diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index 6afdd66b..500d0e68 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -181,13 +181,14 @@ function hasgrid(arg::Symbol, letter)
 end
 hasgrid(arg::AbstractString, letter) = hasgrid(Symbol(arg), letter)
 
-const _allFramestyles = [:box, :semi, :axes, :grid, :none]
+const _allFramestyles = [:box, :semi, :axes, :origin, :grid, :none]
 const _framestyleAliases = Dict{Symbol, Symbol}(
     :frame              => :box,
     :border             => :box,
     :on                 => :box,
     :transparent        => :semi,
     :semitransparent    => :semi,
+    :zeroline           => :origin,
 )
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 850b67cb..58134c29 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info(sp::Subplot)
 
     if !(sp[:framestyle] == :none)
         # xaxis
-        sp[:framestyle] == :grid || push!(xaxis_segs, (xmin,ymin), (xmax,ymin)) # bottom spine / xaxis
+        sp[:framestyle] in (:grid, :origin) || push!(xaxis_segs, (xmin,ymin), (xmax,ymin)) # bottom spine / xaxis
+        sp[:framestyle] == :origin && push!(xaxis_segs, (xmin, 0.0), (xmax, 0.0))
         sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(xborder_segs, (xmin,ymax), (xmax,ymax)) # top spine
         if !(xaxis[:ticks] in (nothing, false))
             f = scalefunc(yaxis[:scale])
@@ -531,7 +532,8 @@ function axis_drawing_info(sp::Subplot)
         end
 
         # yaxis
-        sp[:framestyle] == :grid || push!(yaxis_segs, (xmin,ymin), (xmin,ymax)) # left spine / yaxis
+        sp[:framestyle] in (:grid, :origin) || push!(yaxis_segs, (xmin,ymin), (xmin,ymax)) # left spine / yaxis
+        sp[:framestyle] == :origin && push!(yaxis_segs, (0.0, ymin), (0.0, ymax))
         sp[:framestyle] in (:semi, :box) && push!(yborder_segs, (xmax,ymin), (xmax,ymax)) # right spine
         if !(yaxis[:ticks] in (nothing, false))
             f = scalefunc(xaxis[:scale])
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 80a7f77c..72cc0ebd 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1099,9 +1099,13 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
                 ax[:spines]["top"][:set_alpha](intensity)
                 ax[:spines]["right"][:set_linewidth](intensity)
                 ax[:spines]["top"][:set_linewidth](intensity)
-            elseif sp[:framestyle] == :axes
+            elseif sp[:framestyle] in (:axes, :origin)
                 ax[:spines]["right"][:set_visible](false)
                 ax[:spines]["top"][:set_visible](false)
+                if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
+                    ax[:spines]["left"][:set_position]("zero")
+                    ax[:spines]["bottom"][:set_position]("zero")
+                end
             elseif sp[:framestyle] in (:grid, :none)
                 for (loc, spine) in ax[:spines]
                     spine[:set_visible](false)
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index e0041b77..47c25abb 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -364,6 +364,11 @@ function _expand_subplot_extrema(sp::Subplot, d::KW, st::Symbol)
     elseif !(st in (:pie, :histogram, :bins2d, :histogram2d))
         expand_extrema!(sp, d)
     end
+    # expand for zerolines (axes through origin)
+    if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
+        expand_extrema!(sp[:xaxis], 0.0)
+        expand_extrema!(sp[:yaxis], 0.0)
+    end
 end
 
 function _add_the_series(plt, sp, d)