diff --git a/src/series.jl b/src/series.jl
index f3731fc9..bdb0fd3b 100644
--- a/src/series.jl
+++ b/src/series.jl
@@ -355,7 +355,12 @@ end
     end
 end
 
+# Dicts with Real values are plotted as bars
 
+@recipe function f(d::AbstractDict{T,<:Real}) where T
+    seriestype --> :bar
+    x, y = collect(keys(d)), collect(values(d))
+end
 
 # function without range... use the current range of the x-axis