diff --git a/public/app/components/timeSeries.js b/public/app/components/timeSeries.js
index 3c41378947e..74194e68ff9 100644
--- a/public/app/components/timeSeries.js
+++ b/public/app/components/timeSeries.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function (_, kbn) {
     this.color = opts.color;
     this.valueFormater = kbn.valueFormats.none;
     this.stats = {};
+    this.legend = true;
   }
 
   function matchSeriesOverride(aliasOrRegex, seriesAlias) {
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ function (_, kbn) {
       if (override.fillBelowTo !== void 0) { this.fillBelowTo = override.fillBelowTo; }
       if (override.color !== void 0) { this.color = override.color; }
       if (override.transform !== void 0) { this.transform = override.transform; }
+      if (override.legend !== void 0) { this.legend = override.legend; }
 
       if (override.yaxis !== void 0) {
         this.yaxis = override.yaxis;
diff --git a/public/app/panels/graph/legend.js b/public/app/panels/graph/legend.js
index 1f016f2c3a3..beea27ec8b7 100644
--- a/public/app/panels/graph/legend.js
+++ b/public/app/panels/graph/legend.js
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ function (angular, app, _, kbn, $) {
             if (panel.legend.hideEmpty && series.allIsNull) {
               continue;
             }
+            // ignore series excluded via override
+            if (!series.legend) {
+              continue;
+            }
 
             var html = '<div class="graph-legend-series';
             if (series.yaxis === 2) { html += ' pull-right'; }
diff --git a/public/app/panels/graph/seriesOverridesCtrl.js b/public/app/panels/graph/seriesOverridesCtrl.js
index 8cbf7dff03a..3ded0c9ffdb 100644
--- a/public/app/panels/graph/seriesOverridesCtrl.js
+++ b/public/app/panels/graph/seriesOverridesCtrl.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ define([
     $scope.addOverrideOption('Y-axis', 'yaxis', [1, 2]);
     $scope.addOverrideOption('Z-index', 'zindex', [-1,-2,-3,0,1,2,3]);
     $scope.addOverrideOption('Transform', 'transform', ['negative-Y']);
+    $scope.addOverrideOption('Legend', 'legend', [true, false]);
     $scope.updateCurrentOverrides();
 
   });