diff --git a/panels/column/module.js b/panels/column/module.js
index e48c2975c55..e563029d825 100644
--- a/panels/column/module.js
+++ b/panels/column/module.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.column', [])
 .controller('column', function($scope, $rootScope) {
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status: "Stable",
     panels : [
       ]
   }
diff --git a/panels/dashcontrol/module.js b/panels/dashcontrol/module.js
index 23eee0edd99..7192819b46a 100644
--- a/panels/dashcontrol/module.js
+++ b/panels/dashcontrol/module.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.dashcontrol', [])
   $scope.panel = $scope.panel || {};
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Stable",
     group   : "default",
     save : {
       gist: false,
diff --git a/panels/debug/module.js b/panels/debug/module.js
index ae0bdddf527..2780662ddb8 100644
--- a/panels/debug/module.js
+++ b/panels/debug/module.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.debug', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Experimental",
     group   : "ALL",
     style   : {'font-size':'9pt'},
     size   : 20
diff --git a/panels/derivequeries/module.js b/panels/derivequeries/module.js
index fab94a8a177..4a764aca025 100644
--- a/panels/derivequeries/module.js
+++ b/panels/derivequeries/module.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.derivequeries', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Beta",
     label   : "Search",
     query   : "*",
     group   : "default",
diff --git a/panels/fields/module.js b/panels/fields/module.js
index 9d74a6b63a7..80272772a0d 100644
--- a/panels/fields/module.js
+++ b/panels/fields/module.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.fields', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Beta",
     group   : "default",
     style   : {},
     arrange : 'vertical',
diff --git a/panels/histogram/module.js b/panels/histogram/module.js
index 8e3ee76c975..77d8557c615 100644
--- a/panels/histogram/module.js
+++ b/panels/histogram/module.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.histogram', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status      : "Stable",
     group       : "default",
     query       : [ {query: "*", label:"Query"} ],
     mode        : 'count',
diff --git a/panels/hits/module.js b/panels/hits/module.js
index 1d2d92b09b7..c2cb5f1739a 100644
--- a/panels/hits/module.js
+++ b/panels/hits/module.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.hits', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Beta",
     query   : ["*"],
     group   : "default",
     style   : { "font-size": '10pt'},
diff --git a/panels/map/module.js b/panels/map/module.js
index 8eb04fc8fd5..3049b5b4726 100644
--- a/panels/map/module.js
+++ b/panels/map/module.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.map', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Beta",
     query   : "*",
     map     : "world",
     colors  : ['#A0E2E2', '#265656'],
diff --git a/panels/map2/module.js b/panels/map2/module.js
index e151bf87d45..14867bc4f35 100644
--- a/panels/map2/module.js
+++ b/panels/map2/module.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.map2', [])
 
     // Set and populate defaults
     var _d = {
+      status : "Broken",
       query: "*",
       map: "world",
       colors: ['#C8EEFF', '#0071A4'],
diff --git a/panels/parallelcoordinates/module.js b/panels/parallelcoordinates/module.js
index 8acac983838..32d47ee21d3 100644
--- a/panels/parallelcoordinates/module.js
+++ b/panels/parallelcoordinates/module.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.parallelcoordinates', [])
 
     // Set and populate defaults
     var _d = {
+      status  : "Broken",
       query   : "*",
       size    : 100, // Per page
       pages   : 5,   // Pages available
diff --git a/panels/pie/module.js b/panels/pie/module.js
index 008e806cdf5..7f5b67b283e 100644
--- a/panels/pie/module.js
+++ b/panels/pie/module.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.pie', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Deprecating Soon",
     query   : { field:"_all", query:"*", goal: 1}, 
     size    : 10,
     exclude : [],
diff --git a/panels/sort/module.js b/panels/sort/module.js
index 8bcb07823e7..94a948fe329 100644
--- a/panels/sort/module.js
+++ b/panels/sort/module.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.sort', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Stable",
     label   : "Sort",
     sort    : ['_score','desc'],
     group   : "default"
diff --git a/panels/stringquery/module.js b/panels/stringquery/module.js
index 5290dd9dd76..bdff85542b1 100644
--- a/panels/stringquery/module.js
+++ b/panels/stringquery/module.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.stringquery', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Stable",
     label   : "Search",
     query   : "*",
     group   : "default",
diff --git a/panels/table/module.js b/panels/table/module.js
index 8f45d51fdd9..a9d6989edf9 100644
--- a/panels/table/module.js
+++ b/panels/table/module.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.table', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Stable",
     query   : "*",
     size    : 100, // Per page
     pages   : 5,   // Pages available
diff --git a/panels/text/module.js b/panels/text/module.js
index 3d02393976b..3cc09deb532 100644
--- a/panels/text/module.js
+++ b/panels/text/module.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.text', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Stable",
     group   : "default",
     mode    : "markdown",
     content : "",
diff --git a/panels/timepicker/module.js b/panels/timepicker/module.js
index 3a41a38982a..9302d8caf47 100644
--- a/panels/timepicker/module.js
+++ b/panels/timepicker/module.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.timepicker', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status        : "Stable",
     mode          : "relative",
     time_options  : ['5m','15m','1h','6h','12h','24h','2d','7d','30d'],
     timespan      : '15m',
diff --git a/panels/trends/module.js b/panels/trends/module.js
index 3685901fd86..610b856d251 100644
--- a/panels/trends/module.js
+++ b/panels/trends/module.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.trends', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
+    status  : "Beta",
     query   : ["*"],
     group   : "default",
     style   : { "font-size": '14pt'},
diff --git a/partials/paneleditor.html b/partials/paneleditor.html
index 4f27d7744c3..b1d79cdb1c7 100644
--- a/partials/paneleditor.html
+++ b/partials/paneleditor.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <div ng-include src="'partials/panelgeneral.html'"></div>
 
   
-  <h4 style="text-transform: capitalize;">{{panel.type}} <small> panel settings</small></h4>
+  <h4 style="text-transform: capitalize;">{{panel.type}} <small> panel settings. <strong ng-show="!_.isUndefined(panel.status)">({{panel.status}})</strong></small></h4>
   <div ng-include src="edit_path(panel.type)">No additional settings are available for this type of panel.</div>
   
 </div>