diff --git a/hplot/README.md b/hplot/README.md
index 10afe6eea..8db9e3aa3 100644
--- a/hplot/README.md
+++ b/hplot/README.md
@@ -875,10 +875,9 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 	hh1.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
 	hh1.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{G: 210, A: 200}
 
-	hh2 := hplot.NewH1D(h2, hplot.WithBand(true))
+	hh2 := hplot.NewH1D(h2, hplot.WithBand(false))
 	hh2.FillColor = colors[1]
 	hh2.LineStyle.Width = 0
-	hh2.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{B: 220, A: 200}
 
 	hh3 := hplot.NewH1D(h3, hplot.WithBand(true))
 	hh3.FillColor = colors[2]
@@ -887,12 +886,28 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 
 	hs := []*hplot.H1D{hh1, hh2, hh3}
 
-	tp := hplot.NewTiledPlot(draw.Tiles{Cols: 1, Rows: 2})
+	hh4 := hplot.NewH1D(h1)
+	hh4.FillColor = colors[0]
+	hh4.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+
+	hh5 := hplot.NewH1D(h2)
+	hh5.FillColor = colors[1]
+	hh5.LineStyle.Width = 0
+
+	hh6 := hplot.NewH1D(h3)
+	hh6.FillColor = colors[2]
+	hh6.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+
+	hsHistoNoBand := []*hplot.H1D{hh4, hh5, hh6}
+
+	tp := hplot.NewTiledPlot(draw.Tiles{Cols: 2, Rows: 2})
 	tp.Align = true
 
 	{
 		p := tp.Plot(0, 0)
-		p.Title.Text = "With Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
 		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
 		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true))
 		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
@@ -904,9 +919,27 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 		p.Legend.Left = true
 	}
 
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(0, 1)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos Without Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hsHistoNoBand, hplot.WithBand(true))
+		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
 	{
 		p := tp.Plot(1, 0)
-		p.Title.Text = "With Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
 		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
 		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
 		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true))
@@ -919,7 +952,159 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 		p.Legend.Left = true
 	}
 
-	err := tp.Save(15*vg.Centimeter, 15*vg.Centimeter, "testdata/hstack_band.png")
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(1, 1)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos Without Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hsHistoNoBand, hplot.WithBand(true))
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	err := tp.Save(25*vg.Centimeter, 15*vg.Centimeter, "testdata/hstack_band.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error: %+v", err)
+	}
+}
+```
+
+### Stack of 1D histograms with a band, with a log-y scale
+
+![hstack-logy-example](https://github.com/go-hep/hep/raw/master/hplot/testdata/hstack_logy_golden.png)
+
+[embedmd]:# (example_hstack_test.go go /func ExampleHStack_withLogY/ /\n}/)
+```go
+func ExampleHStack_withLogY() {
+	h1 := hbook.NewH1D(50, -8, 12)
+	h2 := hbook.NewH1D(50, -8, 12)
+	h3 := hbook.NewH1D(50, -8, 12)
+
+	const seed = 1234
+	fillH1(h1, 2000, -2, 1, seed)
+	fillH1(h2, 2000, +3, 3, seed)
+	fillH1(h3, 2000, +4, 1, seed)
+
+	colors := []color.Color{
+		color.NRGBA{122, 195, 106, 150},
+		color.NRGBA{90, 155, 212, 150},
+		color.NRGBA{250, 167, 91, 150},
+	}
+	logy := hplot.WithLogY(true)
+
+	hh1 := hplot.NewH1D(h1, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+	hh1.FillColor = colors[0]
+	hh1.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+	hh1.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{G: 210, A: 200}
+
+	hh2 := hplot.NewH1D(h2, hplot.WithBand(false), logy)
+	hh2.FillColor = colors[1]
+	hh2.LineStyle.Width = 0
+
+	hh3 := hplot.NewH1D(h3, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+	hh3.FillColor = colors[2]
+	hh3.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+	hh3.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 220, A: 200}
+
+	hs := []*hplot.H1D{hh1, hh2, hh3}
+
+	hh4 := hplot.NewH1D(h1, logy)
+	hh4.FillColor = colors[0]
+	hh4.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+
+	hh5 := hplot.NewH1D(h2, logy)
+	hh5.FillColor = colors[1]
+	hh5.LineStyle.Width = 0
+
+	hh6 := hplot.NewH1D(h3, logy)
+	hh6.FillColor = colors[2]
+	hh6.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+
+	hsHistoNoBand := []*hplot.H1D{hh4, hh5, hh6}
+
+	tp := hplot.NewTiledPlot(draw.Tiles{Cols: 2, Rows: 2})
+	tp.Align = true
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(0, 0)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(0, 1)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos Without Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hsHistoNoBand, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(1, 0)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(1, 1)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos Without Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hsHistoNoBand, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	err := tp.Save(25*vg.Centimeter, 15*vg.Centimeter, "testdata/hstack_logy.png")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("error: %+v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/hplot/example_hstack_test.go b/hplot/example_hstack_test.go
index 5995b09e3..06fe283a9 100644
--- a/hplot/example_hstack_test.go
+++ b/hplot/example_hstack_test.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"go-hep.org/x/hep/hplot"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/rand"
 	"gonum.org/v1/gonum/stat/distuv"
+	"gonum.org/v1/plot"
 	"gonum.org/v1/plot/vg"
 	"gonum.org/v1/plot/vg/draw"
 )
@@ -149,6 +150,7 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 		p := tp.Plot(0, 0)
 		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: OFF"
 		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
 		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
 		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true))
 		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
@@ -181,6 +183,7 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 		p := tp.Plot(1, 0)
 		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: ON"
 		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
 		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
 		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true))
 		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
@@ -214,6 +217,135 @@ func ExampleHStack_withBand() {
 	}
 }
 
+func ExampleHStack_withLogY() {
+	h1 := hbook.NewH1D(50, -8, 12)
+	h2 := hbook.NewH1D(50, -8, 12)
+	h3 := hbook.NewH1D(50, -8, 12)
+
+	const seed = 1234
+	fillH1(h1, 2000, -2, 1, seed)
+	fillH1(h2, 2000, +3, 3, seed)
+	fillH1(h3, 2000, +4, 1, seed)
+
+	colors := []color.Color{
+		color.NRGBA{122, 195, 106, 150},
+		color.NRGBA{90, 155, 212, 150},
+		color.NRGBA{250, 167, 91, 150},
+	}
+	logy := hplot.WithLogY(true)
+
+	hh1 := hplot.NewH1D(h1, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+	hh1.FillColor = colors[0]
+	hh1.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+	hh1.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{G: 210, A: 200}
+
+	hh2 := hplot.NewH1D(h2, hplot.WithBand(false), logy)
+	hh2.FillColor = colors[1]
+	hh2.LineStyle.Width = 0
+
+	hh3 := hplot.NewH1D(h3, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+	hh3.FillColor = colors[2]
+	hh3.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+	hh3.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 220, A: 200}
+
+	hs := []*hplot.H1D{hh1, hh2, hh3}
+
+	hh4 := hplot.NewH1D(h1, logy)
+	hh4.FillColor = colors[0]
+	hh4.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+
+	hh5 := hplot.NewH1D(h2, logy)
+	hh5.FillColor = colors[1]
+	hh5.LineStyle.Width = 0
+
+	hh6 := hplot.NewH1D(h3, logy)
+	hh6.FillColor = colors[2]
+	hh6.LineStyle.Color = color.Black
+
+	hsHistoNoBand := []*hplot.H1D{hh4, hh5, hh6}
+
+	tp := hplot.NewTiledPlot(draw.Tiles{Cols: 2, Rows: 2})
+	tp.Align = true
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(0, 0)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(0, 1)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos Without Band, Stack: OFF"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hsHistoNoBand, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Stack = hplot.HStackOff
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(1, 0)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos With or Without Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hs, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	{
+		p := tp.Plot(1, 1)
+		p.Title.Text = "Histos Without Band, Stack: ON"
+		p.Title.Padding = 10
+		p.Y.Scale = plot.LogScale{}
+		p.Y.Tick.Marker = plot.LogTicks{}
+		p.X.Label.Text = "X"
+		p.Y.Label.Text = "Y"
+		hstack := hplot.NewHStack(hsHistoNoBand, hplot.WithBand(true), logy)
+		hstack.Band.FillColor = color.NRGBA{R: 100, G: 100, B: 100, A: 200}
+		p.Add(hstack, hplot.NewGrid())
+		p.Legend.Add("h1", hs[0])
+		p.Legend.Add("h2", hs[1])
+		p.Legend.Add("h3", hs[2])
+		p.Legend.Top = true
+		p.Legend.Left = true
+	}
+
+	err := tp.Save(25*vg.Centimeter, 15*vg.Centimeter, "testdata/hstack_logy.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("error: %+v", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func fillH1(h *hbook.H1D, n int, mu, sigma float64, seed uint64) {
 	dist := distuv.Normal{
 		Mu:    mu,
diff --git a/hplot/h1d.go b/hplot/h1d.go
index a558e3129..5e4d1ef8f 100644
--- a/hplot/h1d.go
+++ b/hplot/h1d.go
@@ -171,25 +171,32 @@ func (h1 *H1D) withBand() error {
 
 	bins := h1.Hist.Binning.Bins
 	var (
-		top = make(plotter.XYs, 2*len(bins))
-		bot = make(plotter.XYs, 2*len(bins))
+		top = make(plotter.XYs, 0, 2*len(bins))
+		bot = make(plotter.XYs, 0, 2*len(bins))
 	)
 
-	for i := range top {
-		ibin := i / 2
-		bin := bins[ibin]
-		xmin, xmax := bin.XEdges().Min, bin.XEdges().Max
+	for i := 0; i < 2*len(bins); i++ {
+		var (
+			ibin = i / 2
+			bin  = bins[ibin]
+			xmin = bin.XEdges().Min
+			xmax = bin.XEdges().Max
+			sumw = bin.SumW()
+			errw = bin.ErrW()
+			ymin = sumw - 0.5*errw
+			ymax = sumw + 0.5*errw
+		)
+		switch {
+		case h1.LogY && ymin <= 0:
+			continue
+		}
 		switch {
 		case i%2 != 0:
-			top[i].X = xmax
-			top[i].Y = bin.SumW() - 0.5*bin.ErrW()
-			bot[i].X = xmax
-			bot[i].Y = bin.SumW() + 0.5*bin.ErrW()
+			top = append(top, plotter.XY{X: xmax, Y: ymin})
+			bot = append(bot, plotter.XY{X: xmax, Y: ymax})
 		default:
-			top[i].X = xmin
-			top[i].Y = bin.SumW() - 0.5*bin.ErrW()
-			bot[i].X = xmin
-			bot[i].Y = bin.SumW() + 0.5*bin.ErrW()
+			top = append(top, plotter.XY{X: xmin, Y: ymin})
+			bot = append(bot, plotter.XY{X: xmin, Y: ymax})
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/hplot/hstack.go b/hplot/hstack.go
index 1e59689eb..c6b0e4074 100644
--- a/hplot/hstack.go
+++ b/hplot/hstack.go
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ func NewHStack(histos []*H1D, opts ...Options) *HStack {
 	}
 
 	if cfg.band {
-		plotHtot := NewH1D(hstack.summedH1D(), WithBand(true))
-		hstack.Band = plotHtot.Band
+		hstack.Band = NewH1D(hstack.summedH1D(),
+			WithBand(true),
+			WithLogY(cfg.log.y),
+		).Band
 	}
 
 	return hstack
diff --git a/hplot/hstack_test.go b/hplot/hstack_test.go
index 584c9a2c0..d3c164aaa 100644
--- a/hplot/hstack_test.go
+++ b/hplot/hstack_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 func TestHStack(t *testing.T) {
 	checkPlot(cmpimg.CheckPlot)(ExampleHStack, t, "hstack.png")
 	checkPlot(cmpimg.CheckPlot)(ExampleHStack_withBand, t, "hstack_band.png")
+	checkPlot(cmpimg.CheckPlot)(ExampleHStack_withLogY, t, "hstack_logy.png")
 }
 
 func TestHStackPanic(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/hplot/testdata/hstack_band_golden.png b/hplot/testdata/hstack_band_golden.png
index 6f72c039a..604d9bd2a 100644
Binary files a/hplot/testdata/hstack_band_golden.png and b/hplot/testdata/hstack_band_golden.png differ
diff --git a/hplot/testdata/hstack_logy_golden.png b/hplot/testdata/hstack_logy_golden.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a53f3861
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