diff --git a/spec/shape.bar-spec.js b/spec/shape.bar-spec.js
index f8f6b3c..9b436da 100644
--- a/spec/shape.bar-spec.js
+++ b/spec/shape.bar-spec.js
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ describe('c3 chart shape bar', function () {
                 });
            });
         });
-
     });
 
     describe('internal.isWithinBar', function () {
@@ -174,6 +173,18 @@ describe('c3 chart shape bar', function () {
 
     });
 
+    var getBBox = function(selector) {
+        return d3.select(selector).node().getBBox();
+    };
+
+    var getBarBBox = function(name, idx) {
+        return getBBox('.c3-target-' + name + ' .c3-bar-' + (idx || 0));
+    };
+
+    var getBarWidth = function(name, idx) {
+      return parseInt(getBarBBox(name, idx).width);
+    };
+
     describe('bar spacing', function() {
 
         var createArgs = function(spacing) {
@@ -199,10 +210,6 @@ describe('c3 chart shape bar', function () {
             };
         };
 
-        var getBBox = function(selector) {
-          return d3.select(selector).node().getBBox();
-        };
-
         var getBarContainerWidth = function() {
             return parseInt(getBBox('.c3-chart-bars').width);
         };
@@ -211,14 +218,6 @@ describe('c3 chart shape bar', function () {
             return parseInt(getBBox('.c3-chart-bars').x);
         };
 
-        var getBarBBox = function(name, idx) {
-            return getBBox('.c3-target-' + name + ' .c3-bar-' + (idx || 0));
-        };
-
-        var getBarWidth = function(name, idx) {
-          return parseInt(getBarBBox(name, idx).width);
-        };
-
         var getBarOffset = function(name1, name2, idx) {
             var bbox1 = getBarBBox(name1, idx);
             var bbox2 = getBarBBox(name2, idx);
@@ -326,4 +325,61 @@ describe('c3 chart shape bar', function () {
             expect(getBarContainerOffset()).toEqual(31 + parseInt(15 / 2));
         });
     });
+
+    describe('bar width', function () {
+        var createArgs = function(dataColumns) {
+            return {
+                size: {
+                    width: 500
+                },
+                data: {
+                    x: 'x',
+                    columns: dataColumns,
+                    groups: [
+                        ['data1', 'data2']
+                    ],
+                    type: 'bar',
+                },
+                axis: {
+                    x: {
+                        type: 'timeseries',
+                        tick: {
+                            fit: false,
+                            format: '%Y-%m-%d'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            };
+        };
+
+        it('should set arguments with fewer unique x values than fit false ticks', function () {
+            var data = [
+                ['x', '2016-01-05', '2016-01-06', '2016-01-10'],
+                ['data1', 50, 56, 75],
+                ['data2', 2, 2, 2]
+            ];
+            args = createArgs(data);
+            expect(true).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+
+        it('should calculate bar width using tick count when there are more ticks than x axis values', function () {
+            expect(getBarWidth('data2', '0')).toEqual(34);
+        });
+
+        it('should set arguments with more unique x values than fit false ticks', function () {
+            var data = [
+                ['x', '2016-01-05', '2016-01-06','2016-01-07', '2016-01-08', '2016-01-09',
+                '2016-01-10', '2016-01-11','2016-01-12', '2016-01-13', '2016-01-14',
+                '2016-01-15', '2016-01-16', '2016-01-17','2016-01-18', '2016-01-19'],
+                ['data1', 50, 56, 75, null, null, null, 50, 56, 75, 50, 56, 75, 50, 56, 75],
+                ['data2', 2, 2, 2, null, null, null, 2, 2, 2, 50, 56, 75, 2, 2, 2]
+            ];
+            args = createArgs(data);
+            expect(true).toBeTruthy();
+        });
+
+        it('should calculate bar width using unique x value count when there are more x values than ticks', function () {
+            expect(getBarWidth('data2', '0')).toEqual(18);
+        });
+    });
 });
diff --git a/src/axis.js b/src/axis.js
index 3a275af..b9098a7 100644
--- a/src/axis.js
+++ b/src/axis.js
@@ -330,14 +330,15 @@ c3_axis_internal_fn.generateAxis = function () {
     axis.tickOffset = function () {
         return internal.tickOffset;
     };
-    axis.tickInterval = function (tickCount) {
+    axis.tickInterval = function (maxUniqueXValues) {
         var interval, length;
         if (params.isCategory) {
             interval = internal.tickOffset * 2;
         }
         else {
             length = axis.g.select('path.domain').node().getTotalLength() - internal.outerTickSize * 2;
-            var intervalDivisor = tickCount || axis.g.selectAll('line').size();
+            var tickCount = axis.g.selectAll('line').size();
+            var intervalDivisor = Math.max(maxUniqueXValues, tickCount) || tickCount;
             interval = length / intervalDivisor;
         }
         return interval === Infinity ? 0 : interval;