diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index 54d34615..d4a1ca58 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ export
     xgrid!,
     ygrid!,
 
+    permuteaxes!,
+    swapxy!,
+    swapxz!,
+    swapyz!,
+
     xlims,
     ylims,
     zlims,
@@ -211,10 +216,15 @@ let PlotOrSubplot = Union{Plot, Subplot}
     global ygrid!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, args...; kw...)                  = plot!(plt; ygrid = args, kw...)
     global annotate!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, anns...; kw...)                         = plot!(plt; annotation = anns, kw...)
     global annotate!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, anns::AVec{T}; kw...) where {T<:Tuple}         = plot!(plt; annotation = anns, kw...)
-    global xflip!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, flip::Bool = true; kw...)                  = plot!(plt; xflip = flip, kw...)
-    global yflip!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, flip::Bool = true; kw...)                  = plot!(plt; yflip = flip, kw...)
-    global xaxis!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, args...; kw...)                            = plot!(plt; xaxis = args, kw...)
-    global yaxis!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, args...; kw...)                            = plot!(plt; yaxis = args, kw...)
+    global xflip!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, flip::Bool = true; kw...)        = plot!(plt; xflip = flip, kw...)
+    global yflip!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, flip::Bool = true; kw...)        = plot!(plt; yflip = flip, kw...)
+    global xaxis!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, args...; kw...)                  = plot!(plt; xaxis = args, kw...)
+    global yaxis!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, args...; kw...)                  = plot!(plt; yaxis = args, kw...)
+    global permuteaxes!(plt::PlotOrSubplot, perm...)    = _permuteaxes!(plt, _axis_permutation(perm))
+    global permuteaxes!(plt::PlotOrSubplot)             = _permuteaxes!(plt, [2,1,3])
+    global swapxy!(plt::PlotOrSubplot) = permuteaxes!(plt,2,1,3)
+    global swapxz!(plt::PlotOrSubplot) = permuteaxes!(plt,3,2,1)
+    global swapyz!(plt::PlotOrSubplot) = permuteaxes!(plt,1,3,2)
 end
 
 
diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 8ef97f7e..1ad91015 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -756,3 +756,47 @@ function axis_drawing_info(sp::Subplot)
 
     xticks, yticks, xaxis_segs, yaxis_segs, xtick_segs, ytick_segs, xgrid_segs, ygrid_segs, xminorgrid_segs, yminorgrid_segs, xborder_segs, yborder_segs
 end
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Axis permutations
+
+const axis_letters = [:x, :y, :z]
+function _extend_axis_permutation!(perm::AVec{<:Integer})
+    while length(perm) < 3
+        push!(perm, findfirst(!in(perm), 1:3))
+    end
+    perm
+end
+
+_axis_permutation(tup::Tuple) = _axis_permutation([tup...])
+_axis_permutation(perm::AVec{<:Integer}) = _extend_axis_permutation!(copy(perm))
+function _axis_permutation(perm::AVec{<:Symbol})
+    p = indexin(perm, axis_letters)
+    any(isnothing.(p)) && error(":$(first(filter(!in(axis_letters),perm))) is not an axis letter.")
+    _axis_permutation(something.(p))
+end
+
+function _permutekeys!(dict, keys, perm)
+    values = getindex.(Ref(dict), keys)
+    setindex!.(Ref(dict), permute!(values, perm), keys)
+    dict
+end
+
+_permuteaxes!(series::Series, perm) = _permutekeys!(series, axis_letters, perm)
+function _permuteaxes!(sp::Subplot, perm)
+    axis_keys = [:xaxis, :yaxis, :zaxis]
+    _permutekeys!(sp, axis_keys, perm)
+    for i in 1:3
+        sp[axis_keys[i]][:letter] = axis_letters[i]
+    end
+    for series in sp.series_list
+        _permuteaxes!(series, perm)
+    end
+    sp
+end
+function _permuteaxes!(p::Plot, perm)
+    for sp in p.subplots
+        _permuteaxes!(sp, perm)
+    end
+    p
+end
diff --git a/src/shorthands.jl b/src/shorthands.jl
index 776626a9..3d6c4379 100644
--- a/src/shorthands.jl
+++ b/src/shorthands.jl
@@ -453,3 +453,34 @@ xaxis!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; xaxis = args
 yaxis!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; yaxis = args, kw...)
 xgrid!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; xgrid = args, kw...)
 ygrid!(args...; kw...)                                    = plot!(; ygrid = args, kw...)
+
+
+"""
+    permuteaxes!([plt], axes...)
+
+Permute the axes of an existing plot.
+Axes may be specified by letter (`:x`, `:y`, `:z`) or number (1,2,3).
+`plt` defaults to the current plot. `axes` default to `(2,1,3)`.
+
+# Examples
+## Permuting axes by letters
+```julia-repl
+julia> x = range(0, 5π; length=100)
+julia> plot(x, cos.(x), sin.(2x))
+julia> permuteaxes!(:z,:x,:y)
+```
+## Bar plot with horizontal bars
+```julia-repl
+julia> bar(rand(4))
+julia> permuteaxes!()
+```
+See also: [`swapxy!`](@ref), [`swapxz!`](@ref), [`swapyz!`](@ref)
+"""
+permuteaxes!(axes...) = permuteaxes!(current(), axes...)
+
+"Swap the x and y axes of the current plot"
+swapxy!() = swapxy!(current())
+"Swap the x and z axes of the current plot"
+swapxz!() = swapxz!(current())
+"Swap the y and z axes of the current plot"
+swapyz!() = swapyz!(current())