diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a96ea390971..82fb8ef6ff7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## master
 
 - Changes for Bonito rename and WGLMakie docs improvements [#3477](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/pull/3477).
+- Add stroke and glow support to scatter and text in WGLMakie [#3518](https://github.com/MakieOrg/Makie.jl/pull/3518)
 
 ## 0.20.3
 
diff --git a/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.frag b/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.frag
index b7fdb220cd0..97e04d8fff8 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.frag
+++ b/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.frag
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ in vec2 frag_uv;
 
 // Half width of antialiasing smoothstep
 #define ANTIALIAS_RADIUS 0.8
+
+in float frag_uvscale;
+in float frag_distancefield_scale;
+in vec4 frag_uv_offset_width;
+flat in uint frag_instance_id;
+
 // These versions of aastep assume that `dist` is a signed distance function
 // which has been scaled to be in units of pixels.
 float aastep(float threshold1, float dist) {
@@ -58,9 +64,23 @@ void fill(sampler2D image, vec4 fillcolor, vec2 uv, float infill, inout vec4 col
     color = mix(color, im_color, infill);
 }
 
-in float frag_uvscale;
-in float frag_distancefield_scale;
-in vec4 frag_uv_offset_width;
+void stroke(vec4 strokecolor, float signed_distance, float width, inout vec4 color){
+    if (width != 0.0){
+        float t = aastep(min(width, 0.0), max(width, 0.0), signed_distance);
+        vec4 bg_color = mix(color, vec4(strokecolor.rgb, 0), float(signed_distance < 0.5 * width));
+        color = mix(bg_color, strokecolor, t);
+    }
+}
+
+void glow(vec4 glowcolor, float signed_distance, float inside, inout vec4 color){
+    float glow_width = get_glowwidth();
+    float stroke_width = get_strokewidth();
+    if (glow_width > 0.0){
+        float outside = (abs(signed_distance) - stroke_width) / glow_width;
+        float alpha = 1.0 - outside;
+        color = mix(vec4(glowcolor.rgb, glowcolor.a*alpha), color, inside);
+    }
+}
 
 float scaled_distancefield(sampler2D distancefield, vec2 uv){
     // Glyph distance field units are in pixels. Convert to same distance
@@ -73,7 +93,6 @@ float scaled_distancefield(bool distancefield, vec2 uv){
     return 0.0;
 }
 
-flat in uint frag_instance_id;
 vec4 pack_int(uint id, uint index) {
     vec4 unpack;
     unpack.x = float((id & uint(0xff00)) >> 8) / 255.0;
@@ -84,16 +103,24 @@ vec4 pack_int(uint id, uint index) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-
-    int shape = get_shape_type();
     float signed_distance = 0.0;
+
     vec4 uv_off = frag_uv_offset_width;
     vec2 tex_uv = mix(uv_off.xy, uv_off.zw, clamp(frag_uv, 0.0, 1.0));
+
+    int shape = get_shape_type();
     if(shape == CIRCLE)
         signed_distance = circle(frag_uv);
-    else if(shape == DISTANCEFIELD)
+    else if(shape == DISTANCEFIELD) {
         signed_distance = scaled_distancefield(distancefield, tex_uv);
-    else if(shape == ROUNDED_RECTANGLE)
+        if (get_strokewidth() > 0.0 || get_glowwidth() > 0.0) {
+            // Compensate for the clamping of tex_uv by an approximate
+            // extension of the signed distance outside the valid texture
+            // region.
+            vec2 bufuv = frag_uv - clamp(frag_uv, 0.0, 1.0);
+            signed_distance -= length(bufuv);
+        }
+    } else if(shape == ROUNDED_RECTANGLE)
         signed_distance = rounded_rectangle(frag_uv, vec2(0.2), vec2(0.8));
     else if(shape == RECTANGLE)
         signed_distance = 1.0; // rectangle(f_uv);
@@ -101,15 +128,32 @@ void main() {
         signed_distance = triangle(frag_uv);
 
     signed_distance *= frag_uvscale;
-    float inside = aastep(0.0, signed_distance);
+
+
+    float stroke_width = get_strokewidth();
+    float inside_start = max(-stroke_width, 0.0);
+    float inside = aastep(inside_start, signed_distance);
+
     vec4 final_color = vec4(frag_color.xyz, 0);
     fill(image, frag_color, frag_uv, inside, final_color);
+    stroke(get_strokecolor(), signed_distance, -stroke_width, final_color);
+    glow(get_glowcolor(), signed_distance, aastep(-stroke_width, signed_distance), final_color);
+
+    // debug - show background
+    // final_color.a = clamp(final_color.a, 0.0, 1.0);
+    // final_color = vec4(
+    //     vec3(1,0,0) * (1.0 - final_color.a) + final_color.rgb * final_color.a,
+    //     0.4 + 0.6 * final_color.a
+    // );
+
     if (picking) {
         if (final_color.a > 0.1) {
             fragment_color = pack_int(object_id, frag_instance_id);
         }
         return;
     }
+
+
     if (final_color.a <= 0.0){
         discard;
     }
diff --git a/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.vert b/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.vert
index 35f8eaedd86..e06dee067e1 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.vert
+++ b/WGLMakie/assets/sprites.vert
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ out float frag_uvscale;
 out float frag_distancefield_scale;
 out vec4 frag_uv_offset_width;
 
+flat out uint frag_instance_id;
+
+#define ANTIALIAS_RADIUS 0.8
+
 
 mat4 qmat(vec4 quat){
     float num = quat.x * 2.0;
@@ -54,11 +58,12 @@ float _determinant(mat2 m) {
   return m[0][0] * m[1][1] - m[0][1] * m[1][0];
 }
 
-flat out uint frag_instance_id;
-
 void main(){
-    vec2 bbox_signed_radius = 0.5 * get_markersize(); // note; components may be negative.
-    vec2 sprite_bbox_centre = get_quad_offset() + bbox_signed_radius;
+    // get_pos() returns the position of the scatter marker
+    // get_position() returns the (relative) position of the current quad vertex
+
+    vec2 bbox_radius = 0.5 * get_markersize();
+    vec2 sprite_bbox_centre = get_quad_offset() + bbox_radius;
 
     mat4 pview = projection * view;
     mat4 trans = get_transform_marker() ? model : mat4(1.0);
@@ -111,14 +116,25 @@ void main(){
     //   any calculation based on them will not be a distance function.)
     // * For sampled distance fields, we need to consistently choose the *x*
     //   for the scaling in get_distancefield_scale().
-    float sprite_from_u_scale = abs(get_markersize().x);
+    float sprite_from_u_scale = min(abs(get_markersize().x), abs(get_markersize().y));
     frag_uvscale = viewport_from_sprite_scale * sprite_from_u_scale;
     frag_distancefield_scale = distancefield_scale();
+
+    // add padding for AA, stroke and glow (non native distancefields don't need
+    // AA padding but CIRCLE etc do)
+    vec2 padded_bbox_size = bbox_radius + (
+        ANTIALIAS_RADIUS + max(0.0, get_strokewidth()) + max(0.0, get_glowwidth())
+    ) / viewport_from_sprite_scale;
+    vec2 uv_pad_scale = padded_bbox_size / bbox_radius;
+
     frag_color = tovec4(get_color());
-    frag_uv = get_uv();
     frag_uv_offset_width = get_uv_offset_width();
+    // get_uv() returns (0, 0), (1, 0), (0, 1) or (1, 1)
+    // to accomodate stroke and glowwidth we need to extrude uv's outwards from (0.5, 0.5)
+    frag_uv = vec2(0.5) + (get_uv() - vec2(0.5)) * uv_pad_scale;
+
     // screen space coordinates of the position
-    vec4 quad_vertex = (trans * vec4(2.0 * bbox_signed_radius * get_position(), 0.0, 0.0));
+    vec4 quad_vertex = (trans * vec4(2.0 * padded_bbox_size * get_position(), 0.0, 0.0));
     gl_Position = vclip + quad_vertex;
     gl_Position.z += gl_Position.w * get_depth_shift();
 
diff --git a/WGLMakie/src/particles.jl b/WGLMakie/src/particles.jl
index 5c4a3bc681f..ae087c43a02 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/src/particles.jl
+++ b/WGLMakie/src/particles.jl
@@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ function scatter_shader(scene::Scene, attributes, plot)
     # id + picking gets filled in JS, needs to be here to emit the correct shader uniforms
     uniform_dict[:picking] = false
     uniform_dict[:object_id] = UInt32(0)
+
+    # Make sure these exist
+    get!(uniform_dict, :strokewidth, 0f0)
+    get!(uniform_dict, :strokecolor, RGBAf(0, 0, 0, 0))
+    get!(uniform_dict, :glowwidth, 0f0)
+    get!(uniform_dict, :glowcolor, RGBAf(0, 0, 0, 0))
+
     return InstancedProgram(WebGL(), lasset("sprites.vert"), lasset("sprites.frag"),
                             instance, VertexArray(; per_instance...), uniform_dict)
 end
diff --git a/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl b/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl
index 200d61142c4..587257ffbda 100644
--- a/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/WGLMakie/test/runtests.jl
@@ -43,11 +43,8 @@ excludes = Set([
     "fast pixel marker",
     "Array of Images Scatter",
     "Image Scatter different sizes",
-    "scatter with stroke",
-    "scatter with glow",
     "lines and linestyles",
     "Textured meshscatter", # not yet implemented
-    "BezierPath marker stroke", # not yet implemented
 ])
 Makie.inline!(Makie.automatic)
 
diff --git a/docs/explanations/backends/wglmakie.md b/docs/explanations/backends/wglmakie.md
index 777115eced3..a09cfc7ad48 100644
--- a/docs/explanations/backends/wglmakie.md
+++ b/docs/explanations/backends/wglmakie.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Moving more of the implementation to JavaScript is currently the goal and will g
 
 #### Missing Backend Features
 
-* glow & stroke for scatter markers aren't implemented yet
 * `lines(...)` just creates unconnected linesegments and `linestyle` isn't supported
 
 #### Browser Support