diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index 65434b81..9b4bcb10 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export
     savefig,
     png,
     gui,
+    inline,
     closeall,
 
     backend,
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index 0f4b01ae..ff4a1def 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ savefig(fn::AbstractString) = savefig(current(), fn)
 
 gui(plt::Plot = current()) = display(PlotsDisplay(), plt)
 
+# IJulia only... inline display
+function inline(plt::Plot = current())
+    isijulia() || error("inline() is IJulia-only")
+    Main.IJulia.clear_output(true)
+    display(Main.IJulia.InlineDisplay(), plt)
+end
+
 function Base.display(::PlotsDisplay, plt::Plot)
     prepare_output(plt)
     _display(plt)
@@ -130,6 +137,13 @@ end
 # override the REPL display to open a gui window
 Base.display(::Base.REPL.REPLDisplay, ::MIME"text/plain", plt::Plot) = gui(plt)
 
+
+_do_plot_show(plt, showval::Bool) = showval && gui(plt)
+function _do_plot_show(plt, showval::Symbol)
+    showval == :gui && gui(plt)
+    showval in (:inline,:ijulia) && inline(plt)
+end
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------
 
 const _mimeformats = Dict(
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 498135f6..2e8063af 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -126,9 +126,7 @@ function plot(plt1::Plot, plts_tail::Plot...; kw...)
 
     # finish up
     current(plt)
-    if get(d, :show, default(:show))
-        gui()
-    end
+    _do_plot_show(plt, get(d, :show, default(:show)))
     plt
 end
 
@@ -234,9 +232,10 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args::Tuple)
     current(plt)
 
     # do we want to force display?
-    if plt[:show]
-        gui(plt)
-    end
+    # if plt[:show]
+    #     gui(plt)
+    # end
+    _do_plot_show(plt, plt[:show])
 
     plt
 end