diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f117ec6f505
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import { toUtc } from '@grafana/data';
+
+import { LokiQueryEditor } from './LokiQueryEditor';
+import { LokiDatasource } from '../datasource';
+import { LokiQuery } from '../types';
+
+const createMockRequestRange = (from: string, to: string) => {
+  return {
+    request: {
+      range: {
+        from: toUtc(from, 'YYYY-MM-DD'),
+        to: toUtc(to, 'YYYY-MM-DD'),
+      },
+    },
+  };
+};
+
+const setup = (propOverrides?: object) => {
+  const datasourceMock: unknown = {};
+  const datasource: LokiDatasource = datasourceMock as LokiDatasource;
+  const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
+  const onChange = jest.fn();
+
+  const query: LokiQuery = {
+    expr: '',
+    refId: 'A',
+    legendFormat: 'My Legend',
+  };
+
+  const data = createMockRequestRange('2020-01-01', '2020-01-02');
+
+  const props: any = {
+    datasource,
+    onChange,
+    onRunQuery,
+    query,
+    data,
+  };
+
+  Object.assign(props, propOverrides);
+
+  const wrapper = shallow(<LokiQueryEditor {...props} />);
+  const instance = wrapper.instance() as LokiQueryEditor;
+
+  return {
+    instance,
+    wrapper,
+  };
+};
+
+describe('Render LokiQueryEditor with legend', () => {
+  it('should render', () => {
+    const { wrapper } = setup();
+    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('should update absolute timerange', () => {
+    const { wrapper } = setup();
+    wrapper.setProps({
+      data: createMockRequestRange('2019-01-01', '2020-01-02'),
+    });
+    expect(wrapper).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.tsx
index b8d47578850..7782269f853 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/LokiQueryEditor.tsx
@@ -1,45 +1,105 @@
 // Libraries
-import React, { memo } from 'react';
+import React, { PureComponent } from 'react';
 
 // Types
-import { AbsoluteTimeRange, QueryEditorProps } from '@grafana/data';
+import { AbsoluteTimeRange, QueryEditorProps, PanelData } from '@grafana/data';
+import { InlineFormLabel } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { LokiDatasource } from '../datasource';
 import { LokiQuery } from '../types';
 import { LokiQueryField } from './LokiQueryField';
 
 type Props = QueryEditorProps<LokiDatasource, LokiQuery>;
 
-export const LokiQueryEditor = memo(function LokiQueryEditor(props: Props) {
-  const { query, data, datasource, onChange, onRunQuery } = props;
+interface State {
+  legendFormat: string;
+}
 
-  let absolute: AbsoluteTimeRange;
+export class LokiQueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
+  // Query target to be modified and used for queries
+  query: LokiQuery;
 
-  if (data && data.request) {
-    const { range } = data.request;
-    absolute = {
-      from: range.from.valueOf(),
-      to: range.to.valueOf(),
-    };
-  } else {
-    absolute = {
-      from: Date.now() - 10000,
-      to: Date.now(),
+  constructor(props: Props) {
+    super(props);
+    // Use default query to prevent undefined input values
+    const defaultQuery: Partial<LokiQuery> = { expr: '', legendFormat: '' };
+    const query = Object.assign({}, defaultQuery, props.query);
+    this.query = query;
+    // Query target properties that are fully controlled inputs
+    this.state = {
+      // Fully controlled text inputs
+      legendFormat: query.legendFormat,
     };
   }
 
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <LokiQueryField
-        datasource={datasource}
-        query={query}
-        onChange={onChange}
-        onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
-        history={[]}
-        data={data}
-        absoluteRange={absolute}
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
-});
+  calcAbsoluteRange = (data: PanelData): AbsoluteTimeRange => {
+    if (data && data.request) {
+      const { range } = data.request;
+      return {
+        from: range.from.valueOf(),
+        to: range.to.valueOf(),
+      };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      from: Date.now() - 10000,
+      to: Date.now(),
+    };
+  };
+
+  onFieldChange = (query: LokiQuery, override?: any) => {
+    this.query.expr = query.expr;
+  };
+
+  onLegendChange = (e: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    const legendFormat = e.currentTarget.value;
+    this.query.legendFormat = legendFormat;
+    this.setState({ legendFormat });
+  };
+
+  onRunQuery = () => {
+    const { query } = this;
+    this.props.onChange(query);
+    this.props.onRunQuery();
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const { datasource, query, data } = this.props;
+    const { legendFormat } = this.state;
+
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <LokiQueryField
+          datasource={datasource}
+          query={query}
+          onChange={this.onFieldChange}
+          onRunQuery={this.onRunQuery}
+          history={[]}
+          data={data}
+          absoluteRange={this.calcAbsoluteRange(data)}
+        />
+
+        <div className="gf-form-inline">
+          <div className="gf-form">
+            <InlineFormLabel
+              width={7}
+              tooltip="Controls the name of the time series, using name or pattern. For example
+        {{hostname}} will be replaced with label value for the label hostname. The legend only applies to metric queries."
+            >
+              Legend
+            </InlineFormLabel>
+            <input
+              type="text"
+              className="gf-form-input"
+              placeholder="legend format"
+              value={legendFormat}
+              onChange={this.onLegendChange}
+              onBlur={this.onRunQuery}
+            />
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 export default LokiQueryEditor;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/__snapshots__/LokiQueryEditor.test.tsx.snap b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/__snapshots__/LokiQueryEditor.test.tsx.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d7d39fcb240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/components/__snapshots__/LokiQueryEditor.test.tsx.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`Render LokiQueryEditor with legend should render 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <Component
+    absoluteRange={
+      Object {
+        "from": 1577836800000,
+        "to": 1577923200000,
+      }
+    }
+    data={
+      Object {
+        "request": Object {
+          "range": Object {
+            "from": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+            "to": "2020-01-02T00:00:00.000Z",
+          },
+        },
+      }
+    }
+    datasource={Object {}}
+    history={Array []}
+    onChange={[Function]}
+    onRunQuery={[Function]}
+    query={
+      Object {
+        "expr": "",
+        "legendFormat": "My Legend",
+        "refId": "A",
+      }
+    }
+  />
+  <div
+    className="gf-form-inline"
+  >
+    <div
+      className="gf-form"
+    >
+      <Component
+        tooltip="Controls the name of the time series, using name or pattern. For example
+        {{hostname}} will be replaced with label value for the label hostname. The legend only applies to metric queries."
+        width={7}
+      >
+        Legend
+      </Component>
+      <input
+        className="gf-form-input"
+        onBlur={[Function]}
+        onChange={[Function]}
+        placeholder="legend format"
+        type="text"
+        value="My Legend"
+      />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
+
+exports[`Render LokiQueryEditor with legend should update absolute timerange 1`] = `
+<div>
+  <Component
+    absoluteRange={
+      Object {
+        "from": 1546300800000,
+        "to": 1577923200000,
+      }
+    }
+    data={
+      Object {
+        "request": Object {
+          "range": Object {
+            "from": "2019-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+            "to": "2020-01-02T00:00:00.000Z",
+          },
+        },
+      }
+    }
+    datasource={Object {}}
+    history={Array []}
+    onChange={[Function]}
+    onRunQuery={[Function]}
+    query={
+      Object {
+        "expr": "",
+        "legendFormat": "My Legend",
+        "refId": "A",
+      }
+    }
+  />
+  <div
+    className="gf-form-inline"
+  >
+    <div
+      className="gf-form"
+    >
+      <Component
+        tooltip="Controls the name of the time series, using name or pattern. For example
+        {{hostname}} will be replaced with label value for the label hostname. The legend only applies to metric queries."
+        width={7}
+      >
+        Legend
+      </Component>
+      <input
+        className="gf-form-input"
+        onBlur={[Function]}
+        onChange={[Function]}
+        placeholder="legend format"
+        type="text"
+        value="My Legend"
+      />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+`;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts
index 4ae03bd1d64..8c2ba7409da 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/result_transformer.ts
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ function createUid(ts: string, labelsString: string, line: string): string {
 }
 
 function lokiMatrixToTimeSeries(matrixResult: LokiMatrixResult, options: TransformerOptions): TimeSeries {
+  const name = createMetricLabel(matrixResult.metric, options);
   return {
-    target: createMetricLabel(matrixResult.metric, options),
+    target: name,
+    title: name,
     datapoints: lokiPointsToTimeseriesPoints(matrixResult.values, options),
     tags: matrixResult.metric,
     meta: options.meta,