diff --git a/src/layouts.jl b/src/layouts.jl
index ff4d0041..ee984b35 100644
--- a/src/layouts.jl
+++ b/src/layouts.jl
@@ -775,9 +775,17 @@ end
 
 "Adds a new, empty subplot overlayed on top of `sp`, with a mirrored y-axis and linked x-axis."
 function twinx(sp::Subplot)
-    sp[:right_margin] = max(sp[:right_margin], 30px)
-    plot!(sp.plt, inset = (sp[:subplot_index], bbox(0,0,1,1)))
+    plot!(sp.plt,
+        inset = (sp[:subplot_index], bbox(0,0,1,1)),
+        right_margin = sp[:right_margin],
+        left_margin = sp[:left_margin],
+        top_margin = sp[:top_margin],
+        bottom_margin = sp[:bottom_margin],
+    )
     twinsp = sp.plt.subplots[end]
+    twinsp[:xaxis][:grid] = false
+    twinsp[:yaxis][:grid] = false
+    twinsp[:xaxis][:showaxis] = false
     twinsp[:yaxis][:mirror] = true
     twinsp[:background_color_inside] = RGBA{Float64}(0,0,0,0)
     link_axes!(sp[:xaxis], twinsp[:xaxis])
diff --git a/test/test_axes.jl b/test/test_axes.jl
index 0c6bc0cd..f65cd745 100644
--- a/test/test_axes.jl
+++ b/test/test_axes.jl
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ end
 @testset "Axis limits" begin
     pl = plot(1:5, xlims=:symmetric, widen = false)
     @test Plots.xlims(pl) == (-5, 5)
-    
+
     pl = plot(1:3)
     @test Plots.xlims(pl) == Plots.widen(1,3)
-    
+
     pl = plot([1.05,2.0,2.95], ylims=:round)
     @test Plots.ylims(pl) == (1, 3)
-    
+
     pl = plot(1:3, xlims=(1,5))
     @test Plots.xlims(pl) == (1, 5)
 
@@ -53,3 +53,13 @@ end
     ql = quiver([1, 2], [2, 1], [3, 4], quiver = ([1, -1], [0, 0], [1, -0.5]), arrow=true)
     @test ql[1][:projection] == "3d"
 end
+
+@testset "twinx" begin
+    pl = plot(1:10, margin = 2Plots.cm)
+    twpl = twinx(pl)
+    pl! = plot!(twinx(), -(1:10))
+    @test twpl[:right_margin] == 2Plots.cm
+    @test twpl[:left_margin] == 2Plots.cm
+    @test twpl[:top_margin] == 2Plots.cm
+    @test twpl[:bottom_margin] == 2Plots.cm
+end