diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
index 910ef335599..3b120edcd4a 100755
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ coreModule.directive('grafanaGraph', function($rootScope, timeSrv) {
             backgroundColor: null,
             borderWidth: 0,
             hoverable: true,
+            clickable: true,
             color: '#c8c8c8',
             margin: { left: 0, right: 0 },
           },
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js
index 1de99c42da7..ba1458d66d0 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/graph/graph_tooltip.js
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ function ($, core) {
       appEvents.emit('graph-hover', {pos: pos, panel: panel});
     });
 
+    elem.bind("plotclick", function (event, pos, item) {
+      appEvents.emit('graph-click', {pos: pos, panel: panel, item: item});
+    });
+
     this.clear = function(plot) {
       $tooltip.detach();
       plot.clearCrosshair();