diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.story.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.story.tsx
index f6e1adb0bd1..20a760d8afe 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.story.tsx
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/QueryField/QueryField.story.tsx
@@ -1,18 +1,51 @@
 import { ComponentMeta, ComponentStory } from '@storybook/react';
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { QueryField } from '@grafana/ui';
-
+import { TypeaheadInput } from '../../types';
 import { withCenteredStory } from '../../utils/storybook/withCenteredStory';
 
+import { QueryField, QueryFieldProps } from './QueryField';
+
 const meta: ComponentMeta<typeof QueryField> = {
   title: 'Data Source/QueryField',
   component: QueryField,
   decorators: [withCenteredStory],
+  parameters: {
+    controls: {
+      exclude: [
+        'onTypeahead',
+        'onChange',
+        'onBlur',
+        'onClick',
+        'onRunQuery',
+        'onRichValueChange',
+        'onWillApplySuggestion',
+        'portalOrigin',
+        'additionalPlugins',
+        'cleanText',
+        'syntax',
+        'syntaxLoaded',
+      ],
+    },
+  },
+  argTypes: {
+    query: {
+      control: 'text',
+    },
+  },
 };
 
-export const basic: ComponentStory<typeof QueryField> = () => {
-  return <QueryField portalOrigin="mock-origin" query="" />;
+export const Basic: ComponentStory<typeof QueryField> = (args: Omit<QueryFieldProps, 'theme'>) => (
+  <QueryField {...args} />
+);
+
+Basic.args = {
+  onTypeahead: async (_input: TypeaheadInput) => ({
+    suggestions: [],
+  }),
+  query: 'Query text',
+  placeholder: 'Placeholder text',
+  disabled: false,
 };
 
 export default meta;