diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
index 6de79c1b9e0..94df4bd6cf8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
@@ -775,6 +775,13 @@ export class ElasticDatasource
     );
   }
 
+  filterQuery(query: ElasticsearchQuery): boolean {
+    if (query.hide) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
   isMetadataField(fieldName: string) {
     return ELASTIC_META_FIELDS.includes(fieldName);
   }