JavaScriptCollection
diff --git a/‎src/svg/axis.js‎
Lines changed: 8 additions & 1 deletion b/‎src/svg/axis.js‎
Lines changed: 8 additions & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎test/svg/axis-test.js‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions b/‎test/svg/axis-test.js‎
Lines changed: 3 additions & 3 deletions
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ d3.svg.axis = function() {
       tickEndSize = 6,
       tickPadding = 3,
       tickArguments_ = [10],
+      tickValues = null,
       tickFormat_,
       tickSubdivide = 0;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ d3.svg.axis = function() {
       } : Object;
 
       // Ticks, or domain values for ordinal scales.
-      var ticks = tickArguments_.length == 1 && tickArguments_[0] instanceof Array ? tickArguments_[0] : (scale.ticks ? scale.ticks.apply(scale, tickArguments_) : scale.domain()),
+      var ticks = tickValues == null ? (scale.ticks ? scale.ticks.apply(scale, tickArguments_) : scale.domain()) : tickValues,
           tickFormat = tickFormat_ == null ? (scale.tickFormat ? scale.tickFormat.apply(scale, tickArguments_) : String) : tickFormat_;
 
       // Minor ticks.
@@ -176,6 +177,12 @@ d3.svg.axis = function() {
     return axis;
   };
 
+  axis.tickValues = function(x) {
+    if (!arguments.length) return tickValues;
+    tickValues = x;
+    return axis;
+  };
+
   return axis;
 };
 
 
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ suite.addBatch({
         assert.equal(t.length, 2);
       },
       "can be given as array of positions": function(axis) {
-        var l = [1, 2.5, 3], a = axis().ticks(l), t = a.ticks();
-        assert.equal(t[0], l);
-        assert.equal(t.length, 1);
+        var l = [1, 2.5, 3], a = axis().tickValues(l), t = a.tickValues();
+        assert.equal(t, l);
+        assert.equal(t.length, 3);
       },
       "passes any arguments to the scale's ticks function": function(axis) {
         var x = d3.scale.linear(), b = {}, a = axis().ticks(b, 42).scale(x), aa = [],