diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/datasource.js
index 879daf06c73..612324e7543 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/opentsdb/datasource.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
 
       var m = metric + "{" + key + "=*}";
 
-      return this._get('/api/search/lookup', {m: m}).then(function(result) {
+      return this._get('/api/search/lookup', {m: m, limit: 3000}).then(function(result) {
         result = result.data.results;
         var tagvs = [];
         _.each(result, function(r) {