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diff --git a/‎src/traces/bar/plot.js
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diff --git a/‎test/jasmine/tests/bar_test.js
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@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ module.exports = {
             '*inside* positions `text` inside, next to the bar end',
             '(rotated and scaled if needed).',
             '*outside* positions `text` outside, next to the bar end',
-            '(scaled if needed).',
-            '*auto* positions `text` inside or outside',
-            'so that `text` size is maximized.'
+            '(scaled if needed), unless there is another bar stacked on',
+            'this one, then the text gets pushed inside.',
+            '*auto* tries to position `text` inside the bar, but if',
+            'the bar is too small and no bar is stacked on this one',
+            'the text is moved outside.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
 
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function appendBarText(gd, bar, calcTrace, i, x0, x1, y0, y1) {
         textHeight;
 
     if(textPosition === 'outside') {
-        if(!isOutmostBar) textPosition = 'inside';
+        if(!isOutmostBar && !calcBar.hasB) textPosition = 'inside';
     }
 
     if(textPosition === 'auto') {
 
@@ -971,6 +971,78 @@ describe('A bar plot', function() {
         .then(done);
     });
 
+    it('Pushes outside text relative bars inside when not outmost', function(done) {
+        var data = [{
+            x: [1, 2],
+            y: [20, 10],
+            type: 'bar',
+            text: ['a', 'b'],
+            textposition: 'outside',
+        }, {
+            x: [1, 2],
+            y: [20, 10],
+            type: 'bar',
+            text: ['c', 'd']
+        }];
+        var layout = {barmode: 'relative'};
+
+        Plotly.plot(gd, data, layout).then(function() {
+            var traceNodes = getAllTraceNodes(gd),
+                barNodes = getAllBarNodes(traceNodes[0]),
+                foundTextNodes;
+
+            for(var i = 0; i < barNodes.length; i++) {
+                var barNode = barNodes[i],
+                    pathNode = barNode.querySelector('path'),
+                    textNode = barNode.querySelector('text');
+                if(textNode) {
+                    foundTextNodes = true;
+                    assertTextIsInsidePath(textNode, pathNode);
+                }
+            }
+
+            expect(foundTextNodes).toBe(true);
+        })
+        .catch(failTest)
+        .then(done);
+    });
+
+    it('does not push text inside when base is set', function(done) {
+        var data = [{
+            x: [1, 2],
+            y: [20, 10],
+            base: [1, 2],
+            type: 'bar',
+            text: ['a', 'b'],
+            textposition: 'outside',
+        }, {
+            x: [3, 4],
+            y: [30, 40],
+            type: 'bar',
+            text: ['c', 'd']
+        }];
+        var layout = {barmode: 'relative'};
+
+        Plotly.plot(gd, data, layout).then(function() {
+            var traceNodes = getAllTraceNodes(gd),
+                barNodes = getAllBarNodes(traceNodes[0]),
+                foundTextNodes;
+
+            for(var i = 0; i < barNodes.length; i++) {
+                var barNode = barNodes[i],
+                    pathNode = barNode.querySelector('path'),
+                    textNode = barNode.querySelector('text');
+                if(textNode) {
+                    foundTextNodes = true;
+                    assertTextIsAbovePath(textNode, pathNode);
+                }
+            }
+
+            expect(foundTextNodes).toBe(true);
+        })
+        .catch(failTest)
+        .then(done);
+    });
     it('should show bar texts (outside case)', function(done) {
         var data = [{
             y: [10, -20, 30],
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`@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ function appendBarText(gd, bar, calcTrace, i, x0, x1, y0, y1) {`
`198`	`198`	`textHeight;`
`199`	`199`
`200`	`200`	`if(textPosition === 'outside') {`
`201`		`- if(!isOutmostBar) textPosition = 'inside';`
	`201`	`+ if(!isOutmostBar && !calcBar.hasB) textPosition = 'inside';`
`202`	`202`	`}`
`203`	`203`
`204`	`204`	`if(textPosition === 'auto') {`