diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 42349caf..362fa32a 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -971,6 +971,7 @@ const _unicodeplots_scale = [:identity, :ln, :log2, :log10]
 
 # Additional constants
 const _canvas_type = Ref(:auto)
+const _border_type = Ref(:auto)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # hdf5
diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index 8cff84e3..83edb538 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ function unicodeplots_rebuild(plt::Plot{UnicodePlotsBackend})
             ct
         end
 
+        border_type = if (bt = _border_type[]) == :auto
+            isijulia() ? :ascii : :solid
+        else
+            bt
+        end
+
         kw = (
             compact = true,
             title = texmath2unicode(sp[:title]),
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ function unicodeplots_rebuild(plt::Plot{UnicodePlotsBackend})
             ylabel = texmath2unicode(yaxis[:guide]),
             xscale = xaxis[:scale],
             yscale = yaxis[:scale],
-            border = isijulia() ? :ascii : :solid,
+            border = border_type,
             xlim = xlim,
             ylim = ylim,
         )
@@ -213,7 +219,7 @@ end
 
 function _show(io::IO, m::MIME"text/plain", plt::Plot{UnicodePlotsBackend}, ::Type{Val{true}})
     nr, nc = size(plt.layout)
-    if nr == 1 && nc == 1 # fast path
+    if nr == 1 && nc == 1  # fast path
         _show(io, m, plt, Val{false})
     else
         lines_colored = Array{Union{Nothing,Vector{String}}}(undef, nr, nc)