diff --git a/packages/grafana-schema/src/raw/composable/statetimeline/panelcfg/x/StateTimelinePanelCfg_types.gen.ts b/packages/grafana-schema/src/raw/composable/statetimeline/panelcfg/x/StateTimelinePanelCfg_types.gen.ts
index 5ca2b9b988e..e5fa116eeb7 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-schema/src/raw/composable/statetimeline/panelcfg/x/StateTimelinePanelCfg_types.gen.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-schema/src/raw/composable/statetimeline/panelcfg/x/StateTimelinePanelCfg_types.gen.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ export interface Options extends ui.OptionsWithLegend, ui.OptionsWithTooltip, ui
    * Merge equal consecutive values
    */
   mergeValues?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Enables pagination when > 0
+   */
+  perPage?: number;
   /**
    * Controls the row height
    */
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ export interface Options extends ui.OptionsWithLegend, ui.OptionsWithTooltip, ui
 export const defaultOptions: Partial<Options> = {
   alignValue: 'left',
   mergeValues: true,
+  perPage: 20,
   rowHeight: 0.9,
   showValue: ui.VisibilityMode.Auto,
 };
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/TimelineChart.tsx b/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/TimelineChart.tsx
index b6249657cca..1c1b4e8dad7 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/TimelineChart.tsx
+++ b/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/TimelineChart.tsx
@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@ export interface TimelineProps extends Omit<GraphNGProps, 'prepConfig' | 'propsT
   colWidth?: number;
   legendItems?: VizLegendItem[];
   tooltip?: VizTooltipOptions;
+  // Whenever `paginationRev` changes, the graph will be fully re-configured/rendered.
+  paginationRev?: string;
 }
 
-const propsToDiff = ['rowHeight', 'colWidth', 'showValue', 'mergeValues', 'alignValue', 'tooltip'];
+const propsToDiff = ['rowHeight', 'colWidth', 'showValue', 'mergeValues', 'alignValue', 'tooltip', 'paginationRev'];
 
 export class TimelineChart extends Component<TimelineProps> {
   getValueColor = (frameIdx: number, fieldIdx: number, value: unknown) => {
-    const field = this.props.frames[frameIdx].fields[fieldIdx];
+    const field = this.props.frames[frameIdx]?.fields[fieldIdx];
 
-    if (field.display) {
+    if (field?.display) {
       const disp = field.display(value); // will apply color modes
       if (disp.color) {
         return disp.color;
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.test.ts b/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.test.ts
index baa114f5da1..a3c181ef42b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.test.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   findNextStateIndex,
   fmtDuration,
   getThresholdItems,
+  makeFramePerSeries,
   prepareTimelineFields,
   prepareTimelineLegendItems,
 } from './utils';
@@ -268,6 +269,61 @@ describe('prepare timeline graph', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('prepareFieldsForPagination', () => {
+  it('ignores frames without any time fields', () => {
+    const frames = [
+      toDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'a', type: FieldType.number, values: [1, 2, 3] },
+          { name: 'b', type: FieldType.string, values: ['a', 'b', 'c'] },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ];
+    const normalizedFrames = makeFramePerSeries(frames);
+    expect(normalizedFrames.length).toEqual(0);
+  });
+
+  it('returns normalized frames, each with one time field and one value field', () => {
+    const frames = [
+      toDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'a', type: FieldType.time, values: [1, 2, 3] },
+          { name: 'b', type: FieldType.number, values: [100, 200, 300] },
+          { name: 'c', type: FieldType.string, values: ['h', 'i', 'j'] },
+        ],
+      }),
+      toDataFrame({
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'x', type: FieldType.time, values: [10, 20, 30] },
+          { name: 'y', type: FieldType.string, values: ['e', 'f', 'g'] },
+        ],
+      }),
+    ];
+    const normalizedFrames = makeFramePerSeries(frames);
+    expect(normalizedFrames.length).toEqual(3);
+    expect(normalizedFrames).toMatchObject([
+      {
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'a', values: [1, 2, 3] },
+          { name: 'b', values: [100, 200, 300] },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'a', values: [1, 2, 3] },
+          { name: 'c', values: ['h', 'i', 'j'] },
+        ],
+      },
+      {
+        fields: [
+          { name: 'x', values: [10, 20, 30] },
+          { name: 'y', values: ['e', 'f', 'g'] },
+        ],
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe('findNextStateIndex', () => {
   it('handles leading datapoint index', () => {
     const field = {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.ts b/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.ts
index 835d5e74d2c..98954d8308b 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/TimelineChart/utils.ts
@@ -435,6 +435,24 @@ export function prepareTimelineFields(
   return { frames };
 }
 
+export function makeFramePerSeries(frames: DataFrame[]) {
+  const outFrames: DataFrame[] = [];
+
+  for (let frame of frames) {
+    const timeFields = frame.fields.filter((field) => field.type === FieldType.time);
+
+    if (timeFields.length > 0) {
+      for (let field of frame.fields) {
+        if (field.type !== FieldType.time) {
+          outFrames.push({ fields: [...timeFields, field], length: frame.length });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return outFrames;
+}
+
 export function getThresholdItems(fieldConfig: FieldConfig, theme: GrafanaTheme2): VizLegendItem[] {
   const items: VizLegendItem[] = [];
   const thresholds = fieldConfig.thresholds;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx
index 8739b3790bb..202de0f1035 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/StateTimelinePanel.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
+import { css } from '@emotion/css';
 import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useMeasure } from 'react-use';
 
-import { DashboardCursorSync, PanelProps } from '@grafana/data';
-import { getLastStreamingDataFramePacket } from '@grafana/data/src/dataframe/StreamingDataFrame';
-import { EventBusPlugin, TooltipDisplayMode, TooltipPlugin2, usePanelContext, useTheme2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { DashboardCursorSync, DataFrame, PanelProps } from '@grafana/data';
+import {
+  EventBusPlugin,
+  Pagination,
+  TooltipDisplayMode,
+  TooltipPlugin2,
+  usePanelContext,
+  useTheme2,
+} from '@grafana/ui';
 import { TimeRange2, TooltipHoverMode } from '@grafana/ui/src/components/uPlot/plugins/TooltipPlugin2';
 import { TimelineChart } from 'app/core/components/TimelineChart/TimelineChart';
 import {
+  makeFramePerSeries,
   prepareTimelineFields,
   prepareTimelineLegendItems,
   TimelineMode,
@@ -16,10 +25,73 @@ import { OutsideRangePlugin } from '../timeseries/plugins/OutsideRangePlugin';
 import { getTimezones } from '../timeseries/utils';
 
 import { StateTimelineTooltip2 } from './StateTimelineTooltip2';
-import { Options } from './panelcfg.gen';
+import { Options, defaultOptions } from './panelcfg.gen';
 
 interface TimelinePanelProps extends PanelProps<Options> {}
 
+const styles = {
+  container: css({
+    display: 'flex',
+    flexDirection: 'column',
+  }),
+  paginationContainer: css({
+    display: 'flex',
+    justifyContent: 'center',
+    width: '100%',
+  }),
+  paginationElement: css({
+    marginTop: '8px',
+  }),
+};
+
+function usePagination(frames?: DataFrame[], perPage?: number) {
+  const [currentPage, setCurrentPage] = useState(1);
+
+  const [paginationWrapperRef, { height: paginationHeight, width: paginationWidth }] = useMeasure<HTMLDivElement>();
+
+  const pagedFrames = useMemo(
+    () => (!perPage || frames == null ? frames : makeFramePerSeries(frames)),
+    [frames, perPage]
+  );
+
+  if (!perPage || pagedFrames == null) {
+    return {
+      paginatedFrames: pagedFrames,
+      paginationRev: 'disabled',
+      paginationElement: undefined,
+      paginationHeight: 0,
+    };
+  }
+
+  perPage ||= defaultOptions.perPage!;
+
+  const numberOfPages = Math.ceil(pagedFrames.length / perPage);
+  // `perPage` changing might lead to temporarily too large values of `currentPage`.
+  const currentPageCapped = Math.min(currentPage, numberOfPages);
+  const pageOffset = (currentPageCapped - 1) * perPage;
+  const currentPageFrames = pagedFrames.slice(pageOffset, pageOffset + perPage);
+
+  // `paginationRev` needs to change value whenever any of the pagination settings changes.
+  // It's used in to trigger a reconfiguration of the underlying graphs (which is cached,
+  // hence an explicit nudge is required).
+  const paginationRev = `${currentPageCapped}/${perPage}`;
+
+  const showSmallVersion = paginationWidth < 550;
+  const paginationElement = (
+    <div className={styles.paginationContainer} ref={paginationWrapperRef}>
+      <Pagination
+        className={styles.paginationElement}
+        currentPage={currentPageCapped}
+        numberOfPages={numberOfPages}
+        showSmallVersion={showSmallVersion}
+        onNavigate={setCurrentPage}
+      />
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  return { paginatedFrames: currentPageFrames, paginationRev, paginationElement, paginationHeight };
+}
+
 /**
  * @alpha
  */
@@ -45,14 +117,19 @@ export const StateTimelinePanel = ({
     [data.series, options.mergeValues, timeRange, theme]
   );
 
+  const { paginatedFrames, paginationRev, paginationElement, paginationHeight } = usePagination(
+    frames,
+    options.perPage
+  );
+
   const legendItems = useMemo(
-    () => prepareTimelineLegendItems(frames, options.legend, theme),
-    [frames, options.legend, theme]
+    () => prepareTimelineLegendItems(paginatedFrames, options.legend, theme),
+    [paginatedFrames, options.legend, theme]
   );
 
   const timezones = useMemo(() => getTimezones(options.timezone, timeZone), [options.timezone, timeZone]);
 
-  if (!frames || warn) {
+  if (!paginatedFrames || warn) {
     return (
       <div className="panel-empty">
         <p>{warn ?? 'No data found in response'}</p>
@@ -60,90 +137,88 @@ export const StateTimelinePanel = ({
     );
   }
 
-  if (frames.length === 1) {
-    const packet = getLastStreamingDataFramePacket(frames[0]);
-    if (packet) {
-      // console.log('STREAM Packet', packet);
-    }
-  }
   const enableAnnotationCreation = Boolean(canAddAnnotations && canAddAnnotations());
 
   return (
-    <TimelineChart
-      theme={theme}
-      frames={frames}
-      structureRev={data.structureRev}
-      timeRange={timeRange}
-      timeZone={timezones}
-      width={width}
-      height={height}
-      legendItems={legendItems}
-      {...options}
-      mode={TimelineMode.Changes}
-      replaceVariables={replaceVariables}
-      dataLinkPostProcessor={dataLinkPostProcessor}
-      cursorSync={cursorSync}
-    >
-      {(builder, alignedFrame) => {
-        return (
-          <>
-            {cursorSync !== DashboardCursorSync.Off && (
-              <EventBusPlugin config={builder} eventBus={eventBus} frame={alignedFrame} />
-            )}
-            {options.tooltip.mode !== TooltipDisplayMode.None && (
-              <TooltipPlugin2
-                config={builder}
-                hoverMode={
-                  options.tooltip.mode === TooltipDisplayMode.Multi ? TooltipHoverMode.xAll : TooltipHoverMode.xOne
-                }
-                queryZoom={onChangeTimeRange}
-                syncMode={cursorSync}
-                syncScope={eventsScope}
-                render={(u, dataIdxs, seriesIdx, isPinned, dismiss, timeRange2, viaSync) => {
-                  if (enableAnnotationCreation && timeRange2 != null) {
-                    setNewAnnotationRange(timeRange2);
-                    dismiss();
-                    return;
+    <div className={styles.container}>
+      <TimelineChart
+        theme={theme}
+        frames={paginatedFrames}
+        structureRev={data.structureRev}
+        paginationRev={paginationRev}
+        timeRange={timeRange}
+        timeZone={timezones}
+        width={width}
+        height={height - paginationHeight}
+        legendItems={legendItems}
+        {...options}
+        mode={TimelineMode.Changes}
+        replaceVariables={replaceVariables}
+        dataLinkPostProcessor={dataLinkPostProcessor}
+        cursorSync={cursorSync}
+      >
+        {(builder, alignedFrame) => {
+          return (
+            <>
+              {cursorSync !== DashboardCursorSync.Off && (
+                <EventBusPlugin config={builder} eventBus={eventBus} frame={alignedFrame} />
+              )}
+              {options.tooltip.mode !== TooltipDisplayMode.None && (
+                <TooltipPlugin2
+                  config={builder}
+                  hoverMode={
+                    options.tooltip.mode === TooltipDisplayMode.Multi ? TooltipHoverMode.xAll : TooltipHoverMode.xOne
                   }
+                  queryZoom={onChangeTimeRange}
+                  syncMode={cursorSync}
+                  syncScope={eventsScope}
+                  render={(u, dataIdxs, seriesIdx, isPinned, dismiss, timeRange2, viaSync) => {
+                    if (enableAnnotationCreation && timeRange2 != null) {
+                      setNewAnnotationRange(timeRange2);
+                      dismiss();
+                      return;
+                    }
 
-                  const annotate = () => {
-                    let xVal = u.posToVal(u.cursor.left!, 'x');
+                    const annotate = () => {
+                      let xVal = u.posToVal(u.cursor.left!, 'x');
 
-                    setNewAnnotationRange({ from: xVal, to: xVal });
-                    dismiss();
-                  };
+                      setNewAnnotationRange({ from: xVal, to: xVal });
+                      dismiss();
+                    };
 
-                  return (
-                    <StateTimelineTooltip2
-                      series={alignedFrame}
-                      dataIdxs={dataIdxs}
-                      seriesIdx={seriesIdx}
-                      mode={viaSync ? TooltipDisplayMode.Multi : options.tooltip.mode}
-                      sortOrder={options.tooltip.sort}
-                      isPinned={isPinned}
-                      timeRange={timeRange}
-                      annotate={enableAnnotationCreation ? annotate : undefined}
-                      withDuration={true}
-                      maxHeight={options.tooltip.maxHeight}
-                    />
-                  );
-                }}
-                maxWidth={options.tooltip.maxWidth}
+                    return (
+                      <StateTimelineTooltip2
+                        series={alignedFrame}
+                        dataIdxs={dataIdxs}
+                        seriesIdx={seriesIdx}
+                        mode={viaSync ? TooltipDisplayMode.Multi : options.tooltip.mode}
+                        sortOrder={options.tooltip.sort}
+                        isPinned={isPinned}
+                        timeRange={timeRange}
+                        annotate={enableAnnotationCreation ? annotate : undefined}
+                        withDuration={true}
+                        maxHeight={options.tooltip.maxHeight}
+                      />
+                    );
+                  }}
+                  maxWidth={options.tooltip.maxWidth}
+                />
+              )}
+              {/* Renders annotations */}
+              <AnnotationsPlugin2
+                annotations={data.annotations ?? []}
+                config={builder}
+                timeZone={timeZone}
+                newRange={newAnnotationRange}
+                setNewRange={setNewAnnotationRange}
+                canvasRegionRendering={false}
               />
-            )}
-            {/* Renders annotations */}
-            <AnnotationsPlugin2
-              annotations={data.annotations ?? []}
-              config={builder}
-              timeZone={timeZone}
-              newRange={newAnnotationRange}
-              setNewRange={setNewAnnotationRange}
-              canvasRegionRendering={false}
-            />
-            <OutsideRangePlugin config={builder} onChangeTimeRange={onChangeTimeRange} />
-          </>
-        );
-      }}
-    </TimelineChart>
+              <OutsideRangePlugin config={builder} onChangeTimeRange={onChangeTimeRange} />
+            </>
+          );
+        }}
+      </TimelineChart>
+      {paginationElement}
+    </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/module.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/module.tsx
index 8b77bd5d04c..972194fc52d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/module.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/module.tsx
@@ -118,6 +118,15 @@ export const plugin = new PanelPlugin<Options, FieldConfig>(StateTimelinePanel)
           step: 0.01,
         },
         defaultValue: defaultOptions.rowHeight,
+      })
+      .addNumberInput({
+        path: 'perPage',
+        name: 'Page size (enable pagination)',
+        settings: {
+          min: 1,
+          step: 1,
+          integer: true,
+        },
       });
 
     commonOptionsBuilder.addLegendOptions(builder, false);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.cue b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.cue
index 0a48dc98306..a186f5e12e8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.cue
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.cue
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ composableKinds: PanelCfg: {
 					mergeValues?: bool | *true
 					//Controls value alignment on the timelines
 					alignValue?: ui.TimelineValueAlignment & (*"left" | _)
+					//Enables pagination when > 0
+					perPage?: number & >=1 | *20
 				} @cuetsy(kind="interface")
 				FieldConfig: {
 					ui.HideableFieldConfig
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.gen.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.gen.ts
index fb03ba0795f..0fc25fe65b8 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.gen.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/state-timeline/panelcfg.gen.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ export interface Options extends ui.OptionsWithLegend, ui.OptionsWithTooltip, ui
    * Merge equal consecutive values
    */
   mergeValues?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Enables pagination when > 0
+   */
+  perPage?: number;
   /**
    * Controls the row height
    */
@@ -32,6 +36,7 @@ export interface Options extends ui.OptionsWithLegend, ui.OptionsWithTooltip, ui
 export const defaultOptions: Partial<Options> = {
   alignValue: 'left',
   mergeValues: true,
+  perPage: 20,
   rowHeight: 0.9,
   showValue: ui.VisibilityMode.Auto,
 };