diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.test.ts
index 50b58dbe369..d83a1d20114 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSaveModelToScene.test.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,20 @@ describe('transformSaveModelToScene', () => {
       expect(vizPanel.state.hoverHeader).toEqual(true);
     });
 
+    it('should initalize the VizPanel with min interval set', () => {
+      const panel = {
+        title: '',
+        type: 'test-plugin',
+        gridPos: { x: 0, y: 0, w: 12, h: 8 },
+        interval: '20m',
+      };
+
+      const { vizPanel } = buildGridItemForTest(panel);
+
+      const queryRunner = getQueryRunnerFor(vizPanel);
+      expect(queryRunner?.state.minInterval).toBe('20m');
+    });
+
     it('should set PanelTimeRange when timeFrom or timeShift is present', () => {
       const panel = {
         type: 'test-plugin',
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.test.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.test.ts
index 6137dfc4a21..57c1d385d7a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.test.ts
@@ -259,6 +259,13 @@ describe('transformSceneToSaveModel', () => {
       expect(saveModel.transparent).toBe(true);
     });
 
+    it('interval', () => {
+      const gridItem = buildGridItemFromPanelSchema({ interval: '20m' });
+      const saveModel = gridItemToPanel(gridItem);
+
+      expect(saveModel.interval).toBe('20m');
+    });
+
     it('With angular options', () => {
       const gridItem = buildGridItemFromPanelSchema({});
       const vizPanel = gridItem.state.body as VizPanel;
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.ts
index 384aede6ea0..6d918ba78cf 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/serialization/transformSceneToSaveModel.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ function vizPanelDataToPanel(
 
   const panel: Pick<
     Panel,
-    'datasource' | 'targets' | 'maxDataPoints' | 'transformations' | 'cacheTimeout' | 'queryCachingTTL'
+    'datasource' | 'targets' | 'maxDataPoints' | 'transformations' | 'cacheTimeout' | 'queryCachingTTL' | 'interval'
   > = {};
   const queryRunner = getQueryRunnerFor(vizPanel);
 
@@ -297,6 +297,9 @@ function vizPanelDataToPanel(
     if (queryRunner.state.queryCachingTTL) {
       panel.queryCachingTTL = queryRunner.state.queryCachingTTL;
     }
+    if (queryRunner.state.minInterval) {
+      panel.interval = queryRunner.state.minInterval;
+    }
   }
 
   if (dataProvider instanceof SceneDataTransformer) {
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/createPanelDataProvider.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/createPanelDataProvider.ts
index e9754ebf206..758d60be473 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/createPanelDataProvider.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard-scene/utils/createPanelDataProvider.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function createPanelDataProvider(panel: PanelModel): SceneDataProvider |
     maxDataPointsFromWidth: true,
     cacheTimeout: panel.cacheTimeout,
     queryCachingTTL: panel.queryCachingTTL,
+    minInterval: panel.interval ?? undefined,
     dataLayerFilter: {
       panelId: panel.id,
     },