diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 6dc6067e2..c94571d71 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ mutable struct Series
     plotattributes::DefaultsDict
 end
 
+@recipe function f(s::Series)
+    for (k, v) in s.plotattributes
+        k in (:subplot, :yerror, :xerror, :zerror) && continue
+        plotattributes[k] = v
+    end
+    ()
+end
+
 # a single subplot
 mutable struct Subplot{T<:AbstractBackend} <: AbstractLayout
     parent::AbstractLayout
diff --git a/test/test_recipes.jl b/test/test_recipes.jl
index a7fe5007f..9e3580483 100644
--- a/test/test_recipes.jl
+++ b/test/test_recipes.jl
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 using OffsetArrays
 
+@testset "Series" begin
+    pl = plot(1:3, yerror = 1)
+    @test plot(pl[1][1])[1][1][:primary] == true
+    @test plot(pl[1][2])[1][1][:primary] == false
+    @test isequal(plot(pl[1][2])[1][1][:y], pl[1][2][:y])
+end
+
 @testset "User recipes" begin
     struct LegendPlot end
     @recipe function f(plot::LegendPlot)