diff --git a/src/shapes/polygon.class.js b/src/shapes/polygon.class.js
index e832fd5d..003fc56a 100644
--- a/src/shapes/polygon.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/polygon.class.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       }
 
       markup.push(
-        '<polygon ',
+        '<', this.type, ' ',
           'points="', points.join(''),
           '" style="', this.getSvgStyles(),
           '" transform="', this.getSvgTransform(),
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@
      * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} ctx Context to render on
      */
     _render: function(ctx) {
+      this.commonRender(ctx);
+      this._renderFill(ctx);
+      if (this.stroke || this.strokeDashArray) {
+        ctx.closePath();
+        this._renderStroke(ctx);
+      }
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * @private
+     * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} ctx Context to render on
+     */
+    commonRender: function(ctx) {
       var point;
       ctx.beginPath();
 
@@ -156,11 +169,6 @@
         point = this.points[i];
         ctx.lineTo(point.x, point.y);
       }
-      this._renderFill(ctx);
-      if (this.stroke || this.strokeDashArray) {
-        ctx.closePath();
-        this._renderStroke(ctx);
-      }
     },
 
     /**
@@ -168,14 +176,7 @@
      * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} ctx Context to render on
      */
     _renderDashedStroke: function(ctx) {
-      var p1, p2;
-
-      ctx.beginPath();
-      for (var i = 0, len = this.points.length; i < len; i++) {
-        p1 = this.points[i];
-        p2 = this.points[i + 1] || this.points[0];
-        fabric.util.drawDashedLine(ctx, p1.x, p1.y, p2.x, p2.y, this.strokeDashArray);
-      }
+      fabric.Polyline.prototype._renderDashedStroke.call(this, ctx);
       ctx.closePath();
     },
 
diff --git a/src/shapes/polyline.class.js b/src/shapes/polyline.class.js
index b90edd47..f57b670d 100644
--- a/src/shapes/polyline.class.js
+++ b/src/shapes/polyline.class.js
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
   'use strict';
 
-  var fabric = global.fabric || (global.fabric = { }),
-      toFixed = fabric.util.toFixed;
+  var fabric = global.fabric || (global.fabric = { });
 
   if (fabric.Polyline) {
     fabric.warn('fabric.Polyline is already defined');
@@ -100,23 +99,7 @@
      * @return {String} svg representation of an instance
      */
     toSVG: function(reviver) {
-      var points = [],
-          markup = this._createBaseSVGMarkup();
-
-      for (var i = 0, len = this.points.length; i < len; i++) {
-        points.push(toFixed(this.points[i].x, 2), ',', toFixed(this.points[i].y, 2), ' ');
-      }
-
-      markup.push(
-        '<polyline ',
-          'points="', points.join(''),
-          '" style="', this.getSvgStyles(),
-          '" transform="', this.getSvgTransform(),
-          ' ', this.getSvgTransformMatrix(),
-        '"/>\n'
-      );
-
-      return reviver ? reviver(markup.join('')) : markup.join('');
+      return fabric.Polygon.prototype.toSVG.call(this, reviver);
     },
     /* _TO_SVG_END_ */
 
@@ -125,22 +108,7 @@
      * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} ctx Context to render on
      */
     _render: function(ctx) {
-      var point;
-      ctx.beginPath();
-
-      if (this._applyPointOffset) {
-        if (!(this.group && this.group.type === 'path-group')) {
-          this._applyPointOffset();
-        }
-        this._applyPointOffset = null;
-      }
-
-      ctx.moveTo(this.points[0].x, this.points[0].y);
-      for (var i = 0, len = this.points.length; i < len; i++) {
-        point = this.points[i];
-        ctx.lineTo(point.x, point.y);
-      }
-
+      fabric.Polygon.prototype.commonRender.call(this, ctx);
       this._renderFill(ctx);
       this._renderStroke(ctx);
     },