diff --git a/src/app/features/dashboard/dashboardNavCtrl.js b/src/app/features/dashboard/dashboardNavCtrl.js
index a47e19b561f..9a8042cd680 100644
--- a/src/app/features/dashboard/dashboardNavCtrl.js
+++ b/src/app/features/dashboard/dashboardNavCtrl.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function (angular, _, moment) {
 
   var module = angular.module('grafana.controllers');
 
-  module.controller('DashboardNavCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, alertSrv, $location, playlistSrv, backendSrv, timeSrv) {
+  module.controller('DashboardNavCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, alertSrv, $location, playlistSrv, backendSrv, timeSrv, $timeout) {
 
     $scope.init = function() {
       $scope.onAppEvent('save-dashboard', $scope.saveDashboard);
@@ -157,6 +157,18 @@ function (angular, _, moment) {
       });
     };
 
+    $scope.snapshot = function() {
+      $scope.dashboard.snapshot = true;
+      $rootScope.$broadcast('refresh');
+
+      $timeout(function() {
+        $scope.exportDashboard();
+        $scope.dashboard.snapshot = false;
+        $scope.appEvent('dashboard-snapshot-cleanup');
+      }, 1000);
+
+    };
+
     $scope.editJson = function() {
       $scope.appEvent('show-json-editor', { object: $scope.dashboard });
     };
diff --git a/src/app/panels/graph/module.js b/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
index 3af9f59eb9b..966e1f9aa23 100644
--- a/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
+++ b/src/app/panels/graph/module.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function (angular, app, $, _, kbn, moment, TimeSeries, PanelMeta) {
     };
   });
 
-  module.controller('GraphCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, panelSrv, annotationsSrv, panelHelper) {
+  module.controller('GraphCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, panelSrv, annotationsSrv, panelHelper, $q) {
 
     $scope.panelMeta = new PanelMeta({
       panelName: 'Graph',
@@ -130,6 +130,12 @@ function (angular, app, $, _, kbn, moment, TimeSeries, PanelMeta) {
     $scope.refreshData = function(datasource) {
       panelHelper.updateTimeRange($scope);
 
+      if ($scope.panel.snapshotData) {
+        $scope.annotationsPromise = $q.when([]);
+        $scope.dataHandler($scope.panel.snapshotData);
+        return;
+      }
+
       $scope.annotationsPromise = annotationsSrv.getAnnotations($scope.rangeUnparsed, $scope.dashboard);
 
       return panelHelper.issueMetricQuery($scope, datasource)
@@ -141,6 +147,9 @@ function (angular, app, $, _, kbn, moment, TimeSeries, PanelMeta) {
     };
 
     $scope.dataHandler = function(results) {
+      if ($scope.dashboard.snapshot) {
+        $scope.panel.snapshotData = results;
+      }
       // png renderer returns just a url
       if (_.isString(results)) {
         $scope.render(results);
@@ -285,6 +294,7 @@ function (angular, app, $, _, kbn, moment, TimeSeries, PanelMeta) {
     };
 
     panelSrv.init($scope);
+
   });
 
 });
diff --git a/src/app/partials/dashboard_topnav.html b/src/app/partials/dashboard_topnav.html
index bf3ba635a97..77cccecb10b 100644
--- a/src/app/partials/dashboard_topnav.html
+++ b/src/app/partials/dashboard_topnav.html
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 						<li><a class="pointer" ng-click="editJson();">View JSON</a></li>
 						<li><a class="pointer" ng-click="saveDashboardAs();">Save As...</a></li>
 						<li><a class="pointer" ng-click="deleteDashboard();">Delete dashboard</a></li>
+						<li><a class="pointer" ng-click="snapshot();">Snapshot dashboard</a></li>
 					</ul>
 				</li>
 			</ul>