diff --git a/e2e-playwright/panels-suite/heatmap.spec.ts b/e2e-playwright/panels-suite/heatmap.spec.ts
index 4fe163bf23e..13822b60ab0 100644
--- a/e2e-playwright/panels-suite/heatmap.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e-playwright/panels-suite/heatmap.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect } from '@grafana/plugin-e2e';
 
 const DASHBOARD_UID = '5Y0jv6pVz';
-
-// test.use();
+const TIME_RANGE_PAN_DASHBOARD_UID = 'YoacZIq7z';
 
 test.describe('Panels test: Heatmap', { tag: ['@panels', '@heatmap'] }, () => {
   test('renders successfully', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, selectors, page }) => {
@@ -34,3 +33,112 @@ test.describe('Panels test: Heatmap', { tag: ['@panels', '@heatmap'] }, () => {
 
   // TODO tooltips, legends, and panel editing
 });
+
+test.use({
+  featureToggles: {
+    timeRangePan: true,
+  },
+});
+
+test.describe('Panels test: Heatmap X-axis panning', { tag: ['@panels', '@heatmap'] }, () => {
+  test('x-axis panning functionality', async ({ gotoDashboardPage, page, selectors }) => {
+    let centerX: number;
+    let centerY: number;
+    let initialFromTime: number;
+    let initialToTime: number;
+
+    const dashboardPage = await test.step('Load dashboard and verify cursor changes to grab', async () => {
+      const dashboardPage = await gotoDashboardPage({ uid: TIME_RANGE_PAN_DASHBOARD_UID });
+
+      const heatmapPanel = page.locator('.uplot').first();
+      await expect(heatmapPanel, 'panel rendered').toBeVisible();
+
+      const xAxis = heatmapPanel.locator('.u-axis').first();
+      await expect(xAxis, 'x-axis rendered').toBeVisible();
+
+      await xAxis.hover();
+
+      const cursorStyle = await xAxis.evaluate((el: HTMLElement) => window.getComputedStyle(el).cursor);
+      expect(cursorStyle, 'cursor is grab').toBe('grab');
+
+      return dashboardPage;
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Capture initial time range', async () => {
+      const heatmapPanel = page.locator('.uplot').first();
+      const xAxis = heatmapPanel.locator('.u-axis').first();
+
+      const timePickerButton = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.openButton);
+      await timePickerButton.click();
+
+      const fromField = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.fromField);
+      const toField = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.toField);
+
+      const initialFrom = await fromField.inputValue();
+      const initialTo = await toField.inputValue();
+      initialFromTime = new Date(initialFrom).getTime();
+      initialToTime = new Date(initialTo).getTime();
+
+      await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+
+      const axisBox = await xAxis.boundingBox();
+      if (!axisBox) {
+        throw new Error('X-axis bounding box not found');
+      }
+
+      centerX = axisBox.x + axisBox.width / 2;
+      centerY = axisBox.y + axisBox.height / 2;
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Drag right pans backward in time', async () => {
+      await page.mouse.move(centerX, centerY);
+      await page.mouse.down();
+      await page.mouse.move(centerX + 100, centerY);
+      await page.mouse.up();
+
+      await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+
+      const timePickerButton = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.openButton);
+      await timePickerButton.click();
+
+      const fromField = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.fromField);
+      const toField = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.toField);
+
+      const afterRightFrom = await fromField.inputValue();
+      const afterRightTo = await toField.inputValue();
+      const afterRightFromTime = new Date(afterRightFrom).getTime();
+      const afterRightToTime = new Date(afterRightTo).getTime();
+
+      expect(afterRightFromTime, 'panned backward').toBeLessThan(initialFromTime);
+      expect(afterRightToTime, 'panned backward').toBeLessThan(initialToTime);
+
+      await page.keyboard.press('Escape');
+
+      initialFromTime = afterRightFromTime;
+      initialToTime = afterRightToTime;
+    });
+
+    await test.step('Drag left pans forward in time', async () => {
+      await page.mouse.move(centerX, centerY);
+      await page.mouse.down();
+      await page.mouse.move(centerX - 100, centerY);
+      await page.mouse.up();
+
+      await page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+
+      const timePickerButton = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.openButton);
+      await timePickerButton.click();
+
+      const fromField = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.fromField);
+      const toField = dashboardPage.getByGrafanaSelector(selectors.components.TimePicker.toField);
+
+      const afterLeftFrom = await fromField.inputValue();
+      const afterLeftTo = await toField.inputValue();
+      const afterLeftFromTime = new Date(afterLeftFrom).getTime();
+      const afterLeftToTime = new Date(afterLeftTo).getTime();
+
+      expect(afterLeftFromTime, 'panned forward').toBeGreaterThan(initialFromTime);
+      expect(afterLeftToTime, 'panned forward').toBeGreaterThan(initialToTime);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/HeatmapPanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/HeatmapPanel.tsx
index 57fee8ebcb8..e3546d7fdf2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/HeatmapPanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/heatmap/HeatmapPanel.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   useTheme2,
   VizLayout,
   EventBusPlugin,
+  XAxisInteractionAreaPlugin,
 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { FacetedData, TimeRange2, TooltipHoverMode } from '@grafana/ui/internal';
 import { ColorScale } from 'app/core/components/ColorScale/ColorScale';
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ const HeatmapPanelViz = ({
             {cursorSync !== DashboardCursorSync.Off && (
               <EventBusPlugin config={builder} eventBus={eventBus} frame={info.series ?? info.heatmap} />
             )}
+            <XAxisInteractionAreaPlugin config={builder} queryZoom={onChangeTimeRange} />
             {options.tooltip.mode !== TooltipDisplayMode.None && (
               <TooltipPlugin2
                 config={builder}