diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 269e6f7..7bf4b49 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   Collecting axes will remove duplicated axes in the x- or y-direction. 
   Collecting axis titles will also remove duplicated titles in the x- or 
   y-direction, but also merge duplicated titles in the other direction (#150).
+* Fix a bug that prevented faceted plots with axes on the right from being
+  used (#340)
 
 # patchwork 1.1.3
 
diff --git a/R/plot_patchwork.R b/R/plot_patchwork.R
index 3440541..d93421e 100644
--- a/R/plot_patchwork.R
+++ b/R/plot_patchwork.R
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ add_strips <- function(gt) {
   }
   if (!any(grepl('strip-l', gt$layout$name))) {
     gt <- gtable_add_cols(gt, unit(0, 'mm'), panel_loc$l - 1 - strip_pos)
-  } else if (strip_pos == 2) {
+  } else if (strip_pos == 2 && !any(gt$layout$l == panel_loc$l - 2)) {
     gt$widths[panel_loc$l - 1] <- sum(gt$widths[panel_loc$l - c(1, 2)])
     gt <- gt[, -(panel_loc$l - 2)]
   }