diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index e69dcf97..4627d400 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ _plotDefaults[:legendfont]        = font(8)
 _plotDefaults[:grid]              = true
 _plotDefaults[:annotation]        = nothing           # annotation tuple(s)... (x,y,annotation)
 _plotDefaults[:overwrite_figure]  = false
+_plotDefaults[:polar]             = false
 
 
 # TODO: x/y scales
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index d13cd511..5c389462 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -210,8 +210,10 @@ function getPyPlotFunction(plt::Plot, axis::Symbol, linetype::Symbol)
 end
 
 function updateAxisColors(ax, fgcolor)
-  for loc in ("bottom", "top", "left", "right")
-    ax[:spines][loc][:set_color](fgcolor)
+  # for loc in ("bottom", "top", "left", "right")
+  for (loc, spine) in ax[:spines]
+    # ax[:spines][loc][:set_color](fgcolor)
+      spine[:set_color](fgcolor)
   end
   for axis in ("x", "y")
     ax[:tick_params](axis=axis, colors=fgcolor, which="both")
@@ -309,6 +311,10 @@ function _create_plot(pkg::PyPlotBackend; kw...)
     #   push!(wrap.kwargs, (:projection, "3d"))
     # end
     pyplot_3d_setup!(wrap, d)
+
+    if get(d, :polar, false)
+        push!(wrap.kwargs, (:polar, true))
+    end
   end
 
   plt = Plot(wrap, pkg, 0, d, KW[])
diff --git a/src/backends/supported.jl b/src/backends/supported.jl
index e117b58a..51aeb5ca 100644
--- a/src/backends/supported.jl
+++ b/src/backends/supported.jl
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ supportedArgs(::PyPlotBackend) = [
     :ribbon,
     :quiver,
     :orientation,
+    :polar,
   ]
 supportedAxes(::PyPlotBackend) = _allAxes
 supportedTypes(::PyPlotBackend) = [:none, :line, :path, :steppre, :steppost, :shape,