diff --git a/draftlogs/6829_fix.md b/draftlogs/6829_fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..abba571afa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/draftlogs/6829_fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Add argument to `arrayTicks()` to render major OR minor [[#6829](https://github.com/plotly/plotly.js/pull/6829)]
diff --git a/src/plots/cartesian/axes.js b/src/plots/cartesian/axes.js
index dfdb0e5166d..8368e1c5398 100644
--- a/src/plots/cartesian/axes.js
+++ b/src/plots/cartesian/axes.js
@@ -949,10 +949,10 @@ axes.calcTicks = function calcTicks(ax, opts) {
         if(mockAx.tickmode === 'array') {
             if(major) {
                 tickVals = [];
-                ticksOut = arrayTicks(ax);
+                ticksOut = arrayTicks(ax, !isMinor);
             } else {
                 minorTickVals = [];
-                minorTicks = arrayTicks(ax);
+                minorTicks = arrayTicks(ax, !isMinor);
             }
             continue;
         }
@@ -1261,7 +1261,7 @@ function syncTicks(ax) {
     return ticksOut;
 }
 
-function arrayTicks(ax) {
+function arrayTicks(ax, majorOnly) {
     var rng = Lib.simpleMap(ax.range, ax.r2l);
     var exRng = expandRange(rng);
     var tickMin = Math.min(exRng[0], exRng[1]);
@@ -1279,10 +1279,10 @@ function arrayTicks(ax) {
 
     var ticksOut = [];
     for(var isMinor = 0; isMinor <= 1; isMinor++) {
+        if((majorOnly !== undefined) && ((majorOnly && isMinor) || (majorOnly === false && !isMinor))) continue;
         if(isMinor && !ax.minor) continue;
         var vals = !isMinor ? ax.tickvals : ax.minor.tickvals;
         var text = !isMinor ? ax.ticktext : [];
-
         if(!vals) continue;
 
 
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
index d128072a307..9f1dff70617 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/axes_test.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ var supplyDefaults = require('../assets/supply_defaults');
 
 describe('Test axes', function() {
     'use strict';
-
     describe('swap', function() {
         it('should swap most attributes and fix placeholder titles', function() {
             var gd = {
@@ -8217,3 +8216,70 @@ describe('shift tests', function() {
         });
     });
 });
+describe('test tickmode calculator', function() {
+    var gd;
+
+    beforeEach(function() {
+        gd = createGraphDiv();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(destroyGraphDiv);
+
+    function generateTickConfig() {
+        var standardConfig = {tickmode: 'array', ticks: 'inside', ticklen: 1, showticklabels: false};
+
+        // Number of ticks will be random
+        Lib.seedPseudoRandom();
+        var n = (Lib.pseudoRandom() * 99) + 1;
+        var tickVals = [];
+        for(var i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
+            tickVals.push(i);
+        }
+        standardConfig.tickvals = tickVals;
+        standardConfig.ticktext = tickVals;
+        return standardConfig;
+    }
+    var ticksOff = {tickmode: 'array', ticks: '', tickvals: [], ticktext: [], ticklen: 0, showticklabels: false};
+
+    function _assert(expLength) {
+        var ax = gd._fullLayout.xaxis;
+
+        // all positions
+        var positions =
+            ax._vals
+                .filter(function(d) { return d; })
+                .map(function(d) { return d.x; });
+
+        expect(positions.length).toEqual(expLength);
+    }
+
+    describe('arrayTicks', function() {
+        it('should return the specified correct number of major ticks and minor ticks', function(done) {
+            var xMajorConfig = ticksOff;
+            var xMinorConfig = ticksOff;
+            xMajorConfig = generateTickConfig();
+            xMinorConfig = generateTickConfig();
+            xMajorConfig.range = [0, 1000];
+            xMajorConfig.minor = xMinorConfig;
+            Plotly.newPlot(gd, {
+                data: [{
+                    x: [0, 1],
+                    y: [0, 1]
+                }],
+                layout: {
+                    width: 400,
+                    height: 400,
+                    margin: {
+                        t: 40,
+                        b: 40,
+                        l: 40,
+                        r: 40
+                    },
+                    xaxis: xMajorConfig,
+                }
+            }).then(function() {
+                _assert(xMajorConfig.tickvals.length + xMinorConfig.tickvals.length);
+            }).then(done, done.fail);
+        });
+    });
+});