diff --git a/src/components/drawing/index.js b/src/components/drawing/index.js
index d8f99f96535..66da24e32e0 100644
--- a/src/components/drawing/index.js
+++ b/src/components/drawing/index.js
@@ -220,8 +220,11 @@ Object.keys(SYMBOLDEFS).forEach(function(k) {
     var n = symDef.n;
     drawing.symbolList.push(
         n,
+        String(n),
         k,
+
         n + 100,
+        String(n + 100),
         k + '-open'
     );
     drawing.symbolNames[n] = k;
@@ -235,8 +238,11 @@ Object.keys(SYMBOLDEFS).forEach(function(k) {
     } else {
         drawing.symbolList.push(
             n + 200,
+            String(n + 200),
             k + '-dot',
+
             n + 300,
+            String(n + 300),
             k + '-open-dot'
         );
     }
@@ -250,7 +256,9 @@ var MAXSYMBOL = drawing.symbolNames.length;
 var DOTPATH = 'M0,0.5L0.5,0L0,-0.5L-0.5,0Z';
 
 drawing.symbolNumber = function(v) {
-    if(typeof v === 'string') {
+    if(isNumeric(v)) {
+        v = +v;
+    } else if(typeof v === 'string') {
         var vbase = 0;
         if(v.indexOf('-open') > 0) {
             vbase = 100;
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/symbols_string-numbers.png b/test/image/baselines/symbols_string-numbers.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ae4ee0f187
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image/baselines/symbols_string-numbers.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/compare_pixels_test.js b/test/image/compare_pixels_test.js
index a80d2e65d51..c1c0db82e9b 100644
--- a/test/image/compare_pixels_test.js
+++ b/test/image/compare_pixels_test.js
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ if(allMock || argv.filter) {
 
 var FLAKY_LIST = [
     'treemap_coffee',
-    'treemap_textposition',
-    'treemap_with-without_values',
+    'treemap_sunburst_marker_colors',
     'trace_metatext',
-    'gl3d_directions-streamtube1'
+    'gl3d_directions-streamtube1',
+    'gl3d_traces-with-opacity'
 ];
 
 console.log('');
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/symbols_string-numbers.json b/test/image/mocks/symbols_string-numbers.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..256349ca13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/symbols_string-numbers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+{
+    "data": [
+        {
+            "y": [
+                0,
+                0,
+                0,
+                0
+            ],
+            "type": "scatter",
+            "mode": "markers",
+            "marker": {
+                "line": { "width": 3, "color": "black" },
+                "size": 14,
+                "symbol": "1"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "y": [
+                1,
+                1,
+                1,
+                1
+            ],
+            "type": "scatter",
+            "mode": "markers",
+            "marker": {
+                "line": { "width": 3, "color": "black" },
+                "size": 14,
+                "symbol": "101"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "y": [
+                2,
+                2,
+                2,
+                2
+            ],
+            "type": "scatter",
+            "mode": "markers",
+            "marker": {
+                "line": { "width": 3, "color": "black" },
+                "size": 14,
+                "symbol": "201"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "y": [
+                3,
+                3,
+                3,
+                3
+            ],
+            "type": "scatter",
+            "mode": "markers",
+            "marker": {
+                "line": { "width": 3, "color": "black" },
+                "size": 14,
+                "symbol": "301"
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "y": [
+                4,
+                4,
+                4,
+                4
+            ],
+            "type": "scatter",
+            "mode": "markers",
+            "marker": {
+                "line": { "width": 3, "color": "black" },
+                "size": 14,
+                "symbol": [
+                    "1",
+                    "101",
+                    "201",
+                    "301"
+                ]
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "layout": {
+        "title": {
+            "text": "Accept symbol numbers in string format"
+        },
+        "width": 400,
+        "height": 400
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/mock_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/mock_test.js
index d03e59ad0a8..4dd48dbcb17 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/mock_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/mock_test.js
@@ -905,6 +905,7 @@ var list = [
     'sunburst_values_colorscale',
     'sunburst_with-without_values',
     'sunburst_zero_values_textfit',
+    'symbols_string-numbers',
     'table_latex_multitrace_scatter',
     'table_plain_birds',
     'table_ragged',
@@ -1952,6 +1953,7 @@ figs['sunburst_values'] = require('@mocks/sunburst_values');
 figs['sunburst_values_colorscale'] = require('@mocks/sunburst_values_colorscale');
 figs['sunburst_with-without_values'] = require('@mocks/sunburst_with-without_values');
 figs['sunburst_zero_values_textfit'] = require('@mocks/sunburst_zero_values_textfit');
+figs['symbols_string-numbers'] = require('@mocks/symbols_string-numbers');
 figs['table_latex_multitrace_scatter'] = require('@mocks/table_latex_multitrace_scatter');
 // figs['table_plain_birds'] = require('@mocks/table_plain_birds');
 figs['table_ragged'] = require('@mocks/table_ragged');