diff --git a/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/datavisualization/tikzlibrarydatavisualization.code.tex b/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/datavisualization/tikzlibrarydatavisualization.code.tex
index a80cec55b..22fa311db 100644
--- a/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/datavisualization/tikzlibrarydatavisualization.code.tex
+++ b/tex/generic/pgf/frontendlayer/tikz/libraries/datavisualization/tikzlibrarydatavisualization.code.tex
@@ -2154,6 +2154,11 @@
     #1={smooth line}
   },
   visualize as smooth line/.default=line,
+  visualize as smooth cycle/.style={
+    visualize as smooth line={#1},
+    #1={smooth cycle}
+  },
+  visualize as smooth cycle/.default=line,
   visualize as scatter/.style={
     new object={
       when=after survey,