diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 472cd47adf1..d275df4ef2c 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ v0.10.1 (unreleased)
 Enhancements
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Facet grid plots now accept `cbar_ax` and `cbar_kwargs` arguments.
+
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py b/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py
index 8e5ec80d6e6..74b193cd20b 100644
--- a/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py
+++ b/xarray/plot/facetgrid.py
@@ -236,7 +236,8 @@ def map_dataarray(self, func, x, y, **kwargs):
         # Order is important
         func_kwargs = kwargs.copy()
         func_kwargs.update(cmap_params)
-        func_kwargs.update({'add_colorbar': False, 'add_labels': False})
+        func_kwargs.update({'cbar_ax': None, 'cbar_kwargs': None,
+                            'add_colorbar': False, 'add_labels': False})
 
         # Get x, y labels for the first subplot
         x, y = _infer_xy_labels(darray=self.data.loc[self.name_dicts.flat[0]],
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ def map_dataarray(self, func, x, y, **kwargs):
         self._finalize_grid(x, y)
 
         if kwargs.get('add_colorbar', True):
-            self.add_colorbar()
+            self.add_colorbar(**kwargs)
 
         return self
 
@@ -271,13 +272,22 @@ def add_colorbar(self, **kwargs):
         """Draw a colorbar
         """
         kwargs = kwargs.copy()
+        cbar_kwargs = {}
+        cbar_ax = list(self.axes.flat)
+
+        if kwargs.get('cbar_kwargs', False):
+            cbar_kwargs = kwargs.pop('cbar_kwargs')
+            print(cbar_kwargs)
+        if kwargs.get('cbar_ax', False):
+            cbar_ax = kwargs.pop('cbar_ax')
+
         if self._cmap_extend is not None:
             kwargs.setdefault('extend', self._cmap_extend)
         if getattr(self.data, 'name', None) is not None:
             kwargs.setdefault('label', self.data.name)
         self.cbar = self.fig.colorbar(self._mappables[-1],
-                                      ax=list(self.axes.flat),
-                                      **kwargs)
+                                      ax=cbar_ax,
+                                      **cbar_kwargs)
         return self
 
     def set_axis_labels(self, x_var=None, y_var=None):