diff --git a/src/common/axes/AxisTicks.jsx b/src/common/axes/AxisTicks.jsx
index f6ccd0e..c10701c 100644
--- a/src/common/axes/AxisTicks.jsx
+++ b/src/common/axes/AxisTicks.jsx
@@ -221,7 +221,11 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
               textAnchor={textAnchor}
               {...optionalTextProps}
             >
-              {tickFormat(tick)}
+              {`${tickFormat(tick)}`.split('\n').map((tickLabel) => (
+                  <tspan x={x1 || 0} dy={dy}>
+                    {tickLabel}
+                  </tspan>
+              ))}
             </text>
           </g>
         ))