diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
index 3f73f5e804a1..0bcde482dc40 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/mplot3d/axes3d.py
@@ -1568,6 +1568,7 @@ def plot(self, xs, ys, *args, **kwargs):
         for line in lines:
             art3d.line_2d_to_3d(line, zs=zs, zdir=zdir)
 
+        xs, ys, zs = art3d.juggle_axes(xs, ys, zs, zdir)
         self.auto_scale_xyz(xs, ys, zs, had_data)
         return lines
 
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/baseline_images/test_mplot3d/plot_3d_from_2d.png b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/baseline_images/test_mplot3d/plot_3d_from_2d.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4475f5666511
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/baseline_images/test_mplot3d/plot_3d_from_2d.png differ
diff --git a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
index 31dc5a40ed79..0a506db92adf 100644
--- a/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
+++ b/lib/mpl_toolkits/tests/test_mplot3d.py
@@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ def test_scatter3d_color():
                color='b', marker='s')
 
 
+@image_comparison(baseline_images=['plot_3d_from_2d'], remove_text=True,
+                  extensions=['png'])
+def test_plot_3d_from_2d():
+    fig = plt.figure()
+    ax = fig.add_subplot(111, projection='3d')
+    xs = np.arange(0, 5)
+    ys = np.arange(5, 10)
+    ax.plot(xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='x')
+    ax.plot(xs, ys, zs=0, zdir='y')
+
+
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['surface3d'], remove_text=True)
 def test_surface3d():
     fig = plt.figure()