diff --git a/drape/drape.pro b/drape/drape.pro
index 9004186513..c921c3d415 100644
--- a/drape/drape.pro
+++ b/drape/drape.pro
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ OTHER_FILES += \
     shaders/solid_area_fragment_shader.fsh \
     shaders/texturing_vertex_shader.vsh \
     shaders/shader_index.txt \
-    shaders/texturing_fragment_shader.fsh
+    shaders/texturing_fragment_shader.fsh \
+    shaders/line_vertex_shader.vsh
diff --git a/drape/shaders/line_vertex_shader.vsh b/drape/shaders/line_vertex_shader.vsh
index d869cabdca..7080fccc93 100644
--- a/drape/shaders/line_vertex_shader.vsh
+++ b/drape/shaders/line_vertex_shader.vsh
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 attribute highp vec4 position;
-attribute highp vec4 normal;
+attribute highp vec4 direction;
 
 uniform highp mat4 modelView;
 uniform highp mat4 projection;
 
 void main(void)
 {
-    gl_Position = (position + normal) * modelView * projection;
+  float width = direction.z;
+  vec4 n = vec4(-direction.y, direction.x, 0, 0);
+  vec4 pn = normalize(n * modelView) * width;
+  gl_Position = (pn + position * modelView) * projection;
 }
diff --git a/drape_frontend/line_shape.cpp b/drape_frontend/line_shape.cpp
index b156ad401e..f80e7f8518 100644
--- a/drape_frontend/line_shape.cpp
+++ b/drape_frontend/line_shape.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 #include "../base/math.hpp"
 #include "../base/logging.hpp"
+#include "../base/stl_add.hpp"
 
 #include "../std/algorithm.hpp"
-#include "../base/stl_add.hpp"
 
 namespace df
 {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace df
   void LineShape::Draw(RefPointer<Batcher> batcher) const
   {
     vector<Point3D> renderPoints;
-    vector<m2::PointF> renderNormals;
+    vector<Point3D> renderNormals;
 
     const float hw = GetWidth() / 2.0f;
     typedef m2::PointF vec2;
@@ -88,18 +88,12 @@ namespace df
           continue;
       }
 
-      vec2 normal(-segment.y, segment.x);
-      ASSERT(my::AlmostEqual(m2::DotProduct(normal, segment), 0.f), ());
-
-      normal = normal.Normalize()*hw;
-      ASSERT(!normal.IsAlmostZero(), (i, normal, start, end, segment));
-
-
       ToPoint3DFunctor convertTo3d(m_depth);
       const Point3D start3d = convertTo3d(start);
       const Point3D end3d = convertTo3d(end);
-      const m2::PointF normalPos = normal;
-      const m2::PointF normalNeg = -normal;
+      convertTo3d.SetThirdComponent(hw);
+      const Point3D normalPos = convertTo3d(segment);
+      const Point3D normalNeg = convertTo3d(-segment);
 
       renderPoints.push_back(start3d);
       renderPoints.push_back(start3d);
@@ -137,8 +131,8 @@ namespace df
     {
       BindingInfo normalInfo(1);
       BindingDecl & decl = normalInfo.GetBindingDecl(0);
-      decl.m_attributeName = "normal";
-      decl.m_componentCount = 2;
+      decl.m_attributeName = "direction";
+      decl.m_componentCount = 3;
       decl.m_componentType = GLConst::GLFloatType;
       decl.m_offset = 0;
       decl.m_stride = 0;
diff --git a/drape_frontend/map_shape.hpp b/drape_frontend/map_shape.hpp
index dfdc70aecc..021e178ff3 100644
--- a/drape_frontend/map_shape.hpp
+++ b/drape_frontend/map_shape.hpp
@@ -25,17 +25,22 @@ namespace df
 
   struct ToPoint3DFunctor
   {
-    ToPoint3DFunctor(float depth)
-      : m_depth(depth)
+    ToPoint3DFunctor(float thirdComponent)
+      : m_thirdComponent(thirdComponent)
     {}
 
     Point3D operator ()(m2::PointF const & p)
     {
-      return Point3D(p.x, p.y, m_depth);
+      return Point3D(p.x, p.y, m_thirdComponent);
+    }
+
+    void SetThirdComponent(float c)
+    {
+      m_thirdComponent = c;
     }
 
   private:
-    float m_depth;
+    float m_thirdComponent;
   };
   ///