diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
index 03a5e4ed07e4..94468839e6ab 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes/_base.py
@@ -1550,6 +1550,7 @@ def add_patch(self, p):
         self._update_patch_limits(p)
         self.patches.append(p)
         p._remove_method = lambda h: self.patches.remove(h)
+        self.axes.autoscale_view()
         return p
 
     def _update_patch_limits(self, patch):