diff --git a/spec/api.axis-spec.js b/spec/api.axis-spec.js
index 5764f7383..858f8d9ae 100644
--- a/spec/api.axis-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api.axis-spec.js
@@ -51,4 +51,106 @@ describe('c3 api axis', function () {
         });
 
     });
+
+    describe('isShown', function(){
+        it('should get value', function(){
+             args = {
+                data: {
+                    columns: [
+                        ['data1', 30, 200, 100],
+                        ['data2', 50, 20, 10]
+                    ],
+                },
+                axis: {
+                    x: {
+                        show: true
+                    },
+                    y: {
+                        show: true,
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            chart = window.initChart(chart, args);
+
+            expect(chart.axis.isXShown()).toBe(true);
+            expect(chart.axis.isYShown()).toBe(true);
+
+            args.axis.x.show = false;
+            args.axis.y.show = false;
+
+            chart = window.initChart(chart, args);
+
+            expect(chart.axis.isXShown()).toBe(false);
+            expect(chart.axis.isYShown()).toBe(false);
+                
+        });
+
+        it('should set value', function(){
+            chart.axis.isXShown(true);
+
+            expect(chart.axis.isXShown()).toBe(true);
+            expect(chart.axis.isYShown()).toBe(false);
+
+            chart.axis.isYShown(true);
+
+            expect(chart.axis.isXShown()).toBe(true);
+            expect(chart.axis.isYShown()).toBe(true);
+
+            chart.axis.isXShown(false);
+
+            expect(chart.axis.isXShown()).toBe(false);
+            expect(chart.axis.isYShown()).toBe(true);
+
+            chart.axis.isYShown(false);
+
+            expect(chart.axis.isXShown()).toBe(false);
+            expect(chart.axis.isYShown()).toBe(false);
+        });
+
+        it('should actualy show and hide axis', function(){
+            function check(axis, prop){
+                expect(d3.select('.c3-axis-' + axis).style('visibility')).toBe(prop);
+            }
+
+            args = {
+                data: {
+                    columns: [
+                        ['data1', 30, 200, 100],
+                        ['data2', 50, 20, 10]
+                    ],
+                },
+                axis: {
+                    x: {
+                        show: true
+                    },
+                    y: {
+                        show: true,
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+
+            chart = window.initChart(chart, args);
+
+            chart.axis.isXShown(false);
+
+            check('x', 'hidden');
+            check('y', 'visible');
+
+            chart.axis.isYShown(false);
+
+            check('x', 'hidden');
+            check('y', 'hidden');
+
+            chart.axis.isXShown(true);
+
+            check('x', 'visible');
+            check('y', 'hidden');
+
+            chart.axis.isYShown(true);
+
+            check('x', 'visible');
+            check('y', 'visible');
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/spec/c3-helper.js b/spec/c3-helper.js
index 970cd1b7c..6f84a346c 100644
--- a/spec/c3-helper.js
+++ b/spec/c3-helper.js
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ function initChart(chart, args, done) {
     }
 
     window.setTimeout(function () {
-        done();
+        if(done){
+            done();
+        }
     }, 10);
 
     return chart;
diff --git a/src/api.axis.js b/src/api.axis.js
index 281a7bb1e..7c7d68679 100644
--- a/src/api.axis.js
+++ b/src/api.axis.js
@@ -58,3 +58,31 @@ c3_chart_fn.axis.range = function (range) {
         };
     }
 };
+
+c3_chart_fn.axis.isXShown = function(value){
+    var $$ = this.internal;
+
+    if(value === undefined){
+        return $$.config.axis_x_show;
+    }
+
+    $$.config.axis_x_show = !!value;
+    $$.axes.x.style("visibility", $$.config.axis_x_show ? 'visible' : 'hidden');
+
+    $$.redraw();
+};
+
+c3_chart_fn.axis.isYShown = function(value){
+    var $$ = this.internal;
+
+    if(value === undefined){
+        return $$.config.axis_y_show;
+    }
+
+    $$.config.axis_y_show = !!value;
+    $$.axes.y.style("visibility", $$.config.axis_y_show ? 'visible' : 'hidden');
+
+    $$.redraw();
+};
+
+