diff --git a/src/arg_desc.jl b/src/arg_desc.jl
index 7b7e5283..f9237bee 100644
--- a/src/arg_desc.jl
+++ b/src/arg_desc.jl
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ const _arg_desc = KW(
 :foreground_color_legend  => "Color Type or `:match` (matches `:foreground_color_subplot`).  Foreground color of the legend.",
 :foreground_color_title   => "Color Type or `:match` (matches `:foreground_color_subplot`). Color of subplot title.",
 :color_palette            => "Vector of colors (cycle through) or color gradient (generate list from gradient) or `:auto` (generate a color list using `Colors.distiguishable_colors` and custom seed colors chosen to contrast with the background).  The color palette is a color list from which series colors are automatically chosen.",
-:legend                   => "Bool (show the legend?) or Symbol (legend position).  Symbol values: `:none`, `:best`, `:right`, `:left`, `:top`, `:bottom`, `:inside`, `:legend`, `:topright`, `:topleft`, `:bottomleft`, `:bottomright` (note: only some may be supported in each backend)",
+:legend                   => "Bool (show the legend?) or Symbol (legend position).  Symbol values: `:none`, `:best`, `:right`, `:left`, `:top`, `:bottom`, `:inside`, `:legend`, `:topright`, `:topleft`, `:bottomleft`, `:bottomright` , `:inline` (note: only some may be supported in each backend)",
 :legendfontfamily         => "String or Symbol. Font family of legend entries.",
 :legendfontsize           => "Integer. Font pointsize of legend entries.",
 :legendfonthalign         => "Symbol. Font horizontal alignment of legend entries: :hcenter, :left, :right or :center",
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index 9a19211c..3b6e0339 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ function convertLegendValue(val::Symbol)
         :best
     elseif val in (:no, :none)
         :none
-    elseif val in (:right, :left, :top, :bottom, :inside, :best, :legend, :topright, :topleft, :bottomleft, :bottomright, :outertopright, :outertopleft, :outertop, :outerright, :outerleft, :outerbottomright, :outerbottomleft, :outerbottom)
+    elseif val in (:right, :left, :top, :bottom, :inside, :best, :legend, :topright, :topleft, :bottomleft, :bottomright, :outertopright, :outertopleft, :outertop, :outerright, :outerleft, :outerbottomright, :outerbottomleft, :outerbottom, :inline)
         val
     else
         error("Invalid symbol for legend: $val")
diff --git a/src/backends/gr.jl b/src/backends/gr.jl
index 5a8bf07d..bb4f636f 100644
--- a/src/backends/gr.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gr.jl
@@ -1043,6 +1043,13 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
             viewport_plotarea[3] += legendh + 0.04
         end
     end
+    if sp[:legend] == :inline
+        if sp[:yaxis][:mirror]
+            viewport_plotarea[1] += legendw
+        else
+            viewport_plotarea[2] -= legendw
+        end
+    end
 
     # fill in the plot area background
     bg = plot_color(sp[:background_color_inside])
@@ -1798,6 +1805,21 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
             gr_text(GR.wctondc(xi, yi)..., str)
         end
 
+        if sp[:legend] == :inline && should_add_to_legend(series)
+            gr_set_font(legendfont(sp))
+            gr_set_textcolor(plot_color(sp[:legendfontcolor]))
+            if sp[:yaxis][:mirror] 
+                (_,i) = sp[:xaxis][:flip] ? findmax(x) : findmin(x)
+                GR.settextalign(GR.TEXT_HALIGN_RIGHT, GR.TEXT_VALIGN_HALF)
+                offset = -0.01
+            else
+                (_,i) = sp[:xaxis][:flip] ? findmin(x) : findmax(x)
+                GR.settextalign(GR.TEXT_HALIGN_LEFT, GR.TEXT_VALIGN_HALF)
+                offset = 0.01
+            end
+            (x_l,y_l) = GR.wctondc(x[i],y[i])
+            gr_text(x_l+offset,y_l,series[:label])
+        end
         GR.restorestate()
     end
 
@@ -1805,7 +1827,7 @@ function gr_display(sp::Subplot{GRBackend}, w, h, viewport_canvas)
     hascolorbar(sp) && gr_draw_colorbar(cbar, sp, get_clims(sp))
 
     # add the legend
-    if sp[:legend] != :none
+    if !(sp[:legend] in(:none, :inline)) 
         GR.savestate()
         GR.selntran(0)
         GR.setscale(0)