diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
index 865a8fd0013f..a28b87720da2 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_agg.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def draw_text(self, gc, x, y, s, prop, angle, ismath=False, mtext=None):
         font.draw_glyphs_to_bitmap(antialiased=rcParams['text.antialiased'])
         d = font.get_descent() / 64.0
         # The descent needs to be adjusted for the angle
-        xd = d * np.sin(np.deg2rad(angle))
+        xd = -d * np.sin(np.deg2rad(angle))
         yd = d * np.cos(np.deg2rad(angle))
 
         #print x, y, int(x), int(y), s
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/fill_units.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_axes/fill_units.png
index 4a137702f3f9..2463c584689b 100644
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diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_dates/date_axvline.png b/lib/matplotlib/tests/baseline_images/test_dates/date_axvline.png
index dd44bbdae612..56413fa32aa5 100644
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