diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
index ac5ccfeb5ca..5a8d3b236c0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
@@ -103,12 +103,21 @@ export class MysqlDatasource {
       format: 'table',
     };
 
+    var data = {
+        queries: [interpolatedQuery],
+    };
+
+    if (optionalOptions && optionalOptions.range && optionalOptions.range.from) {
+      data['from'] = optionalOptions.range.from.valueOf().toString();
+    }
+    if (optionalOptions && optionalOptions.range && optionalOptions.range.to) {
+      data['to'] = optionalOptions.range.to.valueOf().toString();
+    }
+
     return this.backendSrv.datasourceRequest({
       url: '/api/tsdb/query',
       method: 'POST',
-      data: {
-        queries: [interpolatedQuery],
-      }
+      data: data
     })
     .then(data => this.responseParser.parseMetricFindQueryResult(refId, data));
   }