diff --git a/examples/modern.cpp b/examples/modern.cpp
index a8aa0c75..871ef2b0 100644
--- a/examples/modern.cpp
+++ b/examples/modern.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ int main()
 	// y must either be callable (providing operator() const) or iterable. 
 	plt::plot(x, y, "r-", x, [](double d) { return 12.5+abs(sin(d)); }, "k-");
 
+	//plt::set_aspect(0.5);
+	plt::set_aspect_equal();
+
 
 	// show plots
 	plt::show();
diff --git a/matplotlibcpp.h b/matplotlibcpp.h
index 9363b71a..a151d6f2 100644
--- a/matplotlibcpp.h
+++ b/matplotlibcpp.h
@@ -1857,6 +1857,62 @@ inline void legend(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& keywords)
 Py_DECREF(res);
 }
 
+template<typename Numeric>
+inline void set_aspect(Numeric ratio)
+{
+ detail::_interpreter::get();
+
+ PyObject* args = PyTuple_New(1);
+ PyTuple_SetItem(args, 0, PyFloat_FromDouble(ratio));
+ PyObject* kwargs = PyDict_New();
+
+ PyObject *ax =
+ PyObject_CallObject(detail::_interpreter::get().s_python_function_gca,
+ detail::_interpreter::get().s_python_empty_tuple);
+ if (!ax) throw std::runtime_error("Call to gca() failed.");
+ Py_INCREF(ax);
+
+ PyObject *set_aspect = PyObject_GetAttrString(ax, "set_aspect");
+ if (!set_aspect) throw std::runtime_error("Attribute set_aspect not found.");
+ Py_INCREF(set_aspect);
+
+ PyObject *res = PyObject_Call(set_aspect, args, kwargs);
+ if (!res) throw std::runtime_error("Call to set_aspect() failed.");
+ Py_DECREF(set_aspect);
+
+ Py_DECREF(ax);
+ Py_DECREF(args);
+ Py_DECREF(kwargs);
+}
+
+inline void set_aspect_equal()
+{
+ // expect ratio == "equal". Leaving error handling to matplotlib.
+ detail::_interpreter::get();
+
+ PyObject* args = PyTuple_New(1);
+ PyTuple_SetItem(args, 0, PyString_FromString("equal"));
+ PyObject* kwargs = PyDict_New();
+
+ PyObject *ax =
+ PyObject_CallObject(detail::_interpreter::get().s_python_function_gca,
+ detail::_interpreter::get().s_python_empty_tuple);
+ if (!ax) throw std::runtime_error("Call to gca() failed.");
+ Py_INCREF(ax);
+
+ PyObject *set_aspect = PyObject_GetAttrString(ax, "set_aspect");
+ if (!set_aspect) throw std::runtime_error("Attribute set_aspect not found.");
+ Py_INCREF(set_aspect);
+
+ PyObject *res = PyObject_Call(set_aspect, args, kwargs);
+ if (!res) throw std::runtime_error("Call to set_aspect() failed.");
+ Py_DECREF(set_aspect);
+
+ Py_DECREF(ax);
+ Py_DECREF(args);
+ Py_DECREF(kwargs);
+}
+
 template<typename Numeric>
 void ylim(Numeric left, Numeric right)
 {
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