diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts
index 04b3ac936e19..e69237518c09 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/tempo/datasource.ts
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ export class TempoDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<TempoQuery, TempoJson
   isTraceQlMetricsQuery(query: string): boolean {
     // Check whether this is a metrics query by checking if it contains a metrics function
     const metricsFnRegex =
-      /\|\s*(rate|count_over_time|avg_over_time|max_over_time|min_over_time|quantile_over_time)\s*\(/;
+      /\|\s*(rate|count_over_time|avg_over_time|max_over_time|min_over_time|quantile_over_time|histogram_over_time)\s*\(/;
     return !!query.trim().match(metricsFnRegex);
   }