diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index 72cc0ebd..62a0b394 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -1099,17 +1099,17 @@ function _before_layout_calcs(plt::Plot{PyPlotBackend})
                 ax[:spines]["top"][:set_alpha](intensity)
                 ax[:spines]["right"][:set_linewidth](intensity)
                 ax[:spines]["top"][:set_linewidth](intensity)
-            elseif sp[:framestyle] in (:axes, :origin)
+            elseif sp[:framestyle] == :axes
                 ax[:spines]["right"][:set_visible](false)
                 ax[:spines]["top"][:set_visible](false)
-                if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
-                    ax[:spines]["left"][:set_position]("zero")
-                    ax[:spines]["bottom"][:set_position]("zero")
-                end
-            elseif sp[:framestyle] in (:grid, :none)
+            elseif sp[:framestyle] in (:grid, :none, :origin)
                 for (loc, spine) in ax[:spines]
                     spine[:set_visible](false)
                 end
+                if sp[:framestyle] == :origin
+                    ax[:axhline](y = 0, color= py_color(sp[:xaxis][:foreground_color_axis]), lw = 0.5)
+                    ax[:axvline](x = 0, color= py_color(sp[:yaxis][:foreground_color_axis]), lw = 0.5)
+                end
             end
         end
     end