diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser.go
index f1113511bae..94f37904eee 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ func (qp *InfluxdbQueryParser) Parse(model *simplejson.Json, dsInfo *models.Data
 	rawQuery := model.Get("query").MustString("")
 	useRawQuery := model.Get("rawQuery").MustBool(false)
 	alias := model.Get("alias").MustString("")
+	tz := model.Get("tz").MustString("")
 
 	measurement := model.Get("measurement").MustString("")
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ func (qp *InfluxdbQueryParser) Parse(model *simplejson.Json, dsInfo *models.Data
 		Interval:     parsedInterval,
 		Alias:        alias,
 		UseRawQuery:  useRawQuery,
+		Tz:           tz,
 	}, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser_test.go
index 7be9cae9702..e620b0c631d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/model_parser_test.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryParser(t *testing.T) {
           }
         ],
         "measurement": "logins.count",
+        "tz": "Europe/Paris",
         "policy": "default",
         "refId": "B",
         "resultFormat": "time_series",
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryParser(t *testing.T) {
 			So(len(res.GroupBy), ShouldEqual, 3)
 			So(len(res.Selects), ShouldEqual, 3)
 			So(len(res.Tags), ShouldEqual, 2)
+			So(res.Tz, ShouldEqual, "Europe/Paris")
 			So(res.Interval, ShouldEqual, time.Second*20)
 			So(res.Alias, ShouldEqual, "serie alias")
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models.go
index 82ed72c2a18..cbe82e5e2ef 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/models.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ type Query struct {
 	UseRawQuery  bool
 	Alias        string
 	Interval     time.Duration
+	Tz           string
 }
 
 type Tag struct {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go
index 7cb8f0ecd82..f1a8c745956 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func (query *Query) Build(queryContext *tsdb.TsdbQuery) (string, error) {
 		res += query.renderWhereClause()
 		res += query.renderTimeFilter(queryContext)
 		res += query.renderGroupBy(queryContext)
+		res += query.renderTz()
 	}
 
 	calculator := tsdb.NewIntervalCalculator(&tsdb.IntervalOptions{})
@@ -154,3 +155,12 @@ func (query *Query) renderGroupBy(queryContext *tsdb.TsdbQuery) string {
 
 	return groupBy
 }
+
+func (query *Query) renderTz() string {
+	tz := query.Tz
+	if tz == "" {
+		return ""
+	} else {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(" tz('%s')", tz)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go
index cc1358a72d7..f85419c8ae2 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			So(rawQuery, ShouldEqual, `SELECT mean("value") FROM "policy"."cpu" WHERE time > now() - 5m GROUP BY time(10s) fill(null)`)
 		})
 
+		Convey("can build query with tz", func() {
+			query := &Query{
+				Selects:     []*Select{{*qp1, *qp2}},
+				Measurement: "cpu",
+				GroupBy:     []*QueryPart{groupBy1},
+				Tz:          "Europe/Paris",
+				Interval:    time.Second * 5,
+			}
+
+			rawQuery, err := query.Build(queryContext)
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			So(rawQuery, ShouldEqual, `SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE time > now() - 5m GROUP BY time(5s) tz('Europe/Paris')`)
+		})
+
 		Convey("can build query with group bys", func() {
 			query := &Query{
 				Selects:     []*Select{{*qp1, *qp2}},
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts
index 60eac1d3f2b..3ee9d703c54 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ export default class InfluxQuery {
       query += ' SLIMIT ' + target.slimit;
     }
 
+    if (target.tz) {
+      query += " tz('" + target.tz + "')";
+    }
+
     return query;
   }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html
index e1c35d77115..658cf18daee 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@
 			</div>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="gf-form-inline" ng-if="ctrl.target.tz">
+      <div class="gf-form">
+        <label class="gf-form-label query-keyword width-7">tz</label>
+        <input type="text" class="gf-form-input width-9" ng-model="ctrl.target.tz" spellcheck='false' placeholder="No Timezone" ng-blur="ctrl.refresh()">
+      </div>
+      <div class="gf-form gf-form--grow">
+        <div class="gf-form-label gf-form-label--grow"></div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
     <div class="gf-form-inline">
       <div class="gf-form">
         <label class="gf-form-label query-keyword width-7">FORMAT AS</label>
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/query_ctrl.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/query_ctrl.ts
index f531fe6c4d9..57460ec4d2a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/query_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/query_ctrl.ts
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ export class InfluxQueryCtrl extends QueryCtrl {
         if (!this.target.slimit) {
           options.push(this.uiSegmentSrv.newSegment({ value: 'SLIMIT' }));
         }
+        if (!this.target.tz) {
+          options.push(this.uiSegmentSrv.newSegment({ value: 'tz' }));
+        }
         if (this.target.orderByTime === 'ASC') {
           options.push(this.uiSegmentSrv.newSegment({ value: 'ORDER BY time DESC' }));
         }
@@ -124,6 +127,10 @@ export class InfluxQueryCtrl extends QueryCtrl {
         this.target.slimit = 10;
         break;
       }
+      case 'tz': {
+        this.target.tz = 'UTC';
+        break;
+      }
       case 'ORDER BY time DESC': {
         this.target.orderByTime = 'DESC';
         break;