diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 28923f0fbf240..e734882486b14 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -4807,11 +4807,21 @@ def _gotitem(self, key, ndim, subset=None):
     def aggregate(self, func, axis=0, *args, **kwargs):
         axis = self._get_axis_number(axis)
 
-        # TODO: flipped axis
         result = None
+
         if axis == 0:
             try:
-                result, how = self._aggregate(func, axis=0, *args, **kwargs)
+                result, how = self._aggregate(func,
+                                              _axis=0,
+                                              *args, **kwargs)
+            except TypeError:
+                pass
+        elif axis == 1:
+            try:
+                result, how = self.T._aggregate(func,
+                                                _axis=0,
+                                                *args, **kwargs)
+                result = result.T
             except TypeError:
                 pass
         if result is None:
diff --git a/pandas/tests/frame/test_apply.py b/pandas/tests/frame/test_apply.py
index d1ad9f71e6350..cc07fae535723 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/frame/test_apply.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/frame/test_apply.py
@@ -1012,3 +1012,18 @@ def test_non_callable_aggregates(self):
         expected = df.size
 
         assert result == expected
+
+    def test_frame_row_and_column_aggregates(self):
+        df = DataFrame({'B': [4, 5, 6, 7, 8],
+                        'C': [7, 8, 9, 10, 11]},
+                       index=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+
+        assert_series_equal(df.agg('min', axis=1),
+                            Series({1: 4,
+                                    2: 5,
+                                    3: 6,
+                                    4: 7,
+                                    5: 8}))
+
+        assert_series_equal(df.agg('min', axis=1),
+                            df.T.agg('min').T)