diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/__mocks__/cloudMonitoringQuery.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/__mocks__/cloudMonitoringQuery.ts
index d2943f326d8..a5aa7e49749 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/__mocks__/cloudMonitoringQuery.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/__mocks__/cloudMonitoringQuery.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { CloudMonitoringQuery, EditorMode, MetricQuery, QueryType } from '../types';
+import { AlignmentTypes, CloudMonitoringQuery, EditorMode, MetricQuery, QueryType, SLOQuery } from '../types';
 
 export const createMockMetricQuery: (overrides?: Partial<MetricQuery>) => MetricQuery = (
   overrides?: Partial<MetricQuery>
@@ -13,12 +13,29 @@ export const createMockMetricQuery: (overrides?: Partial<MetricQuery>) => Metric
   };
 };
 
-export const createMockQuery: () => CloudMonitoringQuery = () => {
+export const createMockSLOQuery: (overrides?: Partial<SLOQuery>) => SLOQuery = (overrides) => {
+  return {
+    projectName: 'projectName',
+    alignmentPeriod: 'cloud-monitoring-auto',
+    perSeriesAligner: AlignmentTypes.ALIGN_MEAN,
+    aliasBy: '',
+    selectorName: 'select_slo_health',
+    serviceId: '',
+    serviceName: '',
+    sloId: '',
+    sloName: '',
+    ...overrides,
+  };
+};
+
+export const createMockQuery: (overrides?: Partial<CloudMonitoringQuery>) => CloudMonitoringQuery = (overrides) => {
   return {
     refId: 'cloudMonitoringRefId',
     queryType: QueryType.METRICS,
     intervalMs: 0,
     type: 'timeSeriesQuery',
-    metricQuery: createMockMetricQuery(),
+    ...overrides,
+    metricQuery: createMockMetricQuery(overrides?.metricQuery),
+    sloQuery: createMockSLOQuery(overrides?.sloQuery),
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/Experimental/QueryHeader.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/Experimental/QueryHeader.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d01b52661aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/Experimental/QueryHeader.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
+import React from 'react';
+import { openMenu, select } from 'react-select-event';
+
+import { createMockQuery, createMockSLOQuery } from '../../__mocks__/cloudMonitoringQuery';
+import { EditorMode, QueryType } from '../../types';
+
+import { QueryHeader } from './QueryHeader';
+
+describe('QueryHeader', () => {
+  it('renders an editor mode radio group if query type is a metric query', () => {
+    const query = createMockQuery();
+    const { metricQuery } = query;
+    const sloQuery = createMockSLOQuery();
+    const onChange = jest.fn();
+    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <QueryHeader
+        query={query}
+        metricQuery={metricQuery}
+        sloQuery={sloQuery}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Query type/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText('Builder')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText('MQL')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('does not render an editor mode radio group if query type is a SLO query', () => {
+    const query = createMockQuery({ queryType: QueryType.SLO });
+    const { metricQuery } = query;
+    const sloQuery = createMockSLOQuery();
+    const onChange = jest.fn();
+    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <QueryHeader
+        query={query}
+        metricQuery={metricQuery}
+        sloQuery={sloQuery}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+      />
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByLabelText(/Query type/)).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText('Builder')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.queryByLabelText('MQL')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('can change query types', async () => {
+    const query = createMockQuery();
+    const { metricQuery } = query;
+    const sloQuery = createMockSLOQuery();
+    const onChange = jest.fn();
+    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <QueryHeader
+        query={query}
+        metricQuery={metricQuery}
+        sloQuery={sloQuery}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const queryType = screen.getByLabelText(/Query type/);
+    await openMenu(queryType);
+    await select(screen.getByLabelText('Select options menu'), 'Service Level Objectives (SLO)');
+    expect(onChange).toBeCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ queryType: QueryType.SLO }));
+  });
+
+  it('can change editor modes when query is a metric query type', async () => {
+    const query = createMockQuery();
+    const { metricQuery } = query;
+    const sloQuery = createMockSLOQuery();
+    const onChange = jest.fn();
+    const onRunQuery = jest.fn();
+
+    render(
+      <QueryHeader
+        query={query}
+        metricQuery={metricQuery}
+        sloQuery={sloQuery}
+        onChange={onChange}
+        onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+      />
+    );
+
+    const builder = screen.getByLabelText('Builder');
+    const MQL = screen.getByLabelText('MQL');
+    expect(builder).toBeChecked();
+    expect(MQL).not.toBeChecked();
+
+    await userEvent.click(MQL);
+
+    expect(onChange).toBeCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({ metricQuery: expect.objectContaining({ editorMode: EditorMode.MQL }) })
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/Experimental/QueryHeader.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/Experimental/QueryHeader.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..894a5723549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/Experimental/QueryHeader.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { EditorHeader, FlexItem, InlineSelect } from '@grafana/experimental';
+import { RadioButtonGroup } from '@grafana/ui';
+
+import { QUERY_TYPES } from '../../constants';
+import { EditorMode, CloudMonitoringQuery, QueryType, SLOQuery, MetricQuery } from '../../types';
+
+export interface QueryEditorHeaderProps {
+  query: CloudMonitoringQuery;
+  metricQuery: MetricQuery;
+  sloQuery: SLOQuery;
+  onChange: (value: CloudMonitoringQuery) => void;
+  onRunQuery: () => void;
+}
+
+const EDITOR_MODES = [
+  { label: 'Builder', value: EditorMode.Visual },
+  { label: 'MQL', value: EditorMode.MQL },
+];
+
+export const QueryHeader = (props: QueryEditorHeaderProps) => {
+  const { query, metricQuery, sloQuery, onChange, onRunQuery } = props;
+  const { queryType } = query;
+  const { editorMode } = metricQuery;
+
+  return (
+    <EditorHeader>
+      <InlineSelect
+        label="Query type"
+        options={QUERY_TYPES}
+        value={queryType}
+        onChange={({ value }) => {
+          onChange({ ...query, sloQuery, queryType: value! });
+          onRunQuery();
+        }}
+      />
+      <FlexItem grow={1} />
+      {queryType !== QueryType.SLO && (
+        <RadioButtonGroup
+          size="sm"
+          options={EDITOR_MODES}
+          value={editorMode || EditorMode.Visual}
+          onChange={(value) => {
+            onChange({
+              ...query,
+              metricQuery: {
+                ...metricQuery,
+                editorMode: value,
+              },
+            });
+          }}
+        />
+      )}
+    </EditorHeader>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/QueryEditor.tsx b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/QueryEditor.tsx
index 62fe9c3748f..d3e583fb92d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/QueryEditor.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloud-monitoring/components/QueryEditor.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import CloudMonitoringDatasource from '../datasource';
 import { CloudMonitoringQuery, EditorMode, MetricQuery, QueryType, SLOQuery, CloudMonitoringOptions } from '../types';
 
 import { MetricQueryEditor as ExperimentalMetricQueryEditor } from './Experimental/MetricQueryEditor';
+import { QueryHeader } from './Experimental/QueryHeader';
 import { defaultQuery } from './MetricQueryEditor';
 import { defaultQuery as defaultSLOQuery } from './SLO/SLOQueryEditor';
 
@@ -57,7 +58,42 @@ export class QueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props> {
       options: datasource.getVariables().map(toOption),
     };
 
-    return (
+    return config.featureToggles.cloudMonitoringExperimentalUI ? (
+      <EditorRows>
+        <QueryHeader
+          query={query}
+          metricQuery={metricQuery}
+          sloQuery={sloQuery}
+          onChange={onChange}
+          onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+        />
+        {queryType === QueryType.METRICS && (
+          <ExperimentalMetricQueryEditor
+            refId={query.refId}
+            variableOptionGroup={variableOptionGroup}
+            customMetaData={customMetaData}
+            onChange={(metricQuery: MetricQuery) => {
+              this.props.onChange({ ...this.props.query, metricQuery });
+            }}
+            onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+            datasource={datasource}
+            query={metricQuery}
+          />
+        )}
+
+        {queryType === QueryType.SLO && (
+          <SLOQueryEditor
+            refId={query.refId}
+            variableOptionGroup={variableOptionGroup}
+            customMetaData={customMetaData}
+            onChange={(query: SLOQuery) => this.onQueryChange('sloQuery', query)}
+            onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+            datasource={datasource}
+            query={sloQuery}
+          />
+        )}
+      </EditorRows>
+    ) : (
       <EditorRows>
         <QueryEditorRow
           label="Query type"
@@ -94,32 +130,19 @@ export class QueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props> {
           />
         </QueryEditorRow>
 
-        {queryType === QueryType.METRICS &&
-          (config.featureToggles.cloudMonitoringExperimentalUI ? (
-            <ExperimentalMetricQueryEditor
-              refId={query.refId}
-              variableOptionGroup={variableOptionGroup}
-              customMetaData={customMetaData}
-              onChange={(metricQuery: MetricQuery) => {
-                this.props.onChange({ ...this.props.query, metricQuery });
-              }}
-              onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
-              datasource={datasource}
-              query={metricQuery}
-            />
-          ) : (
-            <MetricQueryEditor
-              refId={query.refId}
-              variableOptionGroup={variableOptionGroup}
-              customMetaData={customMetaData}
-              onChange={(metricQuery: MetricQuery) => {
-                this.props.onChange({ ...this.props.query, metricQuery });
-              }}
-              onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
-              datasource={datasource}
-              query={metricQuery}
-            />
-          ))}
+        {queryType === QueryType.METRICS && (
+          <MetricQueryEditor
+            refId={query.refId}
+            variableOptionGroup={variableOptionGroup}
+            customMetaData={customMetaData}
+            onChange={(metricQuery: MetricQuery) => {
+              this.props.onChange({ ...this.props.query, metricQuery });
+            }}
+            onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
+            datasource={datasource}
+            query={metricQuery}
+          />
+        )}
 
         {queryType === QueryType.SLO && (
           <SLOQueryEditor
@@ -130,7 +153,7 @@ export class QueryEditor extends PureComponent<Props> {
             onRunQuery={onRunQuery}
             datasource={datasource}
             query={sloQuery}
-          ></SLOQueryEditor>
+          />
         )}
       </EditorRows>
     );