diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
index 1d846a7be17..df1fd65f515 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, kbn, ElasticQueryBuilder, IndexPattern, ElasticRes
     function ElasticDatasource(datasource) {
       this.type = 'elasticsearch';
       this.basicAuth = datasource.basicAuth;
+      this.withCredentials = datasource.withCredentials;
       this.url = datasource.url;
       this.name = datasource.name;
       this.index = datasource.index;
@@ -38,8 +39,10 @@ function (angular, _, moment, kbn, ElasticQueryBuilder, IndexPattern, ElasticRes
         data: data
       };
 
-      if (this.basicAuth) {
+      if (this.basicAuth || this.withCredentials) {
         options.withCredentials = true;
+      }
+      if (this.basicAuth) {
         options.headers = {
           "Authorization": this.basicAuth
         };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.js
index 509b0ce9970..391affb0c8d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/datasource.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
       this.url = datasource.url;
       this.directUrl = datasource.directUrl;
       this.basicAuth = datasource.basicAuth;
+      this.withCredentials = datasource.withCredentials;
       this.lastErrors = {};
     }
 
@@ -32,8 +33,10 @@ function (angular, _, moment, dateMath) {
         method: method
       };
 
-      if (this.basicAuth) {
+      if (this.basicAuth || this.withCredentials) {
         options.withCredentials = true;
+      }
+      if (this.basicAuth) {
         options.headers = {
           "Authorization": this.basicAuth
         };