diff -ru plotutils-2.6/graph/extern.h plotutils-2.6-stev/graph/extern.h
--- plotutils-2.6/graph/extern.h	2008-07-16 03:01:20.000000000 +0300
+++ plotutils-2.6-stev/graph/extern.h	2016-10-30 18:11:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 extern void end_graph (Multigrapher *multigrapher);
 
-extern void set_graph_parameters (Multigrapher *multigrapher, double frame_line_width, const char *frame_color, const char *title, const char *title_font_name, double title_font_size, double tick_size, grid_type grid_spec, double x_min, double x_max, double x_spacing, double y_min, double y_max, double y_spacing, bool spec_x_spacing, bool spec_y_spacing, double width, double height, double up, double right, const char *x_font_name, double x_font_size, const char *x_label, const char *y_font_name, double y_font_size, const char *y_label, bool no_rotate_y_label, int log_axis, int round_to_next_tick, int switch_axis_end, int omit_labels, int clip_mode, double blankout_fraction, bool transpose_axes);
+extern void set_graph_parameters (Multigrapher *multigrapher, double frame_line_width, const char *frame_color, const char *title, const char *title_font_name, double title_font_size, bool force_title, double tick_size, grid_type grid_spec, double x_min, double x_max, double x_spacing, double y_min, double y_max, double y_spacing, bool spec_x_spacing, bool spec_y_spacing, double width, double height, double up, double right, const char *x_font_name, double x_font_size, const char *x_label, const char *y_font_name, double y_font_size, const char *y_label, bool no_rotate_y_label, int log_axis, int round_to_next_tick, int switch_axis_end, int omit_labels, int clip_mode, double blankout_fraction, bool transpose_axes);
 
 extern void draw_frame_of_graph (Multigrapher *multigrapher, bool draw_canvas);
 
diff -ru plotutils-2.6/graph/graph.c plotutils-2.6-stev/graph/graph.c
--- plotutils-2.6/graph/graph.c	2009-07-30 07:27:13.000000000 +0300
+++ plotutils-2.6-stev/graph/graph.c	2016-10-30 18:11:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
   {"toggle-transpose-axes",	ARG_NONE,	NULL, 't'},
   {"toggle-use-color",	ARG_NONE,	NULL, 'C'},
   {"top-label",		ARG_REQUIRED,	NULL, 'L'},
+  {"force-top-label",		ARG_NONE,	NULL, 'A' << 8},
   {"upward-shift",      ARG_REQUIRED,	NULL, 'u'},
   {"width-of-plot",	ARG_REQUIRED,	NULL, 'w'},
   {"x-label",		ARG_REQUIRED,	NULL, 'X'},
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@
   const char *x_label = NULL;	/* label for the x axis, NULL -> no label */
   const char *y_label = NULL;	/* label for the y axis, NULL -> no label */
   const char *top_label = NULL;	/* title above the plot, NULL -> no title */
+  bool force_top_label = false;	/* force rendering title above the plot */
 
   /* user-specified limits on the axes */
   double min_x = 0.0, min_y = 0.0, max_x = 0.0, max_y = 0.0;
@@ -632,6 +634,9 @@
 	case 'L':		/* Top title, ARG REQUIRED	*/
 	  top_label = xstrdup (optarg);
 	  break;
+	case 'A' << 8:		/* Force Top title	*/
+	  force_top_label = true;
+	  break;
 	case 'k':		/* Tick size, ARG REQUIRED	*/
 	  if (sscanf (optarg, "%lf", &tick_size) <= 0)
 	    {
@@ -1018,6 +1023,7 @@
 					frame_color,
 					top_label,
 					title_font_name, title_font_size, /* for title */
+					force_top_label,
 					tick_size, grid_spec,
 					final_min_x, final_max_x, final_spacing_x,
 					final_min_y, final_max_y, final_spacing_y,
@@ -1235,6 +1241,7 @@
 					frame_color,
 					top_label,
 					title_font_name, title_font_size, /* for title */
+					force_top_label,
 					tick_size, grid_spec,
 					final_min_x, final_max_x, final_spacing_x,
 					final_min_y, final_max_y, final_spacing_y,
@@ -1472,6 +1479,7 @@
 				frame_color,
 				top_label,
 				title_font_name, title_font_size, /*for title*/
+				force_top_label,
 				tick_size, grid_spec,
 				final_min_x, final_max_x, final_spacing_x,
 				final_min_y, final_max_y, final_spacing_y,
diff -ru plotutils-2.6/graph/plotter.c plotutils-2.6-stev/graph/plotter.c
--- plotutils-2.6/graph/plotter.c	2008-07-16 06:41:37.000000000 +0300
+++ plotutils-2.6-stev/graph/plotter.c	2016-10-30 18:11:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@
   const char *title;		/* graph title */
   const char *title_font_name;	/* font for graph title */
   double title_font_size;	/* fractional height of graph title */
+  bool force_title;		/* force redering graph title */
   int clip_mode;		/* 0, 1, or 2 (cf. clipping in gnuplot) */
   /* following elements are updated during plotting of points; they're the
      chief repository for internal state */
@@ -820,7 +821,7 @@
      double blankout_fraction	= 1.0 means blank out whole box before plot
      bool transpose_axes */
 void 
-set_graph_parameters (Multigrapher *multigrapher, double frame_line_width, const char *frame_color, const char *title, const char *title_font_name, double title_font_size, double tick_size, grid_type grid_spec, double x_min, double x_max, double x_spacing, double y_min, double y_max, double y_spacing, bool spec_x_spacing, bool spec_y_spacing, double width, double height, double up, double right, const char *x_font_name, double x_font_size, const char *x_label, const char *y_font_name, double y_font_size, const char *y_label, bool no_rotate_y_label, int log_axis, int round_to_next_tick, int switch_axis_end, int omit_ticks, int clip_mode, double blankout_fraction, bool transpose_axes)
+set_graph_parameters (Multigrapher *multigrapher, double frame_line_width, const char *frame_color, const char *title, const char *title_font_name, double title_font_size, bool force_title, double tick_size, grid_type grid_spec, double x_min, double x_max, double x_spacing, double y_min, double y_max, double y_spacing, bool spec_x_spacing, bool spec_y_spacing, double width, double height, double up, double right, const char *x_font_name, double x_font_size, const char *x_label, const char *y_font_name, double y_font_size, const char *y_label, bool no_rotate_y_label, int log_axis, int round_to_next_tick, int switch_axis_end, int omit_ticks, int clip_mode, double blankout_fraction, bool transpose_axes)
 {
   double x_subsubtick_spacing = 0.0, y_subsubtick_spacing = 0.0;
   /* local portmanteau variables */
@@ -972,6 +973,7 @@
   else
     multigrapher->title_font_name = NULL;
   multigrapher->title_font_size = title_font_size;
+  multigrapher->force_title = force_title;
   multigrapher->tick_size = tick_size;
   multigrapher->subtick_size = RELATIVE_SUBTICK_SIZE * tick_size;
   multigrapher->grid_spec = grid_spec;
@@ -1146,7 +1148,8 @@
   /* 1.  DRAW THE TITLE, I.E. THE TOP LABEL */
 
   if (multigrapher->grid_spec != NO_AXES 
-      && !multigrapher->y_axis.switch_axis_end /* no title if x axis is at top of plot */
+      && (multigrapher->force_title
+          || !multigrapher->y_axis.switch_axis_end) /* no title if x axis is at top of plot */
       && multigrapher->title != NULL && *multigrapher->title != '\0')
     {
       double title_font_size;