diff --git a/R/tinyplot.R b/R/tinyplot.R
index a3c5894f..5a132265 100644
--- a/R/tinyplot.R
+++ b/R/tinyplot.R
@@ -1521,7 +1521,8 @@ tinyplot.default = function(
         staplewex_xx = ifelse(!is.null(dots[["staplewex"]]), dots[["staplewex"]], 0.5)
         outwex_xx = ifelse(!is.null(dots[["outwex"]]), dots[["outwex"]], 0.5)
         at_xx = unique(xx)
-        if (!is.null(by) && isFALSE(facet_by) && length(split_data)>1) {
+        x_by = !is.null(by) && identical(xlvls, lgnd_labs)
+        if (!is.null(by) && isFALSE(x_by) && isFALSE(facet_by) && length(split_data)>1) {
           boxwex_xx_orig = boxwex_xx
           boxwex_xx = boxwex_xx / length(split_data) - 0.01
           at_xx = at_xx + seq(-((boxwex_xx_orig-boxwex_xx)/2), ((boxwex_xx_orig-boxwex_xx)/2), length.out = length(split_data))[i]
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new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e011631
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diff --git a/inst/tinytest/test-barplot.R b/inst/tinytest/test-boxplot.R
similarity index 90%
rename from inst/tinytest/test-barplot.R
rename to inst/tinytest/test-boxplot.R
index e0bb6f8b..142f9a5b 100644
--- a/inst/tinytest/test-barplot.R
+++ b/inst/tinytest/test-boxplot.R
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ f = function() {
 }
 expect_snapshot_plot(f, label = "boxplot_groups_argpass")
 
+# don't dodge if by (groups) and x are the same
+f = function() {
+  plt(Sepal.Length ~ Species | Species, iris, type = "boxplot")
+}
+expect_snapshot_plot(f, label = "boxplot_groups_x_same")
+
 #
 ## facets