diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js
index 01c5787481b..e8216165486 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/dashboardSrv.js
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function (angular, $, _, moment) {
       var i, j, k;
       var oldVersion = this.schemaVersion;
       var panelUpgrades = [];
-      this.schemaVersion = 10;
+      this.schemaVersion = 11;
 
       if (oldVersion === this.schemaVersion) {
         return;
@@ -401,6 +401,15 @@ function (angular, $, _, moment) {
         });
       }
 
+      if (oldVersion < 11) {
+        // update template variables
+        for (i = 0 ; i < this.templating.list.length; i++) {
+          var templateVariable = this.templating.list[i];
+          if (templateVariable.refresh) { templateVariable.refresh = 'On Dashboard Load'; }
+          if (!templateVariable.refresh) { templateVariable.refresh = 'Never'; }
+        }
+      }
+
       if (panelUpgrades.length === 0) {
         return;
       }
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/editorCtrl.js b/public/app/features/templating/editorCtrl.js
index 46a3072090d..1b31ce9cf1a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/editorCtrl.js
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/editorCtrl.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function (angular, _) {
     var replacementDefaults = {
       type: 'query',
       datasource: null,
-      refresh: false,
+      refresh: 'Never',
       name: '',
       options: [],
       includeAll: false,
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html b/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html
index 64541868f3b..d7591086b5c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/partials/editor.html
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@
 					<input type="text" class="gf-form-input" ng-model='current.regex' placeholder="/.*-(.*)-.*/" ng-model-onblur ng-change="runQuery()"></input>
 				</div>
 				<div class="gf-form">
-					<span class="gf-form-label width-7">Update</span>
-					<editor-checkbox text="On Dashboard Load" model="current.refresh"></editor-checkbox>
-					<tip>Check if you want values to be updated on dashboard load, will slow down dashboard load time</tip>
+					<span class="gf-form-label width-7">Refresh</span>
+					<select class="input-large tight-form-input" ng-model="current.refresh" ng-options="f for f in ['Never', 'On Dashboard Load', 'On Time Change']"></select>
+					<tip>When to update the values of this template, will slow down dashboard load / time change</tip>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/templateValuesSrv.js b/public/app/features/templating/templateValuesSrv.js
index 51895ff1ebf..c1086a2a62a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/templateValuesSrv.js
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/templateValuesSrv.js
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
       }
     }, $rootScope);
 
+    $rootScope.onAppEvent('refresh', function() {
+      var promises = [];
+      for (var i = 0; i < self.variables.length; i++) {
+        var variable = self.variables[i];
+        if (variable.refresh === 'On Time Change') {
+          promises.push(self.updateOptions(variable));
+        }
+      }
+      return $q.all(promises);
+    }, $rootScope);
+
     this.init = function(dashboard) {
       this.variables = dashboard.templating.list;
       templateSrv.init(this.variables);
@@ -60,7 +71,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
         if (urlValue !== void 0) {
           return self.setVariableFromUrl(variable, urlValue).then(lock.resolve);
         }
-        else if (variable.refresh) {
+        else if (variable.refresh === 'On Dashboard Load' || variable.refresh === 'On Time Change') {
           return self.updateOptions(variable).then(function() {
             if (_.isEmpty(variable.current) && variable.options.length) {
               console.log("setting current for %s", variable.name);
diff --git a/public/dashboards/template_vars.json b/public/dashboards/template_vars.json
index fbf2ae0dc9d..53dd5e3cfbf 100644
--- a/public/dashboards/template_vars.json
+++ b/public/dashboards/template_vars.json
@@ -258,6 +258,6 @@
   "annotations": {
     "enable": false
   },
-  "refresh": false,
+  "refresh": "Never",
   "version": 6
 }
diff --git a/public/test/specs/dashboardSrv-specs.js b/public/test/specs/dashboardSrv-specs.js
index 8f455864650..86f54f274fb 100644
--- a/public/test/specs/dashboardSrv-specs.js
+++ b/public/test/specs/dashboardSrv-specs.js
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ define([
       });
 
       it('dashboard schema version should be set to latest', function() {
-        expect(model.schemaVersion).to.be(10);
+        expect(model.schemaVersion).to.be(11);
       });
 
     });