diff --git a/bolt/internal/internal.go b/bolt/internal/internal.go
index 5be80efa46..c6a2691e58 100644
--- a/bolt/internal/internal.go
+++ b/bolt/internal/internal.go
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func MarshalLayout(l chronograf.Layout) ([]byte, error) {
 			I:       c.I,
 			Name:    c.Name,
 			Queries: queries,
+			Type:    c.Type,
 		}
 	}
 	return proto.Marshal(&Layout{
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ func UnmarshalLayout(data []byte, l *chronograf.Layout) error {
 			I:       c.I,
 			Name:    c.Name,
 			Queries: queries,
+			Type:    c.Type,
 		}
 	}
 	l.Cells = cells
diff --git a/bolt/internal/internal.pb.go b/bolt/internal/internal.pb.go
index 7b743a0810..35f6951895 100644
--- a/bolt/internal/internal.pb.go
+++ b/bolt/internal/internal.pb.go
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ type Cell struct {
 	Name    string   `protobuf:"bytes,7,opt,name=name,proto3" json:"name,omitempty"`
 	Yranges []int64  `protobuf:"varint,8,rep,name=yranges" json:"yranges,omitempty"`
 	Ylabels []string `protobuf:"bytes,9,rep,name=ylabels" json:"ylabels,omitempty"`
+	Type    string   `protobuf:"bytes,10,opt,name=type,proto3" json:"type,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (m *Cell) Reset()                    { *m = Cell{} }
@@ -194,45 +195,45 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("internal.proto", fileDescriptorInternal) }
 
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diff --git a/bolt/internal/internal.proto b/bolt/internal/internal.proto
index 7cdd6e9c99..5874f08386 100644
--- a/bolt/internal/internal.proto
+++ b/bolt/internal/internal.proto
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ message Cell {
     string name             = 7; // User-facing name for this cell
     repeated int64 yranges  = 8; // Limits of the y-axes
     repeated string ylabels = 9; // Labels of the y-axes
+    string type             = 10; // Cell visualization type
 }
 
 message Query {
diff --git a/bolt/internal/internal_test.go b/bolt/internal/internal_test.go
index e40b53ac57..880a7baa85 100644
--- a/bolt/internal/internal_test.go
+++ b/bolt/internal/internal_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ func TestMarshalLayout(t *testing.T) {
 				W:    4,
 				H:    4,
 				I:    "anotherid",
+				Type: "line",
 				Name: "cell1",
 				Queries: []chronograf.Query{
 					{
diff --git a/chronograf.go b/chronograf.go
index acf1ee5b4f..1991f73875 100644
--- a/chronograf.go
+++ b/chronograf.go
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ type Cell struct {
 	I       string  `json:"i"`
 	Name    string  `json:"name"`
 	Queries []Query `json:"queries"`
+	Type    string	`json:"type"`
 }
 
 // Layout is a collection of Cells for visualization
diff --git a/docs/proto.md b/docs/proto.md
index 6507e39ce6..e08cfd0e2d 100644
--- a/docs/proto.md
+++ b/docs/proto.md
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ go get github.com/gogo/protobuf/jsonpb
 go get github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogo
 go get github.com/gogo/protobuf/gogoproto
 ```
+
+now, you can regenerate the `.proto` file: `protoc --gogo_out=. internal.proto`
diff --git a/server/swagger.json b/server/swagger.json
index 282f7c52ee..5e6bab7311 100644
--- a/server/swagger.json
+++ b/server/swagger.json
@@ -2063,6 +2063,11 @@
 					"items": {
 						"$ref": "#/definitions/LayoutQuery"
 					}
+				},
+				"type": {
+					"description": "Cell visualization type",
+					"type": "string",
+					"format": "uuid4"
 				}
 			}
 		},
@@ -2187,4 +2192,4 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}