxyColors.Gold,
-                        Text = "Horizontal"
-                    });
+                        Text = "Horizontal",
+                        BorderBackground = OxyColors.White.ChangeOpacity(0.75),
+                        BorderPadding = new OxyThickness(5)
+                });
             return model;
         }
 
@@ -164,4 +185,4 @@ public static PlotModel ReversedAxes()
             return model;
         }
     }
-}
+}
@@ -102,6 +102,30 @@ protected PathAnnotation()
         /// <value>The text padding.</value>
         public double TextPadding { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the padding of the border rectangle.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The border padding.</value>
+        public OxyThickness BorderPadding { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the fill color of the border rectangle.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The border background color.</value>
+        public OxyColor BorderBackground { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the stroke color of the border rectangle.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The border stroke color.</value>
+        public OxyColor BorderStroke { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the stroke thickness of the border rectangle.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The border stroke thickness.</value>
+        public double BorderStrokeThickness { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the text orientation.
         /// </summary>
@@ -254,6 +278,20 @@ public override void Render(IRenderContext rc)
                         angle = this.TextRotation;
                     }
 
+                    var textSize = rc.MeasureText(this.Text, this.ActualFont, this.ActualFontSize, this.ActualFontWeight);
+
+                    var textBounds = TextAnnotation.GetTextBounds(position, textSize, this.BorderPadding, angle, ha, va);
+
+                    if ((angle % 90).Equals(0))
+                    {
+                        var actualRect = new OxyRect(textBounds[0], textBounds[2]);
+                        rc.DrawRectangle(actualRect, this.BorderBackground, this.BorderStroke, this.BorderStrokeThickness, this.EdgeRenderingMode);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        rc.DrawPolygon(textBounds, this.BorderBackground, this.BorderStroke, this.BorderStrokeThickness, this.EdgeRenderingMode);
+                    }
+
                     rc.DrawText(
                         textPosition,
                         this.Text,
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public override void Render(IRenderContext rc)
         /// <param name="horizontalAlignment">The horizontal alignment.</param>
         /// <param name="verticalAlignment">The vertical alignment.</param>
         /// <returns>The background rectangle coordinates.</returns>
-        private static IList<ScreenPoint> GetTextBounds(
+        internal static IList<ScreenPoint> GetTextBounds(
             ScreenPoint position,
             OxySize size,
             OxyThickness padding,
 
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ public static OxyColor ChangeSaturation(this OxyColor color, double factor)
             return OxyColor.FromHsv(hsv);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Changes the opacity.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="color">The color.</param>
+        /// <param name="factor">The factor.</param>
+        /// <returns>A color with the new opacity.</returns>
+        public static OxyColor ChangeOpacity(this OxyColor color, double factor)
+        {
+            return OxyColor.FromAColor((byte)(color.A * factor), color);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Calculates the complementary color.
         /// </summary>