diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
index 26ae515bd43..72bcdeaf96f 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/types/datasource.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ export interface DataSourceConstructor<
  */
 export abstract class DataSourceApi<
   TQuery extends DataQuery = DataQuery,
-  TOptions extends DataSourceJsonData = DataSourceJsonData
+  TOptions extends DataSourceJsonData = DataSourceJsonData,
+  TAnno = TQuery // defatult to direct query
 > {
   /**
    *  Set in constructor
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ export abstract class DataSourceApi<
    * Can be optionally implemented to allow datasource to be a source of annotations for dashboard. To be visible
    * in the annotation editor `annotations` capability also needs to be enabled in plugin.json.
    */
-  annotationQuery?(options: AnnotationQueryRequest<TQuery>): Promise<AnnotationEvent[]>;
+  annotationQuery?(options: AnnotationQueryRequest<TAnno>): Promise<AnnotationEvent[]>;
 
   interpolateVariablesInQueries?(queries: TQuery[], scopedVars: ScopedVars | {}): TQuery[];
 }
@@ -466,6 +467,12 @@ export interface MetricFindValue {
   expandable?: boolean;
 }
 
+export interface BaseAnnotationQuery {
+  datasource: string;
+  enable: boolean;
+  name: string;
+}
+
 export interface DataSourceJsonData {
   authType?: string;
   defaultRegion?: string;
@@ -535,19 +542,19 @@ export interface DataSourceSelectItem {
 /**
  * Options passed to the datasource.annotationQuery method. See docs/plugins/developing/datasource.md
  */
-export interface AnnotationQueryRequest<MoreOptions = {}> {
+export interface AnnotationQueryRequest<TAnno = {}> {
   range: TimeRange;
   rangeRaw: RawTimeRange;
+  interval: string;
+  intervalMs: number;
+  maxDataPoints?: number;
+  app: CoreApp | string;
 
   // Should be DataModel but cannot import that here from the main app. Needs to be moved to package first.
   dashboard: any;
 
-  // The annotation query, typically extends DataQuery
-  annotation: {
-    datasource: string;
-    enable: boolean;
-    name: string;
-  } & MoreOptions;
+  // The annotation query and common properties
+  annotation: BaseAnnotationQuery & TAnno;
 }
 
 export interface HistoryItem<TQuery extends DataQuery = DataQuery> {
diff --git a/public/app/features/annotations/annotations_srv.ts b/public/app/features/annotations/annotations_srv.ts
index 971e5a245ff..2bb7d56cb7f 100644
--- a/public/app/features/annotations/annotations_srv.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/annotations/annotations_srv.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ import coreModule from 'app/core/core_module';
 import { dedupAnnotations } from './events_processing';
 // Types
 import { DashboardModel, PanelModel } from '../dashboard/state';
-import { AnnotationEvent, AppEvents, DataSourceApi, PanelEvents, TimeRange } from '@grafana/data';
+import { AnnotationEvent, AppEvents, DataSourceApi, PanelEvents, TimeRange, CoreApp } from '@grafana/data';
 import { getBackendSrv, getDataSourceSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
 import { appEvents } from 'app/core/core';
 import { getTimeSrv } from '../dashboard/services/TimeSrv';
+import kbn from 'app/core/utils/kbn';
 
 export class AnnotationsSrv {
   globalAnnotationsPromise: any;
@@ -113,6 +114,9 @@ export class AnnotationsSrv {
     const promises = [];
     const dsPromises = [];
 
+    // No more points than pixels
+    const maxDataPoints = window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.body.clientWidth;
+
     for (const annotation of dashboard.annotations.list) {
       if (!annotation.enable) {
         continue;
@@ -130,7 +134,12 @@ export class AnnotationsSrv {
               return [];
             }
 
+            // Add interval to annotation queries
+            const interval = kbn.calculateInterval(range, maxDataPoints, datasource.interval);
+
             return datasource.annotationQuery({
+              ...interval,
+              app: CoreApp.Dashboard,
               range,
               rangeRaw: range.raw,
               annotation: annotation,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts
index 6a5194b77e5..a8e677ce878 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/datasource.test.ts
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ function makeAnnotationQueryRequest(): AnnotationQueryRequest<LokiQuery> {
       raw: timeRange,
     },
     rangeRaw: timeRange,
+    app: 'test',
+    interval: '1m',
+    intervalMs: 6000,
   };
 }