diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index ab1054eb..0b4ebefb 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "Plots"
 uuid = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
 author = ["Tom Breloff (@tbreloff)"]
-version = "1.0.1"
+version = "1.0.2"
 
 [deps]
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index e4f137af..baa2a76c 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::AKW)
     end
     # handle axes args
     for k in _axis_args
-        if haskey(plotattributes, k)
+        if haskey(plotattributes, k) && k !== :link
             v = plotattributes[k]
             for letter in (:x, :y, :z)
                 lk = Symbol(letter, k)
diff --git a/src/examples.jl b/src/examples.jl
index ff55b586..37c9e19b 100644
--- a/src/examples.jl
+++ b/src/examples.jl
@@ -934,6 +934,18 @@ const _examples = PlotExample[
             end,
         ],
     ),
+    PlotExample(
+        "Linked axes",
+        "",
+        [
+            quote
+                begin
+                    x = -5:0.1:5
+                    plot(plot(x, x->x^2), plot(x, x->sin(x)), layout = 2, link = :y)
+                end
+            end,
+        ],
+    ),
 ]
 
 # Some constants for PlotDocs and PlotReferenceImages