xlabel on top axis in pgfplots

Question

I managed to get the x tick labels on the top axis of a plot, but the label of the x axis is still on the bottom axis. I couldn't find an option to get it to the top axis. Is this possible?

Minimal example

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}

\begin{document}
  \begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{axis}[xticklabel pos=right, xlabel={My x label}]
      \addplot coordinates { (1,1) (42,23) };
    \end{axis}
  \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Answer 1

You can add the xlabel near ticks option to get the label above the plot.

\begin{axis}[xticklabel pos=right, xlabel={My x label}, xlabel near ticks]

Answer 2

The requested feature has been added after pgfplots version 1.2.1 . Adding

\pgfplotsset{compat=1.3}

into the preamble will solve the problem globally.

In fact, this has the same effect as described by whlt3: it sets xlabel near ticks (among other keys).