diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index ed29279d..7fb94e41 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ function plotly_axis(plt::Plot, axis::Axis, sp::Subplot)
 
     ax[:tickangle] = -axis[:rotation]
     lims = axis_limits(axis)
-    axis[:ticks] != :native ? ax[:range] = map(scalefunc(axis[:scale]), lims) : nothing
+
+    if axis[:ticks] != :native || axis[:lims] != :auto 
+        ax[:range] = map(scalefunc(axis[:scale]), lims)
+    end
 
     if !(axis[:ticks] in (nothing, :none, false))
         ax[:titlefont] = plotly_font(guidefont(axis))
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index cdf63b46..38d9f15f 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
                 pyaxis[Symbol(:tick_, pos)]()        # the tick labels
             end
             py_set_scale(ax, axis)
-            axis[:ticks] != :native ? py_set_lims(ax, axis) : nothing
+            axis[:ticks] != :native || axis[:lims] != :auto ? py_set_lims(ax, axis) : nothing
             if ispolar(sp) && letter == :y
                 ax[:set_rlabel_position](90)
             end