diff --git a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/area-chart/area-chart.component.ts b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/area-chart/area-chart.component.ts
index 1f7d7082f..ef2d80f98 100644
--- a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/area-chart/area-chart.component.ts
+++ b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/area-chart/area-chart.component.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { Series } from '../models/chart-data.model';
 import { LegendOptions, LegendPosition } from '../common/types/legend.model';
 import { ViewDimensions } from '../common/types/view-dimension.interface';
 import { ScaleType } from '../common/types/scale-type.enum';
+import { select } from 'd3-selection';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ngx-charts-area-chart',
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ import { ScaleType } from '../common/types/scale-type.enum';
           [maxTickLength]="maxYAxisTickLength"
           [tickFormatting]="yAxisTickFormatting"
           [ticks]="yAxisTicks"
+          [referenceLines]="referenceLines"
+          [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+          [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
           [wrapTicks]="wrapTicks"
           (dimensionsChanged)="updateYAxisWidth($event)"
         ></svg:g>
@@ -192,6 +196,9 @@ export class AreaChartComponent extends BaseChartComponent {
   @Input() yAxisTicks: any[];
   @Input() roundDomains: boolean = false;
   @Input() tooltipDisabled: boolean = false;
+  @Input() referenceLines: any[];
+  @Input() showRefLines: boolean = false;
+  @Input() showRefLabels: boolean = false;
   @Input() xScaleMin: any;
   @Input() xScaleMax: any;
   @Input() yScaleMin: number;
@@ -274,6 +281,10 @@ export class AreaChartComponent extends BaseChartComponent {
 
     this.clipPathId = 'clip' + id().toString();
     this.clipPath = `url(#${this.clipPathId})`;
+
+    const parent = select(this.chartElement.nativeElement).select('.area-chart').node() as HTMLElement;
+    const refLines = select(this.chartElement.nativeElement).selectAll('.ref-line').nodes() as HTMLElement[];
+    refLines.forEach(line => parent.appendChild(line));
   }
 
   updateTimeline(): void {
diff --git a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-horizontal.component.ts b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-horizontal.component.ts
index 9b398f410..5e39f2a8b 100644
--- a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-horizontal.component.ts
+++ b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-horizontal.component.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { BaseChartComponent } from '../common/base-chart.component';
 import { LegendOptions, LegendPosition } from '../common/types/legend.model';
 import { ScaleType } from '../common/types/scale-type.enum';
 import { ViewDimensions } from '../common/types/view-dimension.interface';
+import { select } from 'd3-selection';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ngx-charts-bar-horizontal',
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ import { ViewDimensions } from '../common/types/view-dimension.interface';
           [maxTickLength]="maxXAxisTickLength"
           [tickFormatting]="xAxisTickFormatting"
           [ticks]="xAxisTicks"
+          [referenceLines]="referenceLines"
+          [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+          [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
           [wrapTicks]="wrapTicks"
           (dimensionsChanged)="updateXAxisHeight($event)"
         ></svg:g>
@@ -101,6 +105,9 @@ export class BarHorizontalComponent extends BaseChartComponent {
   @Input() xAxisLabel: string;
   @Input() yAxisLabel: string;
   @Input() tooltipDisabled: boolean = false;
+  @Input() referenceLines: any;
+  @Input() showRefLines: boolean = false;
+  @Input() showRefLabels: boolean = false;
   @Input() gradient: boolean;
   @Input() showGridLines: boolean = true;
   @Input() activeEntries: any[] = [];
@@ -175,6 +182,12 @@ export class BarHorizontalComponent extends BaseChartComponent {
     this.legendOptions = this.getLegendOptions();
 
     this.transform = `translate(${this.dims.xOffset} , ${this.margin[0]})`;
+
+    if (this.showRefLines) {
+      const parent = select(this.chartElement.nativeElement).select('.bar-chart').node() as HTMLElement;
+      const refLines = select(this.chartElement.nativeElement).selectAll('.ref-line').nodes() as HTMLElement[];
+      refLines.forEach(line => parent.appendChild(line));
+    }
   }
 
   getXScale(): any {
diff --git a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-vertical.component.ts b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-vertical.component.ts
index cf2e9e353..09b3d4347 100644
--- a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-vertical.component.ts
+++ b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/bar-chart/bar-vertical.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { DataItem } from '../models/chart-data.model';
 import { LegendOptions, LegendPosition } from '../common/types/legend.model';
 import { ScaleType } from '../common/types/scale-type.enum';
 import { ViewDimensions } from '../common/types/view-dimension.interface';
+import { select } from 'd3-selection';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'ngx-charts-bar-vertical',
@@ -61,6 +62,9 @@ import { ViewDimensions } from '../common/types/view-dimension.interface';
           [maxTickLength]="maxYAxisTickLength"
           [tickFormatting]="yAxisTickFormatting"
           [ticks]="yAxisTicks"
+          [referenceLines]="referenceLines"
+          [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+          [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
           [wrapTicks]="wrapTicks"
           (dimensionsChanged)="updateYAxisWidth($event)"
         ></svg:g>
@@ -104,6 +108,9 @@ export class BarVerticalComponent extends BaseChartComponent {
   @Input() yAxisLabel: string;
   @Input() tooltipDisabled: boolean = false;
   @Input() gradient: boolean;
+  @Input() referenceLines: any[];
+  @Input() showRefLines;
+  @Input() showRefLabels;
   @Input() showGridLines: boolean = true;
   @Input() activeEntries: any[] = [];
   @Input() schemeType: ScaleType;
@@ -179,6 +186,12 @@ export class BarVerticalComponent extends BaseChartComponent {
     this.legendOptions = this.getLegendOptions();
 
     this.transform = `translate(${this.dims.xOffset} , ${this.margin[0] + this.dataLabelMaxHeight.negative})`;
+
+    if (this.showRefLines) {
+      const parent = select(this.chartElement.nativeElement).select('.bar-chart').node() as HTMLElement;
+      const refLines = select(this.chartElement.nativeElement).selectAll('.ref-line').nodes() as HTMLElement[];
+      refLines.forEach(line => parent.appendChild(line));
+    }
   }
 
   getXScale(): any {
diff --git a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis-ticks.component.ts b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis-ticks.component.ts
index 6ff130af9..fdeb05b96 100644
--- a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis-ticks.component.ts
+++ b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis-ticks.component.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { trimLabel } from '../trim-label.helper';
 import { getTickLines, reduceTicks } from './ticks.helper';
 import { Orientation } from '../types/orientation.enum';
 import { TextAnchor } from '../types/text-anchor.enum';
+import { roundedRect } from '../../common/shape.helper';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'g[ngx-charts-x-axis-ticks]',
@@ -54,6 +55,30 @@ import { TextAnchor } from '../types/text-anchor.enum';
         <svg:line class="gridline-path gridline-path-vertical" [attr.y1]="-gridLineHeight" y2="0" />
       </svg:g>
     </svg:g>
+
+    <svg:path
+      *ngIf="referenceLineLength > 1 && refMax && refMin && showRefLines"
+      class="reference-area"
+      [attr.d]="referenceAreaPath"
+      [attr.transform]="gridLineTransform()"
+    />
+
+    <svg:g *ngFor="let refLine of referenceLines" class="ref-line">
+      <svg:g *ngIf="showRefLines" [attr.transform]="transform(refLine.value)">
+        <svg:line
+          class="refline-path gridline-path-vertical"
+          y1="25"
+          [attr.y2]="25 + gridLineHeight"
+          [attr.transform]="gridLineTransform()"
+        />
+        <svg:g *ngIf="showRefLabels">
+          <title>{{ tickTrim(tickFormat(refLine.value)) }}</title>
+          <svg:text class="refline-label" transform="rotate(-90)" [attr.text-anchor]="textAnchor" [attr.x]="30">
+            {{ refLine.name }}
+          </svg:text>
+        </svg:g>
+      </svg:g>
+    </svg:g>
   `,
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush
 })
@@ -71,6 +96,9 @@ export class XAxisTicksComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
   @Input() width: number;
   @Input() rotateTicks: boolean = true;
   @Input() wrapTicks = false;
+  @Input() referenceLines: any[];
+  @Input() showRefLabels: boolean = false;
+  @Input() showRefLines: boolean = false;
 
   @Output() dimensionsChanged = new EventEmitter();
 
@@ -89,6 +117,17 @@ export class XAxisTicksComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
   height: number = 0;
   approxHeight: number = 10;
   maxPossibleLengthForTickIfWrapped = 16;
+  transform: (o: any) => string;
+  refMax: number;
+  refMin: number;
+  referenceLineLength: number = 0;
+  referenceAreaPath: string;
+  dx: string;
+  x1: number;
+  x2: number;
+  y1: number;
+  y2: number;
+  tickSpacing: number;
 
   @ViewChild('ticksel') ticksElement: ElementRef;
 
@@ -123,7 +162,55 @@ export class XAxisTicksComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
 
   update(): void {
     const scale = this.scale;
+    this.adjustedScale = this.scale.bandwidth
+      ? function (d) {
+          return this.scale(d) + this.scale.bandwidth() * 0.5;
+        }
+      : this.scale;
     this.ticks = this.getTicks();
+    const sign = this.orient === Orientation.Top || this.orient === Orientation.Right ? -1 : 1;
+    this.tickSpacing = Math.max(this.innerTickSize, 0) + this.tickPadding;
+
+    switch (this.orient) {
+      case Orientation.Bottom:
+        this.transform = function (tick) {
+          return 'translate(' + this.adjustedScale(tick) + ',0)';
+        };
+        this.textAnchor = TextAnchor.Middle;
+        this.x2 = this.innerTickSize * sign;
+        this.x1 = this.tickSpacing * sign;
+        this.dx = sign < 0 ? '0em' : '.71em';
+        break;
+      case Orientation.Left:
+        this.transform = function (tick) {
+          return 'translate(0,' + this.adjustedScale(tick) + ')';
+        };
+        this.textAnchor = TextAnchor.End;
+        console.log('ANCHOR' + this.textAnchor);
+        this.y2 = this.innerTickSize * -sign;
+        this.y1 = this.tickSpacing * -sign;
+        this.dx = '.32em';
+        break;
+      case Orientation.Top:
+        this.transform = function (tick) {
+          return 'translate(' + this.adjustedScale(tick) + ',0)';
+        };
+        this.textAnchor = TextAnchor.Middle;
+        this.y2 = this.innerTickSize * sign;
+        this.y1 = this.tickSpacing * sign;
+        this.dx = sign < 0 ? '0em' : '.71em';
+        break;
+      case Orientation.Right:
+        this.transform = function (tick) {
+          return 'translate(0,' + this.adjustedScale(tick) + ')';
+        };
+        this.textAnchor = TextAnchor.Start;
+        this.x2 = this.innerTickSize * -sign;
+        this.x1 = this.tickSpacing * -sign;
+        this.dx = '.32em';
+        break;
+      default:
+    }
 
     if (this.tickFormatting) {
       this.tickFormat = this.tickFormatting;
@@ -141,12 +228,6 @@ export class XAxisTicksComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
 
     const angle = this.rotateTicks ? this.getRotationAngle(this.ticks) : null;
 
-    this.adjustedScale = this.scale.bandwidth
-      ? function (d) {
-          return this.scale(d) + this.scale.bandwidth() * 0.5;
-        }
-      : this.scale;
-
     this.textTransform = '';
     if (angle && angle !== 0) {
       this.textTransform = `rotate(${angle})`;
@@ -159,6 +240,31 @@ export class XAxisTicksComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
     setTimeout(() => this.updateDims());
   }
 
+  setReferencelines(): void {
+    this.refMin = this.adjustedScale(
+      Math.min.apply(
+        null,
+        this.referenceLines.map(item => item.value)
+      )
+    );
+    this.refMax = this.adjustedScale(
+      Math.max.apply(
+        null,
+        this.referenceLines.map(item => item.value)
+      )
+    );
+    this.referenceLineLength = this.referenceLines.length;
+
+    this.referenceAreaPath = roundedRect(
+      this.refMax,
+      -this.gridLineHeight + 25,
+      this.refMin - this.refMax,
+      this.gridLineHeight,
+      0,
+      [false, false, false, false]
+    );
+  }
+
   getRotationAngle(ticks: any[]): number {
     let angle = 0;
     this.maxTicksLength = 0;
@@ -207,6 +313,10 @@ export class XAxisTicksComponent implements OnChanges, AfterViewInit {
 
     this.approxHeight = Math.min(requiredHeight, 200);
 
+    if (this.showRefLines && this.referenceLines) {
+      this.setReferencelines();
+    }
+
     return angle;
   }
 
diff --git a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis.component.ts b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis.component.ts
index d652c630c..bf69c6348 100644
--- a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis.component.ts
+++ b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/x-axis.component.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import { ViewDimensions } from '../types/view-dimension.interface';
         [orient]="xOrient"
         [showGridLines]="showGridLines"
         [gridLineHeight]="dims.height"
+        [referenceLines]="referenceLines"
+        [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+        [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
         [width]="dims.width"
         [tickValues]="ticks"
         [wrapTicks]="wrapTicks"
@@ -61,6 +64,9 @@ export class XAxisComponent implements OnChanges {
   @Input() ticks: any[];
   @Input() xAxisTickCount: number;
   @Input() xOrient: Orientation = Orientation.Bottom;
+  @Input() referenceLines: any[];
+  @Input() showRefLines: boolean;
+  @Input() showRefLabels: boolean;
   @Input() xAxisOffset: number = 0;
   @Input() wrapTicks = false;
 
diff --git a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/y-axis-ticks.component.ts b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/y-axis-ticks.component.ts
index 50eb1d611..f3d310b2d 100644
--- a/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/y-axis-ticks.component.ts
+++ b/projects/swimlane/ngx-charts/src/lib/common/axes/y-axis-ticks.component.ts
@@ -77,14 +77,9 @@ import { TextAnchor } from '../types/text-anchor.enum';
       </svg:g>
     </svg:g>
 
-    <svg:g *ngFor="let refLine of referenceLines">
+    <svg:g *ngFor="let refLine of referenceLines" class="ref-line">
       <svg:g *ngIf="showRefLines" [attr.transform]="transform(refLine.value)">
-        <svg:line
-          class="refline-path gridline-path-horizontal"
-          x1="0"
-          [attr.x2]="gridLineWidth"
-          [attr.transform]="gridLineTransform()"
-        />
+        <svg:line class="refline-path gridline-path-horizontal" x1="0" [attr.x2]="gridLineWidth" />
         <svg:g *ngIf="showRefLabels">
           <title>{{ tickTrim(tickFormat(refLine.value)) }}</title>
           <svg:text
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.html b/src/app/app.component.html
index a68efd1e8..735dd6c4f 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.html
+++ b/src/app/app.component.html
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
         [showXAxisLabel]="showXAxisLabel"
         [showYAxisLabel]="showYAxisLabel"
         [tooltipDisabled]="tooltipDisabled"
+        [referenceLines]="refLines"
+        [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+        [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
         [xAxisLabel]="xAxisLabel"
         [yAxisLabel]="yAxisLabel"
         [showGridLines]="showGridLines"
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@
         [showXAxisLabel]="showXAxisLabel"
         [showYAxisLabel]="showYAxisLabel"
         [tooltipDisabled]="tooltipDisabled"
+        [referenceLines]="refLines"
+        [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+        [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
         [xAxisLabel]="xAxisLabel"
         [yAxisLabel]="yAxisLabel"
         [showGridLines]="showGridLines"
@@ -483,6 +489,9 @@
         [roundDomains]="roundDomains"
         [curve]="curve"
         [tooltipDisabled]="tooltipDisabled"
+        [referenceLines]="refLinesArea"
+        [showRefLines]="showRefLines"
+        [showRefLabels]="showRefLabels"
         [trimXAxisTicks]="trimXAxisTicks"
         [trimYAxisTicks]="trimYAxisTicks"
         [rotateXAxisTicks]="rotateXAxisTicks"
diff --git a/src/app/app.component.ts b/src/app/app.component.ts
index 3d06e3ff6..049e9fd59 100644
--- a/src/app/app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.component.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,11 @@ export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
     { value: 37750, name: 'Average' },
     { value: 33000, name: 'Minimum' }
   ];
-
+  refLinesArea = [
+    { value: 5062, name: 'Maximum' },
+    { value: 4030, name: 'Average' },
+    { value: 3000, name: 'Minimum' }
+  ];
   // data
   plotData: any;
 
diff --git a/src/app/chartTypes.ts b/src/app/chartTypes.ts
index 6806edf3d..11e338f7a 100644
--- a/src/app/chartTypes.ts
+++ b/src/app/chartTypes.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ const chartGroups = [
           'showGridLines',
           'roundDomains',
           'tooltipDisabled',
+          'refLines',
+          'showRefLines',
+          'showRefLabels',
           'roundEdges',
           'yScaleMax',
           'showDataLabel',
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ const chartGroups = [
           'showGridLines',
           'roundDomains',
           'tooltipDisabled',
+          'refLines',
+          'showRefLines',
+          'showRefLabels',
           'roundEdges',
           'xScaleMax',
           'showDataLabel',
@@ -430,6 +436,9 @@ const chartGroups = [
           'curve',
           'roundDomains',
           'tooltipDisabled',
+          'refLinesArea',
+          'showRefLines',
+          'showRefLabels',
           'xScaleMin',
           'xScaleMax',
           'yScaleMin',