diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index ceed7ada..d24c7ae2 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
       )
   end)
 
+  lims = d[:xlims]
+  if lims != :auto && limsType(lims) == :limits
+    d_out[:xaxis][:range] = lims
+  end
+
   # y-axis
   d_out[:yaxis] = Dict(
       :title      => d[:ylabel],
@@ -178,6 +183,11 @@ function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
       )
   end)
 
+  lims = d[:ylims]
+  if lims != :auto && limsType(lims) == :limits
+    d_out[:yaxis][:range] = lims
+  end
+
   # legend
   d_out[:showlegend] = d[:legend]
   if d[:legend]
@@ -189,7 +199,7 @@ function get_plot_json(plt::Plot{PlotlyPackage})
   end
 
   # annotations
-  anns = d[:annotation_list]
+  anns = get(d, :annotation_list, [])
   if !isempty(anns)
     d_out[:annotations] = [get_annotation_dict(ann...) for ann in anns]
   end
diff --git a/src/backends/supported.jl b/src/backends/supported.jl
index b6e40622..0fea29a2 100644
--- a/src/backends/supported.jl
+++ b/src/backends/supported.jl
@@ -462,11 +462,11 @@ supportedArgs(::PlotlyPackage) = [
     :windowtitle,
     :x,
     :xlabel,
-    # :xlims,
+    :xlims,
     :xticks,
     :y,
     :ylabel,
-    # :ylims,
+    :ylims,
     # :yrightlabel,
     :yticks,
     :xscale,