diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/factory.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/factory.js
index 464a0d44..50814f23 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/factory.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/factory.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var DataviewFactory = {
         if (!this.dataviews[type]) {
             throw new Error('Invalid dataview type: "' + type + '"');
         }
-        return new this.dataviews[type](query, dataviewDefinition.options);
+        return new this.dataviews[type](query, dataviewDefinition.options, dataviewDefinition.sql);
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js
index 7b3e29bc..5d102bf5 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/histogram.js
@@ -109,12 +109,13 @@ var TYPE = 'histogram';
      }
  }
  */
-function Histogram(query, options) {
+function Histogram(query, options, queries) {
     if (!_.isString(options.column)) {
         throw new Error('Histogram expects `column` in widget options');
     }
 
     this.query = query;
+    this.queries = queries;
     this.column = options.column;
     this.bins = options.bins;
 
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ Histogram.prototype.sql = function(psql, override, callback) {
     var _column = this.column;
 
     var columnTypeQuery = columnTypeQueryTpl({
-        column: _column, query: this.query
+        column: _column, query: this.queries.no_filters
     });
 
     if (this._columnType === null) {
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/factory.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/factory.js
index b63b004a..d7a07d54 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/factory.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/factory.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ OverviewsDataviewFactory.prototype.getDataview = function(query, dataviewDefinit
         return parentFactory.getDataview(query, dataviewDefinition);
     }
     return new dataviews[type](
-        query, dataviewDefinition.options, this.queryRewriter, this.queryRewriteData, this.options
+        query, dataviewDefinition.options, this.queryRewriter, this.queryRewriteData, this.options,
+        dataviewDefinition.sql
     );
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/histogram.js b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/histogram.js
index 5f4d97d9..67da4514 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/histogram.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/dataview/overviews/histogram.js
@@ -96,10 +96,11 @@ var histogramQueryTpl = dot.template([
     'ORDER BY bin'
 ].join('\n'));
 
-function Histogram(query, options, queryRewriter, queryRewriteData, params) {
+function Histogram(query, options, queryRewriter, queryRewriteData, params, queries) {
     BaseOverviewsDataview.call(this, query, options, BaseDataview, queryRewriter, queryRewriteData, params);
 
     this.query = query;
+    this.queries = queries;
     this.column = options.column;
     this.bins = options.bins;
 
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ Histogram.prototype.sql = function(psql, override, callback) {
     var _column = this.column;
 
     var columnTypeQuery = columnTypeQueryTpl({
-        column: _column, query: this.rewrittenQuery(this.query)
+        column: _column, query: this.rewrittenQuery(this.queries.no_filters)
     });
 
     if (this._columnType === null) {
diff --git a/test/acceptance/dataviews/overviews.js b/test/acceptance/dataviews/overviews.js
index 601124a7..d23519ae 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/dataviews/overviews.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/dataviews/overviews.js
@@ -144,6 +144,22 @@ describe('dataviews using tables with overviews', function() {
                     aggregationColumn: 'name',
                 }
             },
+            test_histogram: {
+                type: 'histogram',
+                source: {id: 'data-source'},
+                options: {
+                    column: 'value',
+                    bins: 2
+                }
+            },
+            test_histogram_date: {
+                type: 'histogram',
+                source: {id: 'data-source'},
+                options: {
+                    column: 'updated_at',
+                    bins: 2
+                }
+            },
             test_avg: {
                 type: 'formula',
                 source: {id: 'data-source'},
@@ -265,8 +281,83 @@ describe('dataviews using tables with overviews', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it("should expose a histogram", function (done) {
+        var testClient = new TestClient(overviewsMapConfig);
+        testClient.getDataview('test_histogram', function (err, histogram) {
+            if (err) {
+                return done(err);
+            }
+            assert.ok(histogram);
+            assert.equal(histogram.type, 'histogram');
+            assert.ok(Array.isArray(histogram.bins));
+            testClient.drain(done);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('filters', function() {
 
+        describe('histogram', function () {
+
+            it("should expose a filtered histogram", function (done) {
+                var params = {
+                    filters: {
+                        dataviews: { test_histogram: { min: 2 } }
+                    }
+                };
+                var testClient = new TestClient(overviewsMapConfig);
+                testClient.getDataview('test_histogram', params, function (err, histogram) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+                    assert.ok(histogram);
+                    assert.equal(histogram.type, 'histogram');
+                    assert.ok(Array.isArray(histogram.bins));
+                    assert.equal(histogram.bins.length, 4);
+                    testClient.drain(done);
+                });
+            });
+
+            it("should expose a filtered histogram with no results", function (done) {
+                var params = {
+                    filters: {
+                        dataviews: { test_histogram: { max: -1 } }
+                    }
+                };
+                var testClient = new TestClient(overviewsMapConfig);
+                testClient.getDataview('test_histogram', params, function (err, histogram) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+                    assert.ok(histogram);
+                    assert.equal(histogram.type, 'histogram');
+                    assert.ok(Array.isArray(histogram.bins));
+                    assert.equal(histogram.bins.length, 0);
+                    testClient.drain(done);
+                });
+            });
+
+            it("should expose a filtered date histogram with no results", function (done) {
+                // This most likely works because the overviews will pass
+                // the responsibility to the normal dataviews.
+                var params = {
+                    filters: {
+                        dataviews: { test_histogram_date: { max: -1 } }
+                    }
+                };
+                var testClient = new TestClient(overviewsMapConfig);
+                testClient.getDataview('test_histogram_date', params, function (err, histogram) {
+                    if (err) {
+                        return done(err);
+                    }
+                    assert.ok(histogram);
+                    assert.equal(histogram.type, 'histogram');
+                    assert.ok(Array.isArray(histogram.bins));
+                    assert.equal(histogram.bins.length, 0);
+                    testClient.drain(done);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+
         describe('category', function () {
 
             var params = {
diff --git a/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/histogram.js b/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/histogram.js
index 0f5c9d8e..90dfe840 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/histogram.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/widgets/ported/histogram.js
@@ -304,6 +304,37 @@ describe('widgets', function() {
                 });
             });
 
+            it('can use a datetime filtered column with no results', function(done) {
+                this.testClient = new TestClient(histogramsMapConfig({
+                    updated_at: {
+                        type: 'histogram',
+                        options: {
+                            column: 'updated_at'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }));
+                var params = {
+                    own_filter: 1,
+                    filters: {
+                        layers: [{
+                            updated_at: {
+                                // this will remove all results
+                                max: -1
+                            }
+                        }]
+                    }
+                };
+                this.testClient.getWidget('updated_at', params, function (err, res, histogram) {
+                    assert.ok(!err, err);
+                    assert.ok(histogram);
+                    assert.equal(histogram.type, 'histogram');
+
+                    assert.equal(histogram.bins.length, 0);
+
+                    done();
+                });
+            });
+
             it('can getTile with datetime filtered column', function(done) {
                 this.testClient = new TestClient(histogramsMapConfig({
                     updated_at: {