diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index a0e10a774..6d2d5d04f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+3.3.2
+
+ * Fixed --yAxisLabel in plotProfile (issue #889)
+
 3.3.1
 
  * Fixed `--plotNumbers` not working in `plotCorrelation`. This was issue #838.
diff --git a/deeptools/plotProfile.py b/deeptools/plotProfile.py
index 0d103d519..a47e509df 100644
--- a/deeptools/plotProfile.py
+++ b/deeptools/plotProfile.py
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@ def plot_profile(self):
             ticks[0].label1.set_horizontalalignment('left')
             ticks[-1].label1.set_horizontalalignment('right')
 
+            if first and self.y_axis_label != '':
+                ax.set_ylabel(self.y_axis_label)
             if first and self.plot_type not in ['heatmap', 'overlapped_lines']:
                 ax.legend(loc=self.legend_location.replace('-', ' '),
                           ncol=1, prop=self.font_p,