diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
index e4957f57aeab..2e04c73a0c97 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/axes.py
@@ -8267,6 +8267,13 @@ def matshow(self, Z, **kwargs):
                                                  integer=True))
         return im
 
+    def get_default_bbox_extra_artists(self):
+        bbox_extra_artists = [t for t in self.texts if t.get_visible()]
+        if self.legend_:
+            bbox_extra_artists.append(self.legend_)
+        return bbox_extra_artists
+
+
     def get_tightbbox(self, renderer, call_axes_locator=True):
         """
         return the tight bounding box of the axes.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
index d7c93cbe34ac..dc9f1ff54078 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backend_bases.py
@@ -1984,8 +1984,12 @@ def print_figure(self, filename, dpi=None, facecolor='w', edgecolor='w',
                 renderer = self.figure._cachedRenderer
                 bbox_inches = self.figure.get_tightbbox(renderer)
 
-                bb = [a.get_window_extent(renderer) for a \
-                      in kwargs.pop("bbox_extra_artists", [])]
+                bbox_extra_artists = kwargs.pop("bbox_extra_artists", None)
+                if bbox_extra_artists is None:
+                    bbox_extra_artists = self.figure.get_default_bbox_extra_artists()
+
+                bb = [a.get_window_extent(renderer) for a in bbox_extra_artists]
+                
                 if bb:
                     _bbox = Bbox.union([b for b in bb if b.width!=0 or b.height!=0])
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
index dd4f181fada6..3487db28b8ef 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/figure.py
@@ -1287,6 +1287,13 @@ def waitforbuttonpress(self, timeout=-1):
         return blocking_input(timeout=timeout)
 
 
+    def get_default_bbox_extra_artists(self):
+        bbox_extra_artists = [t for t in self.texts if t.get_visible()]
+        for ax in self.axes:
+            if ax.get_visible():
+                bbox_extra_artists.extend(ax.get_default_bbox_extra_artists())
+        return bbox_extra_artists
+
 
     def get_tightbbox(self, renderer):
         """