diff --git a/server/src/db/chunk.rs b/server/src/db/chunk.rs
index 270961550d..6f1ea57efb 100644
--- a/server/src/db/chunk.rs
+++ b/server/src/db/chunk.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ use query::{exec::stringset::StringSet, predicate::Predicate, PartitionChunk};
 use read_buffer::Chunk as ReadBufferChunk;
 use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
 
-use std::{collections::BTreeSet, sync::Arc};
+use std::{
+    collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
 
 use super::{
     pred::to_read_buffer_predicate,
@@ -28,6 +31,9 @@ pub enum Error {
         chunk_id: u32,
     },
 
+    #[snafu(display("Read Buffer Error in chunk {}: {}", chunk_id, msg))]
+    ReadBufferError { chunk_id: u32, msg: String },
+
     #[snafu(display("Parquet File Error in chunk {}: {}", chunk_id, source))]
     ParquetFileChunkError {
         source: parquet_file::chunk::Error,
@@ -345,9 +351,9 @@ impl PartitionChunk for DBChunk {
 
     fn column_values(
         &self,
-        _table_name: &str,
-        _column_name: &str,
-        _predicate: &Predicate,
+        table_name: &str,
+        column_name: &str,
+        predicate: &Predicate,
     ) -> Result<Option<StringSet>, Self::Error> {
         match self {
             Self::MutableBuffer { .. } => {
@@ -355,11 +361,42 @@ impl PartitionChunk for DBChunk {
                 // vs just letting DataFusion do its thing
                 Ok(None)
             }
-            Self::ReadBuffer { .. } => {
-                // TODO hook up read buffer API here when ready. Until
-                // now, fallback to using a full plan
-                // https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb_iox/issues/857
-                Ok(None)
+            Self::ReadBuffer { chunk, .. } => {
+                let rb_predicate = match to_read_buffer_predicate(predicate) {
+                    Ok(rb_predicate) => rb_predicate,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        debug!(?predicate, %e, "read buffer predicate not supported for column_names, falling back");
+                        return Ok(None);
+                    }
+                };
+
+                let mut values = chunk
+                    .column_values(
+                        table_name,
+                        rb_predicate,
+                        Selection::Some(&[column_name]),
+                        BTreeMap::new(),
+                    )
+                    .context(ReadBufferChunkError {
+                        chunk_id: chunk.id(),
+                    })?;
+
+                // The InfluxRPC frontend only supports getting column values
+                // for one column at a time (this is a restriction on the Influx
+                // Read gRPC API too). However, the Read Buffer support multiple
+                // columns and will return a map - we just need to pull the
+                // column out to get the set of values.
+                let values = values
+                    .remove(column_name)
+                    .ok_or_else(|| Error::ReadBufferError {
+                        chunk_id: chunk.id(),
+                        msg: format!(
+                            "failed to find column_name {:?} in results of tag_values",
+                            column_name
+                        ),
+                    })?;
+
+                Ok(Some(values))
             }
             Self::ParquetFile { .. } => {
                 unimplemented!("parquet file not implemented for column_values")