diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 321739e68..4d637906d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ docker: dep assets docker-${BINARY}
 
 assets: .jssrc .bindata
 
-.bindata: server/swagger_gen.go canned/bin_gen.go dist/dist_gen.go
+.bindata: server/swagger_gen.go canned/bin_gen.go protoboards/bin_gen.go dist/dist_gen.go
 	@touch .bindata
 
 dist/dist_gen.go: $(UISOURCES)
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ server/swagger_gen.go: server/swagger.json
 
 canned/bin_gen.go: canned/*.json
 	go generate -x ./canned
+	
+protoboards/bin_gen.go: protoboards/*.json
+	go generate -x ./protoboards
 
 .jssrc: $(UISOURCES)
 	cd ui && yarn run clean && yarn run build
@@ -112,7 +115,7 @@ clean:
 	if [ -f ${BINARY} ] ; then rm ${BINARY} ; fi
 	cd ui && yarn run clean
 	cd ui && rm -rf node_modules
-	rm -f dist/dist_gen.go canned/bin_gen.go server/swagger_gen.go
+	rm -f dist/dist_gen.go canned/bin_gen.go protoboards/bin_gen.go server/swagger_gen.go
 	@rm -f .godep .jsdep .jssrc .bindata
 
 ctags:
diff --git a/multistore/protoboards.go b/multistore/protoboards.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a778b0405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multistore/protoboards.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+package multistore
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf"
+)
+
+// Protoboards is a ProtoboardsStore that contains multiple ProtoboardsStores
+// The All method will return the set of all Protoboards.
+// Each method will be tried against the Stores slice serially.
+type Protoboards struct {
+	Stores []chronograf.ProtoboardsStore
+}
+
+// All returns the set of all protoboards
+func (s *Protoboards) All(ctx context.Context) ([]chronograf.Protoboard, error) {
+	all := []chronograf.Protoboard{}
+	protoboardSet := map[string]chronograf.Protoboard{}
+	ok := false
+	var err error
+	for _, store := range s.Stores {
+		var protoboards []chronograf.Protoboard
+		protoboards, err = store.All(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Try to load as many protoboards as possible
+			continue
+		}
+		ok = true
+		for _, l := range protoboards {
+			// Enforce that the protoboard has a unique ID
+			// If the protoboard has been seen before then skip
+			if _, okay := protoboardSet[l.ID]; !okay {
+				protoboardSet[l.ID] = l
+				all = append(all, l)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return all, nil
+}
+
+// Get retrieves protoboard if `ID` exists.  Searches through each store sequentially until success.
+func (s *Protoboards) Get(ctx context.Context, ID string) (chronograf.Protoboard, error) {
+	var err error
+	for _, store := range s.Stores {
+		var l chronograf.Protoboard
+		l, err = store.Get(ctx, ID)
+		if err == nil {
+			return l, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return chronograf.Protoboard{}, err
+}
+
+// Add creates a new protoboard in the protoboardsStore.
+func (s *Protoboards) Add(ctx context.Context, protoboard chronograf.Protoboard) (chronograf.Protoboard, error) {
+	return chronograf.Protoboard{}, fmt.Errorf("Add to multistore/protoboards not supported")
+}
+
+// Delete the protoboard from the store.
+func (s *Protoboards) Delete(ctx context.Context, protoboard chronograf.Protoboard) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Delete to multistore/protoboards not supported")
+}
+
+// Update the protoboard in the store.
+func (s *Protoboards) Update(ctx context.Context, protoboard chronograf.Protoboard) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Update to multistore/protoboards not supported")
+}
diff --git a/protoboards/bin.go b/protoboards/bin.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b57536b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/protoboards/bin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package protoboards
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf"
+)
+
+//go:generate go-bindata -o bin_gen.go -ignore README|apps|.sh|go -pkg protoboards .
+
+// BinProtoboardsStore represents a protoboards store using data generated by go-bindata
+type BinProtoboardsStore struct {
+	Logger chronograf.Logger
+}
+
+// All returns the set of all protoboards
+func (s *BinProtoboardsStore) All(ctx context.Context) ([]chronograf.Protoboard, error) {
+	names := AssetNames()
+	protoboards := make([]chronograf.Protoboard, len(names))
+	for i, name := range names {
+		octets, err := Asset(name)
+		if err != nil {
+			s.Logger.
+				WithField("component", "protoboards").
+				WithField("name", name).
+				Error("Invalid protoboard: ", err)
+			return nil, chronograf.ErrProtoboardInvalid
+		}
+
+		var protoboard chronograf.Protoboard
+		if err = json.Unmarshal(octets, &protoboard); err != nil {
+			s.Logger.
+				WithField("component", "protoboards").
+				WithField("name", name).
+				Error("Unable to read protoboard:", err)
+			return nil, chronograf.ErrProtoboardInvalid
+		}
+		protoboards[i] = protoboard
+	}
+
+	return protoboards, nil
+}
+
+// Add is not support by BinProtoboardsStore
+func (s *BinProtoboardsStore) Add(ctx context.Context, protoboard chronograf.Protoboard) (chronograf.Protoboard, error) {
+	return chronograf.Protoboard{}, fmt.Errorf("Add to BinProtoboardsStore not supported")
+}
+
+// Delete is not support by BinProtoboardsStore
+func (s *BinProtoboardsStore) Delete(ctx context.Context, protoboard chronograf.Protoboard) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Delete to BinProtoboardsStore not supported")
+}
+
+// Get retrieves protoboard if `ID` exists.
+func (s *BinProtoboardsStore) Get(ctx context.Context, ID string) (chronograf.Protoboard, error) {
+	protoboards, err := s.All(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.Logger.
+			WithField("component", "protoboards").
+			WithField("name", ID).
+			Error("Invalid protoboard: ", err)
+		return chronograf.Protoboard{}, chronograf.ErrProtoboardInvalid
+	}
+
+	for _, protoboard := range protoboards {
+		if protoboard.ID == ID {
+			return protoboard, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.Logger.
+		WithField("component", "protoboards").
+		WithField("name", ID).
+		Error("protoboard not found")
+	return chronograf.Protoboard{}, chronograf.ErrProtoboardNotFound
+}
+
+// Update not supported
+func (s *BinProtoboardsStore) Update(ctx context.Context, protoboard chronograf.Protoboard) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("Update to BinProtoboardsStore not supported")
+}
diff --git a/server/builders.go b/server/builders.go
index b8b0ffad5..fcbc80ae6 100644
--- a/server/builders.go
+++ b/server/builders.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/filestore"
 	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/memdb"
 	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/multistore"
+	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/protoboards"
 )
 
 // LayoutBuilder is responsible for building Layouts
@@ -43,6 +44,40 @@ func (builder *MultiLayoutBuilder) Build(db chronograf.LayoutsStore) (*multistor
 	return layouts, nil
 }
 
+// ProtoboardsBuilder is responsible for building Protoboards
+type ProtoboardsBuilder interface {
+	Build() (*multistore.Protoboards, error)
+}
+
+// MultiProtoboardsBuilder implements LayoutBuilder and will return a Layouts
+type MultiProtoboardsBuilder struct {
+	Logger          chronograf.Logger
+	UUID            chronograf.ID
+	ProtoboardsPath string
+}
+
+// Build will construct a Layouts of canned and db-backed personalized
+// layouts
+func (builder *MultiProtoboardsBuilder) Build() (*multistore.Protoboards, error) {
+	// These apps are those handled from a directory
+	filesystemPBs := filestore.NewProtoboards(builder.ProtoboardsPath, builder.UUID, builder.Logger)
+	// These apps are statically compiled into chronograf
+	binPBs := &protoboards.BinProtoboardsStore{
+		Logger: builder.Logger,
+	}
+	// Acts as a front-end to both the bolt layouts, filesystem layouts and binary statically compiled layouts.
+	// The idea here is that these stores form a hierarchy in which each is tried sequentially until
+	// the operation has success.  So, the database is preferred over filesystem over binary data.
+	protoboards := &multistore.Protoboards{
+		Stores: []chronograf.ProtoboardsStore{
+			filesystemPBs,
+			binPBs,
+		},
+	}
+
+	return protoboards, nil
+}
+
 // DashboardBuilder is responsible for building dashboards
 type DashboardBuilder interface {
 	Build(chronograf.DashboardsStore) (*multistore.DashboardsStore, error)
diff --git a/server/server.go b/server/server.go
index 6bb758bb5..1e4acde31 100644
--- a/server/server.go
+++ b/server/server.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/bolt"
-	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/filestore"
 	idgen "github.com/influxdata/chronograf/id"
 	"github.com/influxdata/chronograf/influx"
 	clog "github.com/influxdata/chronograf/log"
@@ -286,6 +285,7 @@ type builders struct {
 	Kapacitors    KapacitorBuilder
 	Dashboards    DashboardBuilder
 	Organizations OrganizationBuilder
+	Protoboards   ProtoboardsBuilder
 }
 
 func (s *Server) newBuilders(logger chronograf.Logger) builders {
@@ -320,6 +320,11 @@ func (s *Server) newBuilders(logger chronograf.Logger) builders {
 			Logger: logger,
 			Path:   s.ResourcesPath,
 		},
+		Protoboards: &MultiProtoboardsBuilder{
+			Logger:          logger,
+			UUID:            &idgen.UUID{},
+			ProtoboardsPath: s.ProtoboardsPath,
+		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -488,7 +493,13 @@ func openService(ctx context.Context, buildInfo chronograf.BuildInfo, boltPath s
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	protoboards := filestore.NewProtoboards(protoboardsPath, idgen.NewTime(), logger)
+	protoboards, err := builder.Protoboards.Build()
+	if err != nil {
+		logger.
+			WithField("component", "LayoutsStore").
+			Error("Unable to construct a MultiLayoutsStore", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	return Service{
 		TimeSeriesClient: &InfluxClient{},