diff --git a/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js b/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js
index b6117f1bb50..dcd6ef3e632 100644
--- a/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js
+++ b/src/app/services/graphite/gfunc.js
@@ -152,6 +152,16 @@ function (_) {
     defaultParams: [3]
   });
 
+  addFuncDef({
+    name: 'substr',
+    category: categories.Special,
+    params: [
+      { name: "start", type: "int", options: [-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12] },
+      { name: "stop", type: "int", options: [-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12] },
+    ],
+    defaultParams: [0, 0]
+  });
+
   addFuncDef({
     name: 'sortByName',
     category: categories.Special