diff --git a/src/chartdataset.cpp b/src/chartdataset.cpp
index 5558b7d..05a0510 100644
--- a/src/chartdataset.cpp
+++ b/src/chartdataset.cpp
@@ -303,11 +303,13 @@ void ChartDataSet::createAxes(QAbstractAxis::AxisTypes type, Qt::Orientation ori
         //create one axis for all
 
         addAxis(axis,orientation==Qt::Horizontal?Qt::AlignBottom:Qt::AlignLeft);
-
+        qreal min = 0;
+        qreal max = 0;
+        findMinMaxForSeries(m_seriesList,orientation,min,max);
         foreach(QAbstractSeries *s, m_seriesList) {
             attachAxis(s,axis);
         }
-
+        axis->setRange(min,max);
     }
     else if (!type.testFlag(QAbstractAxis::AxisTypeNoAxis)) {
         //create separate axis
@@ -321,6 +323,21 @@ void ChartDataSet::createAxes(QAbstractAxis::AxisTypes type, Qt::Orientation ori
     }
 }
 
+void ChartDataSet::findMinMaxForSeries(QList<QAbstractSeries *> series,Qt::Orientations orientation, qreal &min, qreal &max)
+{
+	Q_ASSERT(!series.isEmpty());
+
+	AbstractDomain* domain = series.first()->d_ptr->domain();
+	min = (orientation == Qt::Vertical) ? domain->minY() : domain->minX();
+	max = (orientation == Qt::Vertical) ? domain->maxY() : domain->maxX();
+
+	for(int i = 1; i< series.size(); i++) {
+		AbstractDomain* domain = series[i]->d_ptr->domain();
+		min = qMin((orientation == Qt::Vertical) ? domain->minY() : domain->minX(), min);
+		max = qMax((orientation == Qt::Vertical) ? domain->maxY() : domain->maxX(), max);
+	}
+}
+
 void ChartDataSet::deleteAllSeries()
 {
     foreach (QAbstractSeries *s , m_seriesList){
diff --git a/src/chartdataset_p.h b/src/chartdataset_p.h
index 939e5d7..49a41d0 100644
--- a/src/chartdataset_p.h
+++ b/src/chartdataset_p.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ private:
     AbstractDomain* createDomain(AbstractDomain::DomainType type);
     void deleteAllAxes();
     void deleteAllSeries();
+    void findMinMaxForSeries(QList<QAbstractSeries *> series,Qt::Orientations orientation, qreal &min, qreal &max);
 private:
     QList<QAbstractSeries *> m_seriesList;
     QList<QAbstractAxis *> m_axisList;
diff --git a/tests/auto/qchart/tst_qchart.cpp b/tests/auto/qchart/tst_qchart.cpp
index 5fa266f..5acc3a0 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qchart/tst_qchart.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qchart/tst_qchart.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ private slots:
     void zoomIn();
     void zoomOut_data();
     void zoomOut();
-
+    void createDefaultAxesForLineSeries_data();
+    void createDefaultAxesForLineSeries();
 private:
     void createTestData();
 
@@ -793,6 +794,83 @@ void tst_QChart::zoomOut()
 
 }
 
+void tst_QChart::createDefaultAxesForLineSeries_data()
+{
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series1minX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series1midX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series1maxX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series2minX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series2midX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series2maxX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("overallminX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("overallmaxX");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series1minY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series1midY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series1maxY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series2minY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series2midY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("series2maxY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("overallminY");
+    QTest::addColumn<qreal>("overallmaxY");
+    QTest::newRow("series1hasMinAndMax") << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0
+                                         << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0;
+    QTest::newRow("series2hasMinAndMax") << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0
+                                         << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0;
+    QTest::newRow("series1hasMinAndMaxX_series2hasMinAndMaxY") << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0
+                                                               << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0;
+    QTest::newRow("series1hasMin_series2hasMax") << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0
+                                                 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)2.0 << (qreal)2.9 << (qreal)1.1 << (qreal)1.7 << (qreal)3.0 << (qreal)1.0 << (qreal)3.0;
+}
+
+void tst_QChart::createDefaultAxesForLineSeries()
+{
+    QFETCH(qreal, series1minX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series1midX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series1maxX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series2minX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series2midX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series2maxX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series1minY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series1midY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series1maxY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series2minY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series2midY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, series2maxY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, overallminX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, overallmaxX);
+    QFETCH(qreal, overallminY);
+    QFETCH(qreal, overallmaxY);
+    QLineSeries* series1 = new QLineSeries(this);
+    series1->append(series1minX, series1minY);
+    series1->append(series1midX, series1midY);
+    series1->append(series1maxX, series1maxY);
+    QLineSeries* series2 = new QLineSeries(this);
+    series2->append(series2minX, series2minY);
+    series2->append(series2midX, series2midY);
+    series2->append(series2maxX, series2maxY);
+    QChart chart;
+    chart.addSeries(series1);
+    chart.addSeries(series2);
+    chart.createDefaultAxes();
+    QValueAxis *xAxis = (QValueAxis *)chart.axisX();
+    QCOMPARE(xAxis->min(), overallminX);
+    QCOMPARE(xAxis->max(), overallmaxX);
+    QValueAxis *yAxis = (QValueAxis *)chart.axisY();
+    QCOMPARE(yAxis->min(), overallminY);
+    QCOMPARE(yAxis->max(), overallmaxY);
+    QLineSeries *series3 = new QLineSeries(this);
+    // Numbers clearly out of existing range
+    series3->append(0, 0);
+    series3->append(100, 100);
+    // Adding a new series should not change the axes as they have not been told to update
+    chart.addSeries(series3);
+    QCOMPARE(xAxis->min(), overallminX);
+    QCOMPARE(xAxis->max(), overallmaxX);
+    QCOMPARE(yAxis->min(), overallminY);
+    QCOMPARE(yAxis->max(), overallmaxY);
+
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_QChart)
 #include "tst_qchart.moc"