diff --git a/ui/src/data_explorer/components/VisView.js b/ui/src/data_explorer/components/VisView.js
index 987ab279fc..cebd722fe4 100644
--- a/ui/src/data_explorer/components/VisView.js
+++ b/ui/src/data_explorer/components/VisView.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ const VisView = ({
       activeQueryIndex={activeQueryIndex}
       isInDataExplorer={isInDataExplorer}
       showSingleStat={cellType === 'line-plus-single-stat'}
+      isBarChart={cellType === 'bar'}
       displayOptions={displayOptions}
       editQueryStatus={editQueryStatus}
     />
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js b/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js
index 1c7c0db477..b6fc30aa12 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/Dygraph.js
@@ -23,6 +23,71 @@ const LINE_COLORS = [
   '#a0725b',
 ]
 
+const darkenColor = colorStr => {
+  // Defined in dygraph-utils.js
+  const color = Dygraphs.toRGB_(colorStr)
+  color.r = Math.floor((255 + color.r) / 2)
+  color.g = Math.floor((255 + color.g) / 2)
+  color.b = Math.floor((255 + color.b) / 2)
+  return `rgb(${color.r},${color.g},${color.b})`
+}
+
+const multiColumnBarPlotter = e => {
+  // We need to handle all the series simultaneously.
+  if (e.seriesIndex !== 0) {
+    return
+  }
+
+  const g = e.dygraph
+  const ctx = e.drawingContext
+  const sets = e.allSeriesPoints
+  const yBottom = e.dygraph.toDomYCoord(0)
+
+  // Find the minimum separation between x-values.
+  // This determines the bar width.
+  let minSep = Infinity
+  for (let j = 0; j < sets.length; j++) {
+    const points = sets[j]
+    for (let i = 1; i < points.length; i++) {
+      const sep = points[i].canvasx - points[i - 1].canvasx
+      if (sep < minSep) {
+        minSep = sep
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  const barWidth = Math.floor(2.0 / 3 * minSep)
+
+  const fillColors = []
+  const strokeColors = g.getColors()
+  for (let i = 0; i < strokeColors.length; i++) {
+    fillColors.push(darkenColor(strokeColors[i]))
+  }
+
+  for (let j = 0; j < sets.length; j++) {
+    ctx.fillStyle = fillColors[j]
+    ctx.strokeStyle = strokeColors[j]
+    for (let i = 0; i < sets[j].length; i++) {
+      const p = sets[j][i]
+      const centerX = p.canvasx
+      const xLeft = centerX - barWidth / 2 * (1 - j / (sets.length - 1))
+
+      ctx.fillRect(
+        xLeft,
+        p.canvasy,
+        barWidth / sets.length,
+        yBottom - p.canvasy
+      )
+
+      ctx.strokeRect(
+        xLeft,
+        p.canvasy,
+        barWidth / sets.length,
+        yBottom - p.canvasy
+      )
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 export default class Dygraph extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
@@ -61,6 +126,7 @@ export default class Dygraph extends Component {
       ruleValues,
       overrideLineColors,
       isGraphFilled,
+      isBarChart,
       options,
     } = this.props
 
@@ -155,6 +221,10 @@ export default class Dygraph extends Component {
       },
     }
 
+    if (isBarChart) {
+      defaultOptions.plotter = multiColumnBarPlotter
+    }
+
     this.dygraph = new Dygraphs(graphContainerNode, timeSeries, {
       ...defaultOptions,
       ...options,
@@ -189,7 +259,14 @@ export default class Dygraph extends Component {
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate() {
-    const {labels, ranges, options, dygraphSeries, ruleValues} = this.props
+    const {
+      labels,
+      ranges,
+      options,
+      dygraphSeries,
+      ruleValues,
+      isBarChart,
+    } = this.props
     const dygraph = this.dygraph
     if (!dygraph) {
       throw new Error(
@@ -217,6 +294,7 @@ export default class Dygraph extends Component {
       stackedGraph: options.stackedGraph,
       underlayCallback: options.underlayCallback,
       series: dygraphSeries,
+      plotter: isBarChart ? multiColumnBarPlotter : null,
     })
     // part of optional workaround for preventing updateOptions from breaking legend
     // if (this.lastMouseMoveEvent) {
@@ -265,6 +343,7 @@ Dygraph.propTypes = {
   options: shape({}),
   containerStyle: shape({}),
   isGraphFilled: bool,
+  isBarChart: bool,
   overrideLineColors: array,
   dygraphSeries: shape({}).isRequired,
   ruleValues: shape({
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/LayoutRenderer.js b/ui/src/shared/components/LayoutRenderer.js
index fc19b656cd..55162aeb5b 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/LayoutRenderer.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/LayoutRenderer.js
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export const LayoutRenderer = React.createClass({
         timeRange={timeRange}
         autoRefresh={autoRefresh}
         showSingleStat={type === 'line-plus-single-stat'}
+        isBarChart={type === 'bar'}
         displayOptions={displayOptions}
         synchronizer={synchronizer}
       />
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/LineGraph.js b/ui/src/shared/components/LineGraph.js
index 1a3f6511aa..f828edd914 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/LineGraph.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/LineGraph.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
     isRefreshing: bool,
     underlayCallback: func,
     isGraphFilled: bool,
+    isBarChart: bool,
     overrideLineColors: array,
     queries: arrayOf(shape({}).isRequired).isRequired,
     showSingleStat: bool,
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
       isFetchingInitially,
       isRefreshing,
       isGraphFilled,
+      isBarChart,
       overrideLineColors,
       title,
       underlayCallback,
@@ -101,25 +103,22 @@ export default React.createClass({
       )
     }
 
-    const options = Object.assign(
-      {},
-      {
-        labels,
-        connectSeparatedPoints: true,
-        labelsKMB: true,
-        axisLineColor: '#383846',
-        gridLineColor: '#383846',
-        title,
-        rightGap: 0,
-        yRangePad: 10,
-        axisLabelWidth: 38,
-        drawAxesAtZero: true,
-        underlayCallback,
-        ylabel: _.get(queries, ['0', 'label'], ''),
-        y2label: _.get(queries, ['1', 'label'], ''),
-      },
-      displayOptions
-    )
+    const options = {
+      labels,
+      connectSeparatedPoints: true,
+      labelsKMB: true,
+      axisLineColor: '#383846',
+      gridLineColor: '#383846',
+      title,
+      rightGap: 0,
+      yRangePad: 10,
+      axisLabelWidth: 38,
+      drawAxesAtZero: true,
+      underlayCallback,
+      ylabel: _.get(queries, ['0', 'label'], ''),
+      y2label: _.get(queries, ['1', 'label'], ''),
+      ...displayOptions,
+    }
 
     let roundedValue
     if (showSingleStat) {
@@ -141,6 +140,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
           containerStyle={{width: '100%', height: '100%'}}
           overrideLineColors={overrideLineColors}
           isGraphFilled={isGraphFilled}
+          isBarChart={isBarChart}
           timeSeries={timeSeries}
           labels={labels}
           options={options}
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/data/graphTypes.hson b/ui/src/shared/data/graphTypes.hson
index 16a727447a..30a3565ab5 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/data/graphTypes.hson
+++ b/ui/src/shared/data/graphTypes.hson
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
   {type: "line-stepplot", menuOption: "Step-Plot"},
   {type: "single-stat", menuOption: "SingleStat"},
   {type: "line-plus-single-stat", menuOption: "Line + Stat"},
+  {type: "bar", menuOption: "Bar"},
 ]