diff --git a/matlab/reports/@graph/createGraph.m b/matlab/reports/@graph/createGraph.m
index 22ff418f3ef1fdb781cb94286feea56a0c7bd9b8..4431c63b6a40b8e73e7ba562216a04e1516efccc 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@graph/createGraph.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@graph/createGraph.m
@@ -101,6 +101,13 @@ end
 if ~isempty(o.title)
     title( o.title, 'Interpreter', 'LaTex');
 end
+
+if o.zeroline
+    a = ylim;
+    if 0 > a(1) && 0 < a(2)
+        plot(xlim, [0 0], 'color', 'k', 'LineWidth', 0.25);
+    end
+end
 drawnow;
 
 o.figname = [tempname '.tex'];
diff --git a/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m b/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m
index 076df7d949d7937d1a4c27cf78bb7272f184451f..d7a763f08d51108e0b18763d83853870a8441c1e 100644
--- a/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m
+++ b/matlab/reports/@graph/graph.m
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ o.legend_location = 'SouthEast';
 o.legend_orientation = 'horizontal';
 o.legend_font_size = 8;
 
+o.zeroline = false;
+
 if nargin == 1
     assert(isa(varargin{1}, 'graph'),['@graph.graph: with one arg you ' ...
                         'must pass a graph object']);
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ assert(ischar(o.figname), '@graph.graph: figname must be a string');
 assert(islogical(o.grid), '@graph.graph: grid must be either true or false');
 assert(islogical(o.legend), '@graph.graph: legend must be either true or false');
 assert(isint(o.legend_font_size), '@graph.graph: legend_font_size must be an integer');
+assert(islogical(o.zeroline), '@graph.graph: zeroline must be either true or false');
 valid_legend_locations = ...
     {'North', 'South', 'East', 'West', ...
      'NorthEast', 'SouthEast', 'NorthWest', 'SouthWest', ...