diff --git a/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md b/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md
index 4a9091c2751..f421d8df4de 100644
--- a/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/sources/administration/configuration.md
@@ -1785,6 +1785,10 @@ Set this to `true` to have date formats automatically derived from your browser
 
 Used as the default time zone for user preferences. Can be either `browser` for the browser local time zone or a time zone name from the IANA Time Zone database, such as `UTC` or `Europe/Amsterdam`.
 
+### default_week_start
+
+Set the default start of the week, valid values are: `saturday`, `sunday`, `monday` or `browser` to use the browser locale to define the first day of the week. Default is `browser`.
+
 ## [expressions]
 
 > **Note:** This feature is available in Grafana v7.4 and later versions.
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/moment_wrapper.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/moment_wrapper.ts
index 03910a31128..80af4900f8e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/moment_wrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/datetime/moment_wrapper.ts
@@ -120,3 +120,23 @@ export const dateTimeForTimeZone = (
 
   return dateTime(input, formatInput);
 };
+
+export const getWeekdayIndex = (day: string) => {
+  return moment.weekdays().findIndex((wd) => wd.toLowerCase() === day.toLowerCase());
+};
+
+export const setWeekStart = (weekStart?: string) => {
+  const suffix = '-weekStart';
+  const language = getLocale().replace(suffix, '');
+  const dow = weekStart ? getWeekdayIndex(weekStart) : -1;
+  if (dow !== -1) {
+    moment.locale(language + suffix, {
+      parentLocale: language,
+      week: {
+        dow,
+      },
+    });
+  } else {
+    setLocale(language);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/src/selectors/components.ts b/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/src/selectors/components.ts
index 7267d46db99..037a7a04caa 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/src/selectors/components.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-e2e-selectors/src/selectors/components.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ export const Components = {
   TimeZonePicker: {
     container: 'Time zone picker select container',
   },
+  WeekStartPicker: {
+    container: 'Choose starting day of the week',
+  },
   TraceViewer: {
     spanBar: () => '[data-test-id="SpanBar--wrapper"]',
   },
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.story.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.story.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85742db207e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.story.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
+
+import { WeekStartPicker } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { UseState } from '../../utils/storybook/UseState';
+import { withCenteredStory } from '../../utils/storybook/withCenteredStory';
+
+export default {
+  title: 'Pickers and Editors/TimePickers/WeekStartPicker',
+  component: WeekStartPicker,
+  decorators: [withCenteredStory],
+};
+
+export const basic = () => {
+  return (
+    <UseState
+      initialState={{
+        value: '',
+      }}
+    >
+      {(value, updateValue) => {
+        return (
+          <WeekStartPicker
+            value={value.value}
+            onChange={(newValue: string) => {
+              if (!newValue) {
+                return;
+              }
+              action('on selected')(newValue);
+              updateValue({ value: newValue });
+            }}
+          />
+        );
+      }}
+    </UseState>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d48e44e7e5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
+import { Select } from '../Select/Select';
+import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
+
+export interface Props {
+  onChange: (weekStart: string) => void;
+  value: string;
+  width?: number;
+  autoFocus?: boolean;
+  onBlur?: () => void;
+  includeInternal?: boolean;
+  disabled?: boolean;
+  inputId?: string;
+}
+
+const weekStarts: Array<SelectableValue<string>> = [
+  { value: '', label: 'Default' },
+  { value: 'saturday', label: 'Saturday' },
+  { value: 'sunday', label: 'Sunday' },
+  { value: 'monday', label: 'Monday' },
+];
+
+export const WeekStartPicker: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
+  const { onChange, width, autoFocus = false, onBlur, value, disabled = false, inputId } = props;
+
+  const onChangeWeekStart = useCallback(
+    (selectable: SelectableValue<string>) => {
+      if (selectable.value !== undefined) {
+        onChange(selectable.value);
+      }
+    },
+    [onChange]
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <Select
+      inputId={inputId}
+      value={weekStarts.find((item) => item.value === value)?.value}
+      placeholder="Choose starting day of the week"
+      autoFocus={autoFocus}
+      openMenuOnFocus={true}
+      width={width}
+      options={weekStarts}
+      onChange={onChangeWeekStart}
+      onBlur={onBlur}
+      disabled={disabled}
+      aria-label={selectors.components.WeekStartPicker.container}
+      menuShouldPortal={true}
+    />
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
index 9cd19f0741d..62085ca9a75 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/index.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export { RefreshPicker, defaultIntervals } from './RefreshPicker/RefreshPicker';
 export { TimeRangePicker, TimeRangePickerProps } from './DateTimePickers/TimeRangePicker';
 export { TimeOfDayPicker } from './DateTimePickers/TimeOfDayPicker';
 export { TimeZonePicker } from './DateTimePickers/TimeZonePicker';
+export { WeekStartPicker } from './DateTimePickers/WeekStartPicker';
 export { DatePicker, DatePickerProps } from './DateTimePickers/DatePicker/DatePicker';
 export {
   DatePickerWithInput,
diff --git a/pkg/api/dtos/models.go b/pkg/api/dtos/models.go
index eb78a602518..46407afcd66 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dtos/models.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dtos/models.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type CurrentUser struct {
 	IsGrafanaAdmin             bool               `json:"isGrafanaAdmin"`
 	GravatarUrl                string             `json:"gravatarUrl"`
 	Timezone                   string             `json:"timezone"`
+	WeekStart                  string             `json:"weekStart"`
 	Locale                     string             `json:"locale"`
 	HelpFlags1                 models.HelpFlags1  `json:"helpFlags1"`
 	HasEditPermissionInFolders bool               `json:"hasEditPermissionInFolders"`
diff --git a/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go b/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go
index ef1ea4040e5..5ee5e878938 100644
--- a/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go
+++ b/pkg/api/dtos/prefs.go
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ type Prefs struct {
 	Theme           string `json:"theme"`
 	HomeDashboardID int64  `json:"homeDashboardId"`
 	Timezone        string `json:"timezone"`
+	WeekStart       string `json:"weekStart"`
 }
 
 type UpdatePrefsCmd struct {
 	Theme           string `json:"theme"`
 	HomeDashboardID int64  `json:"homeDashboardId"`
 	Timezone        string `json:"timezone"`
+	WeekStart       string `json:"weekStart"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/index.go b/pkg/api/index.go
index e1f56ffa1cd..36211035bca 100644
--- a/pkg/api/index.go
+++ b/pkg/api/index.go
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ func (hs *HTTPServer) setIndexViewData(c *models.ReqContext) (*dtos.IndexViewDat
 			IsGrafanaAdmin:             c.IsGrafanaAdmin,
 			LightTheme:                 prefs.Theme == lightName,
 			Timezone:                   prefs.Timezone,
+			WeekStart:                  prefs.WeekStart,
 			Locale:                     locale,
 			HelpFlags1:                 c.HelpFlags1,
 			HasEditPermissionInFolders: hasEditPerm,
diff --git a/pkg/api/preferences.go b/pkg/api/preferences.go
index 4fafb37e7b0..d0bf982a1b6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/preferences.go
+++ b/pkg/api/preferences.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func getPreferencesFor(orgID, userID, teamID int64) response.Response {
 		Theme:           prefsQuery.Result.Theme,
 		HomeDashboardID: prefsQuery.Result.HomeDashboardId,
 		Timezone:        prefsQuery.Result.Timezone,
+		WeekStart:       prefsQuery.Result.WeekStart,
 	}
 
 	return response.JSON(200, &dto)
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ func updatePreferencesFor(orgID, userID, teamId int64, dtoCmd *dtos.UpdatePrefsC
 		TeamId:          teamId,
 		Theme:           dtoCmd.Theme,
 		Timezone:        dtoCmd.Timezone,
+		WeekStart:       dtoCmd.WeekStart,
 		HomeDashboardId: dtoCmd.HomeDashboardID,
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/models/preferences.go b/pkg/models/preferences.go
index 19347a59cf9..04a4f6ec2c2 100644
--- a/pkg/models/preferences.go
+++ b/pkg/models/preferences.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type Preferences struct {
 	Version         int
 	HomeDashboardId int64
 	Timezone        string
+	WeekStart       string
 	Theme           string
 	Created         time.Time
 	Updated         time.Time
@@ -44,5 +45,6 @@ type SavePreferencesCommand struct {
 
 	HomeDashboardId int64  `json:"homeDashboardId"`
 	Timezone        string `json:"timezone"`
+	WeekStart       string `json:"weekStart"`
 	Theme           string `json:"theme"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/preferences_mig.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/preferences_mig.go
index 606b2f8cdab..a1f6984fa66 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/preferences_mig.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/migrations/preferences_mig.go
@@ -42,4 +42,8 @@ func addPreferencesMigrations(mg *Migrator) {
 		SQLite("UPDATE preferences SET team_id=0 WHERE team_id IS NULL;").
 		Postgres("UPDATE preferences SET team_id=0 WHERE team_id IS NULL;").
 		Mysql("UPDATE preferences SET team_id=0 WHERE team_id IS NULL;"))
+
+	mg.AddMigration("Add column week_start in preferences", NewAddColumnMigration(preferencesV2, &Column{
+		Name: "week_start", Type: DB_NVarchar, Length: 10, Nullable: true,
+	}))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/sqlstore/preferences.go b/pkg/services/sqlstore/preferences.go
index 4aca69ee3e5..68b45ef8293 100644
--- a/pkg/services/sqlstore/preferences.go
+++ b/pkg/services/sqlstore/preferences.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func (ss *SQLStore) GetPreferencesWithDefaults(ctx context.Context, query *model
 		res := &models.Preferences{
 			Theme:           ss.Cfg.DefaultTheme,
 			Timezone:        ss.Cfg.DateFormats.DefaultTimezone,
+			WeekStart:       ss.Cfg.DateFormats.DefaultWeekStart,
 			HomeDashboardId: 0,
 		}
 
@@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ func (ss *SQLStore) GetPreferencesWithDefaults(ctx context.Context, query *model
 			if p.Timezone != "" {
 				res.Timezone = p.Timezone
 			}
+			if p.WeekStart != "" {
+				res.WeekStart = p.WeekStart
+			}
 			if p.HomeDashboardId != 0 {
 				res.HomeDashboardId = p.HomeDashboardId
 			}
@@ -96,6 +100,7 @@ func SavePreferences(cmd *models.SavePreferencesCommand) error {
 				TeamId:          cmd.TeamId,
 				HomeDashboardId: cmd.HomeDashboardId,
 				Timezone:        cmd.Timezone,
+				WeekStart:       cmd.WeekStart,
 				Theme:           cmd.Theme,
 				Created:         time.Now(),
 				Updated:         time.Now(),
@@ -104,7 +109,7 @@ func SavePreferences(cmd *models.SavePreferencesCommand) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		prefs.HomeDashboardId = cmd.HomeDashboardId
-		prefs.Timezone = cmd.Timezone
+		prefs.WeekStart = cmd.WeekStart
 		prefs.Theme = cmd.Theme
 		prefs.Updated = time.Now()
 		prefs.Version += 1
diff --git a/pkg/setting/date_formats.go b/pkg/setting/date_formats.go
index f9a4ce40632..a23606278ae 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/date_formats.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/date_formats.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type DateFormats struct {
 	UseBrowserLocale bool                `json:"useBrowserLocale"`
 	Interval         DateFormatIntervals `json:"interval"`
 	DefaultTimezone  string              `json:"defaultTimezone"`
+	DefaultWeekStart string              `json:"defaultWeekStart"`
 }
 
 type DateFormatIntervals struct {
@@ -22,17 +23,17 @@ type DateFormatIntervals struct {
 	Year   string `json:"year"`
 }
 
-const localBrowserTimezone = "browser"
+const localBrowser = "browser"
 
 func valueAsTimezone(section *ini.Section, keyName string) (string, error) {
-	timezone := section.Key(keyName).MustString(localBrowserTimezone)
-	if timezone == localBrowserTimezone {
-		return localBrowserTimezone, nil
+	timezone := section.Key(keyName).MustString(localBrowser)
+	if timezone == localBrowser {
+		return localBrowser, nil
 	}
 
 	location, err := time.LoadLocation(timezone)
 	if err != nil {
-		return localBrowserTimezone, err
+		return localBrowser, err
 	}
 
 	return location.String(), nil
@@ -54,4 +55,5 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) readDateFormats() {
 		cfg.Logger.Warn("Unknown timezone as default_timezone", "err", err)
 	}
 	cfg.DateFormats.DefaultTimezone = timezone
+	cfg.DateFormats.DefaultWeekStart = valueAsString(dateFormats, "default_week_start", "browser")
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go b/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go
index 8b99bd3e933..9c4a72ad07d 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/time_range.go
@@ -79,22 +79,30 @@ func tryParseUnixMsEpoch(val string) (time.Time, bool) {
 }
 
 func (tr *TimeRange) ParseFrom() (time.Time, error) {
-	return parse(tr.From, tr.now, false, nil)
+	return parse(tr.From, tr.now, false, nil, -1)
 }
 
 func (tr *TimeRange) ParseTo() (time.Time, error) {
-	return parse(tr.To, tr.now, true, nil)
+	return parse(tr.To, tr.now, true, nil, -1)
 }
 
 func (tr *TimeRange) ParseFromWithLocation(location *time.Location) (time.Time, error) {
-	return parse(tr.From, tr.now, false, location)
+	return parse(tr.From, tr.now, false, location, -1)
 }
 
 func (tr *TimeRange) ParseToWithLocation(location *time.Location) (time.Time, error) {
-	return parse(tr.To, tr.now, true, location)
+	return parse(tr.To, tr.now, true, location, -1)
 }
 
-func parse(s string, now time.Time, withRoundUp bool, location *time.Location) (time.Time, error) {
+func (tr *TimeRange) ParseFromWithWeekStart(location *time.Location, weekstart time.Weekday) (time.Time, error) {
+	return parse(tr.From, tr.now, false, location, weekstart)
+}
+
+func (tr *TimeRange) ParseToWithWeekStart(location *time.Location, weekstart time.Weekday) (time.Time, error) {
+	return parse(tr.To, tr.now, true, location, weekstart)
+}
+
+func parse(s string, now time.Time, withRoundUp bool, location *time.Location, weekstart time.Weekday) (time.Time, error) {
 	if res, ok := tryParseUnixMsEpoch(s); ok {
 		return res, nil
 	}
@@ -108,6 +116,12 @@ func parse(s string, now time.Time, withRoundUp bool, location *time.Location) (
 		if location != nil {
 			options = append(options, datemath.WithLocation(location))
 		}
+		if weekstart != -1 {
+			if weekstart > now.Weekday() {
+				weekstart = weekstart - 7
+			}
+			options = append(options, datemath.WithStartOfWeek(weekstart))
+		}
 
 		return datemath.ParseAndEvaluate(s, options...)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go
index 56a8955a00c..5aacc404324 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/time_range_test.go
@@ -248,5 +248,120 @@ func TestTimeRange(t *testing.T) {
 				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
 			})
 		})
+
+		Convey("Can parse now-1w/w, now-1w/w without timezone and week start on Monday", func() {
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				From: "now-1w/w",
+				To:   "now-1w/w",
+				now:  now,
+			}
+			weekstart := time.Monday
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+			Convey("from now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-13T00:00:00.000Z")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseFromWithWeekStart(nil, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+
+			Convey("to now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-19T23:59:59.999Z")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseToWithWeekStart(nil, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+		})
+
+		Convey("Can parse now-1w/w, now-1w/w with America/Chicago timezone and week start on Monday", func() {
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				From: "now-1w/w",
+				To:   "now-1w/w",
+				now:  now,
+			}
+			weekstart := time.Monday
+			location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Chicago")
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+			Convey("from now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-13T00:00:00.000-05:00")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseFromWithWeekStart(location, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+
+			Convey("to now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-19T23:59:59.999-05:00")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseToWithWeekStart(location, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+		})
+
+		Convey("Can parse now-1w/w, now-1w/w with America/Chicago timezone and week start on Sunday", func() {
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				From: "now-1w/w",
+				To:   "now-1w/w",
+				now:  now,
+			}
+			weekstart := time.Sunday
+			location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Chicago")
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+			Convey("from now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-19T00:00:00.000-05:00")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseFromWithWeekStart(location, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+
+			Convey("to now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-25T23:59:59.999-05:00")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseToWithWeekStart(location, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+		})
+
+		Convey("Can parse now-1w/w, now-1w/w with America/Chicago timezone and week start on Saturday", func() {
+			tr := TimeRange{
+				From: "now-1w/w",
+				To:   "now-1w/w",
+				now:  now,
+			}
+			weekstart := time.Saturday
+			location, err := time.LoadLocation("America/Chicago")
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+			Convey("from now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-18T00:00:00.000-05:00")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseFromWithWeekStart(location, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+
+			Convey("to now-1w/w ", func() {
+				expected, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-07-24T23:59:59.999-05:00")
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+				res, err := tr.ParseToWithWeekStart(location, weekstart)
+				So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+				So(res, ShouldEqual, expected)
+			})
+		})
 	})
 }
diff --git a/public/app/app.ts b/public/app/app.ts
index a4d6c73c908..5d075f210f8 100644
--- a/public/app/app.ts
+++ b/public/app/app.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   monacoLanguageRegistry,
   setLocale,
   setTimeZoneResolver,
+  setWeekStart,
   standardEditorsRegistry,
   standardFieldConfigEditorRegistry,
   standardTransformersRegistry,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export class GrafanaApp {
     initEchoSrv();
     addClassIfNoOverlayScrollbar();
     setLocale(config.bootData.user.locale);
+    setWeekStart(config.bootData.user.weekStart);
     setPanelRenderer(PanelRenderer);
     setTimeZoneResolver(() => config.bootData.user.timezone);
     // Important that extensions are initialized before store
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx b/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx
index c041395e257..7b2f31fd5e9 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/SharedPreferences/SharedPreferences.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   Select,
   stylesFactory,
   TimeZonePicker,
+  WeekStartPicker,
   Tooltip,
 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { SelectableValue } from '@grafana/data';
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export interface State {
   homeDashboardId: number;
   theme: string;
   timezone: string;
+  weekStart: string;
   dashboards: DashboardSearchHit[];
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ export class SharedPreferences extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       homeDashboardId: 0,
       theme: '',
       timezone: '',
+      weekStart: '',
       dashboards: [],
     };
   }
@@ -84,13 +87,14 @@ export class SharedPreferences extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
       homeDashboardId: prefs.homeDashboardId,
       theme: prefs.theme,
       timezone: prefs.timezone,
+      weekStart: prefs.weekStart,
       dashboards: [defaultDashboardHit, ...dashboards],
     });
   }
 
   onSubmitForm = async () => {
-    const { homeDashboardId, theme, timezone } = this.state;
-    await this.service.update({ homeDashboardId, theme, timezone });
+    const { homeDashboardId, theme, timezone, weekStart } = this.state;
+    await this.service.update({ homeDashboardId, theme, timezone, weekStart });
     window.location.reload();
   };
 
@@ -105,6 +109,10 @@ export class SharedPreferences extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     this.setState({ timezone: timezone });
   };
 
+  onWeekStartChanged = (weekStart: string) => {
+    this.setState({ weekStart: weekStart });
+  };
+
   onHomeDashboardChanged = (dashboardId: number) => {
     this.setState({ homeDashboardId: dashboardId });
   };
@@ -117,7 +125,7 @@ export class SharedPreferences extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   };
 
   render() {
-    const { theme, timezone, homeDashboardId, dashboards } = this.state;
+    const { theme, timezone, weekStart, homeDashboardId, dashboards } = this.state;
     const styles = getStyles();
 
     return (
@@ -161,6 +169,10 @@ export class SharedPreferences extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
               <Field label="Timezone" aria-label={selectors.components.TimeZonePicker.container}>
                 <TimeZonePicker includeInternal={true} value={timezone} onChange={this.onTimeZoneChanged} />
               </Field>
+
+              <Field label="Week start" aria-label={selectors.components.WeekStartPicker.container}>
+                <WeekStartPicker value={weekStart} onChange={this.onWeekStartChanged} />
+              </Field>
               <div className="gf-form-button-row">
                 <Button variant="primary" aria-label="User preferences save button">
                   Save
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.test.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.test.tsx
index 38039b2531b..39332bbee6a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.test.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.test.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const setupTestContext = (options: Partial<Props>) => {
       timezone: 'utc',
     } as unknown) as DashboardModel,
     updateTimeZone: jest.fn(),
+    updateWeekStart: jest.fn(),
   };
 
   const props = { ...defaults, ...options };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx
index 0d6e41f6219..dffc9690ddd 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/GeneralSettings.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { DashboardModel } from '../../state/DashboardModel';
 import { DeleteDashboardButton } from '../DeleteDashboard/DeleteDashboardButton';
 import { TimePickerSettings } from './TimePickerSettings';
 
-import { updateTimeZoneDashboard } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/actions';
+import { updateTimeZoneDashboard, updateWeekStartDashboard } from 'app/features/dashboard/state/actions';
 
 interface OwnProps {
   dashboard: DashboardModel;
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ const GRAPH_TOOLTIP_OPTIONS = [
   { value: 2, label: 'Shared Tooltip' },
 ];
 
-export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone }: Props): JSX.Element {
+export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone, updateWeekStart }: Props): JSX.Element {
   const [renderCounter, setRenderCounter] = useState(0);
 
   const onFolderChange = (folder: { id: number; title: string }) => {
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone }: Props)
     updateTimeZone(timeZone);
   };
 
+  const onWeekStartChange = (weekStart: string) => {
+    dashboard.weekStart = weekStart;
+    setRenderCounter(renderCounter + 1);
+    updateWeekStart(weekStart);
+  };
+
   const onTagsChange = (tags: string[]) => {
     dashboard.tags = tags;
     setRenderCounter(renderCounter + 1);
@@ -116,6 +122,7 @@ export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone }: Props)
 
       <TimePickerSettings
         onTimeZoneChange={onTimeZoneChange}
+        onWeekStartChange={onWeekStartChange}
         onRefreshIntervalChange={onRefreshIntervalChange}
         onNowDelayChange={onNowDelayChange}
         onHideTimePickerChange={onHideTimePickerChange}
@@ -124,6 +131,7 @@ export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone }: Props)
         timePickerHidden={dashboard.timepicker.hidden}
         nowDelay={dashboard.timepicker.nowDelay}
         timezone={dashboard.timezone}
+        weekStart={dashboard.weekStart}
         liveNow={dashboard.liveNow}
       />
 
@@ -145,6 +153,7 @@ export function GeneralSettingsUnconnected({ dashboard, updateTimeZone }: Props)
 
 const mapDispatchToProps = {
   updateTimeZone: updateTimeZoneDashboard,
+  updateWeekStart: updateWeekStartDashboard,
 };
 
 const connector = connect(null, mapDispatchToProps);
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/TimePickerSettings.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/TimePickerSettings.tsx
index 122b4a201e3..58188610f24 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/TimePickerSettings.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/DashboardSettings/TimePickerSettings.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
-import { Input, TimeZonePicker, Field, Switch, CollapsableSection } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Input, TimeZonePicker, Field, Switch, CollapsableSection, WeekStartPicker } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { rangeUtil, TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
 import { isEmpty } from 'lodash';
 import { selectors } from '@grafana/e2e-selectors';
 import { AutoRefreshIntervals } from './AutoRefreshIntervals';
 
 interface Props {
+  onWeekStartChange: (weekStart: string) => void;
   onTimeZoneChange: (timeZone: TimeZone) => void;
   onRefreshIntervalChange: (interval: string[]) => void;
   onNowDelayChange: (nowDelay: string) => void;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ interface Props {
   timePickerHidden: boolean;
   nowDelay: string;
   timezone: TimeZone;
+  weekStart: string;
   liveNow: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ export class TimePickerSettings extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     this.props.onTimeZoneChange(timeZone);
   };
 
+  onWeekStartChange = (weekStart: string) => {
+    this.props.onWeekStartChange(weekStart);
+  };
+
   render() {
     return (
       <CollapsableSection label="Time options" isOpen={true}>
@@ -67,6 +73,9 @@ export class TimePickerSettings extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
             width={40}
           />
         </Field>
+        <Field label="Week start" aria-label={selectors.components.WeekStartPicker.container}>
+          <WeekStartPicker width={40} value={this.props.weekStart} onChange={this.onWeekStartChange} />
+        </Field>
         <AutoRefreshIntervals
           refreshIntervals={this.props.refreshIntervals}
           onRefreshIntervalChange={this.props.onRefreshIntervalChange}
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts
index 48fac9fe67f..71d79862a44 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/DashboardModel.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export class DashboardModel {
   tags: any;
   style: any;
   timezone: any;
+  weekStart: any;
   editable: any;
   graphTooltip: DashboardCursorSync;
   time: any;
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ export class DashboardModel {
     this.tags = data.tags ?? [];
     this.style = data.style ?? 'dark';
     this.timezone = data.timezone ?? '';
+    this.weekStart = data.weekStart ?? '';
     this.editable = data.editable !== false;
     this.graphTooltip = data.graphTooltip || 0;
     this.time = data.time ?? { from: 'now-6h', to: 'now' };
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/actions.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/actions.ts
index c0b69a9f40b..e166fd37785 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/actions.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/actions.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { createSuccessNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { loadPluginDashboards } from '../../plugins/state/actions';
 import { cleanUpDashboard, loadDashboardPermissions } from './reducers';
 import { notifyApp } from 'app/core/actions';
-import { updateTimeZoneForSession } from 'app/features/profile/state/reducers';
+import { updateTimeZoneForSession, updateWeekStartForSession } from 'app/features/profile/state/reducers';
 // Types
 import { DashboardAcl, DashboardAclUpdateDTO, NewDashboardAclItem, PermissionLevel, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
 import { cancelVariables } from '../../variables/state/actions';
@@ -131,3 +131,8 @@ export const updateTimeZoneDashboard = (timeZone: TimeZone): ThunkResult<void> =
   dispatch(updateTimeZoneForSession(timeZone));
   getTimeSrv().refreshDashboard();
 };
+
+export const updateWeekStartDashboard = (weekStart: string): ThunkResult<void> => (dispatch) => {
+  dispatch(updateWeekStartForSession(weekStart));
+  getTimeSrv().refreshDashboard();
+};
diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
index 44263c8a17b..205b1000f35 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/state/initDashboard.ts
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ import {
 // Types
 import { DashboardDTO, DashboardInitPhase, DashboardRoutes, StoreState, ThunkDispatch, ThunkResult } from 'app/types';
 import { DashboardModel } from './DashboardModel';
-import { DataQuery, locationUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { DataQuery, locationUtil, setWeekStart } from '@grafana/data';
 import { initVariablesTransaction } from '../../variables/state/actions';
 import { emitDashboardViewEvent } from './analyticsProcessor';
 import { dashboardWatcher } from 'app/features/live/dashboard/dashboardWatcher';
-import { locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { createDashboardQueryRunner } from '../../query/state/DashboardQueryRunner/DashboardQueryRunner';
 
 export interface InitDashboardArgs {
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ export function initDashboard(args: InitDashboardArgs): ThunkResult<void> {
       dashboardWatcher.leave();
     }
 
+    // set week start
+    if (dashboard.weekStart !== '') {
+      setWeekStart(dashboard.weekStart);
+    } else {
+      setWeekStart(config.bootData.user.weekStart);
+    }
+
     // yay we are done
     dispatch(dashboardInitCompleted(dashboard));
   };
diff --git a/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.test.ts b/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.test.ts
index dc050bfe509..7675515faf5 100644
--- a/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   setUpdating,
   teamsLoaded,
   updateTimeZone,
+  updateWeekStart,
   userLoaded,
   userReducer,
   userSessionRevoked,
@@ -33,6 +34,15 @@ describe('userReducer', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('when updateWeekStart is dispatched', () => {
+    it('then state should be correct', () => {
+      reducerTester<UserState>()
+        .givenReducer(userReducer, { ...initialUserState })
+        .whenActionIsDispatched(updateWeekStart({ weekStart: 'xyz' }))
+        .thenStateShouldEqual({ ...initialUserState, weekStart: 'xyz' });
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('when setUpdating is dispatched', () => {
     it('then state should be correct', () => {
       reducerTester<UserState>()
diff --git a/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.ts b/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.ts
index 739fb8817e5..56f2ad6cc34 100644
--- a/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/profile/state/reducers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { isEmpty, isString, set } from 'lodash';
 import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { dateTimeFormat, dateTimeFormatTimeAgo, TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
+import { dateTimeFormat, dateTimeFormatTimeAgo, setWeekStart, TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { Team, ThunkResult, UserDTO, UserOrg, UserSession } from 'app/types';
 import config from 'app/core/config';
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
 export interface UserState {
   orgId: number;
   timeZone: TimeZone;
+  weekStart: string;
   fiscalYearStartMonth: number;
   user: UserDTO | null;
   teams: Team[];
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ export interface UserState {
 export const initialUserState: UserState = {
   orgId: config.bootData.user.orgId,
   timeZone: config.bootData.user.timezone,
+  weekStart: config.bootData.user.weekStart,
   fiscalYearStartMonth: 0,
   orgsAreLoading: false,
   sessionsAreLoading: false,
@@ -41,6 +43,9 @@ export const slice = createSlice({
     updateTimeZone: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ timeZone: TimeZone }>) => {
       state.timeZone = action.payload.timeZone;
     },
+    updateWeekStart: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ weekStart: string }>) => {
+      state.weekStart = action.payload.weekStart;
+    },
     updateFiscalYearStartMonth: (state, action: PayloadAction<{ fiscalYearStartMonth: number }>) => {
       state.fiscalYearStartMonth = action.payload.fiscalYearStartMonth;
     },
@@ -110,6 +115,18 @@ export const updateTimeZoneForSession = (timeZone: TimeZone): ThunkResult<void>
   };
 };
 
+export const updateWeekStartForSession = (weekStart: string): ThunkResult<void> => {
+  return async (dispatch) => {
+    if (!isString(weekStart) || isEmpty(weekStart)) {
+      weekStart = config?.bootData?.user?.weekStart;
+    }
+
+    set(contextSrv, 'user.weekStart', weekStart);
+    dispatch(updateWeekStart({ weekStart }));
+    setWeekStart(weekStart);
+  };
+};
+
 export const {
   setUpdating,
   initLoadOrgs,
@@ -121,6 +138,7 @@ export const {
   initLoadSessions,
   sessionsLoaded,
   updateTimeZone,
+  updateWeekStart,
   updateFiscalYearStartMonth,
 } = slice.actions;
 
diff --git a/public/app/types/preferences.ts b/public/app/types/preferences.ts
index f2403644fb5..ea255d469f7 100644
--- a/public/app/types/preferences.ts
+++ b/public/app/types/preferences.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { TimeZone } from '@grafana/data';
 
 export interface UserPreferencesDTO {
   timezone: TimeZone;
+  weekStart: string;
   homeDashboardId: number;
   theme: string;
 }