diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/monaco-query-field/MonacoQueryField.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/monaco-query-field/MonacoQueryField.tsx
index ab4026256f1..76b995b858a 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/monaco-query-field/MonacoQueryField.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/prometheus/components/monaco-query-field/MonacoQueryField.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ const options: CodeEditorMonacoOptions = {
   scrollBeyondLastLine: false,
   renderLineHighlight: 'none',
   fontSize: 14,
+  // we need `fixedOverflowWidgets` because otherwise in grafana-dashboards
+  // the popup is clipped by the panel-visualizations.
+  fixedOverflowWidgets: true,
 };
 
 const MonacoQueryField = (props: Props) => {