diff --git a/bin/feedgnuplot b/bin/feedgnuplot
index 6e159ec..706ca6f 100755
--- a/bin/feedgnuplot
+++ b/bin/feedgnuplot
@@ -465,10 +465,13 @@ sub interpretCommandline
   {
       # images generally have the origin at the top-left instead of the
       # bottom-left, so given nothing else, I flip the y axis
-      if( !defined $options{ymin} && !defined $options{ymax} &&
+      if( !defined $options{xmin} && !defined $options{xmax} &&
+          !defined $options{ymin} && !defined $options{ymax} &&
+          ! any { /^ *xrange\b/ } @{$options{set}} &&
           ! any { /^ *yrange\b/ } @{$options{set}} )
       {
-          push @{$options{set}}, "yrange [:] reverse";
+          push @{$options{set}}, "xrange [:] noextend";
+          push @{$options{set}}, "yrange [:] reverse noextend";
       }
 
       if ( ! -r $options{image} )