diff --git a/src/plot_api/subroutines.js b/src/plot_api/subroutines.js
index b71404050ef..8607065f898 100644
--- a/src/plot_api/subroutines.js
+++ b/src/plot_api/subroutines.js
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ exports.doAutoRangeAndConstraints = function(gd) {
     var axList = Axes.list(gd, '', true);
     var matchGroups = fullLayout._axisMatchGroups || [];
     var ax;
+    var axRng;
 
     for(var i = 0; i < axList.length; i++) {
         ax = axList[i];
@@ -721,23 +722,24 @@ exports.doAutoRangeAndConstraints = function(gd) {
             ax = Axes.getFromId(gd, id);
             if(ax.autorange === false) continue groupLoop;
 
+            axRng = Lib.simpleMap(ax.range, ax.r2l);
             if(rng) {
                 if(rng[0] < rng[1]) {
-                    rng[0] = Math.min(rng[0], ax.range[0]);
-                    rng[1] = Math.max(rng[1], ax.range[1]);
+                    rng[0] = Math.min(rng[0], axRng[0]);
+                    rng[1] = Math.max(rng[1], axRng[1]);
                 } else {
-                    rng[0] = Math.max(rng[0], ax.range[0]);
-                    rng[1] = Math.min(rng[1], ax.range[1]);
+                    rng[0] = Math.max(rng[0], axRng[0]);
+                    rng[1] = Math.min(rng[1], axRng[1]);
                 }
             } else {
-                rng = ax.range;
+                rng = axRng;
             }
         }
 
         for(id in group) {
             ax = Axes.getFromId(gd, id);
-            ax.range = rng.slice();
-            ax._input.range = rng.slice();
+            ax.range = Lib.simpleMap(rng, ax.l2r);
+            ax._input.range = ax.range.slice();
             ax.setScale();
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/image/baselines/axes_linked_date_autorange.png b/test/image/baselines/axes_linked_date_autorange.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..46b9e97cb94
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image/baselines/axes_linked_date_autorange.png differ
diff --git a/test/image/mocks/axes_linked_date_autorange.json b/test/image/mocks/axes_linked_date_autorange.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ec89a5475c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/image/mocks/axes_linked_date_autorange.json
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "x": [
+        "2019-04-01", 
+        "2019-04-02", 
+        "2019-04-03"
+      ], 
+      "y": [
+        1, 
+        2, 
+        3
+      ],
+      "type": "scatter" 
+    }, 
+    {
+      "x": [
+        "2019-04-06", 
+        "2019-04-07", 
+        "2019-04-08"
+      ], 
+      "y": [
+        4, 
+        5, 
+        6
+      ],
+      "xaxis": "x2", 
+      "type": "scatter"
+    }
+  ], 
+  "layout": {
+    "xaxis": {
+      "autorange": true, 
+      "domain": [
+        0, 
+        0.45
+      ], 
+      "type": "date"
+    }, 
+    "xaxis2": {
+      "autorange": true, 
+      "domain": [
+        0.55, 
+        1.0
+      ], 
+      "matches": "x", 
+      "type": "date"
+    }
+  }
+}