diff --git a/ui/app/components/line-chart.js b/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
index 07e2451a0..e7410683e 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable ember/no-observers */
 import Component from '@ember/component';
 import { computed } from '@ember/object';
+import { assert } from '@ember/debug';
 import { observes } from '@ember-decorators/object';
 import { computed as overridable } from 'ember-overridable-computed';
 import { guidFor } from '@ember/object/internals';
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ export default class LineChart extends Component.extend(WindowResizable) {
   onAnnotationClick() {}
   xProp = null;
   yProp = null;
+  curve = 'linear';
   timeseries = false;
   chartClass = 'is-primary';
 
@@ -101,6 +103,16 @@ export default class LineChart extends Component.extend(WindowResizable) {
     return this.yFormat()(y);
   }
 
+  @computed('curve')
+  get curveMethod() {
+    const mappings = {
+      linear: 'curveLinear',
+      stepAfter: 'curveStepAfter',
+    };
+    assert(`Provided curve "${this.curve}" is not an allowed curve type`, mappings[this.curve]);
+    return mappings[this.curve];
+  }
+
   // Overridable functions that retrurn formatter functions
   xFormat(timeseries) {
     return timeseries ? d3TimeFormat.timeFormat('%b %d, %H:%M') : d3Format.format(',');
@@ -238,12 +250,13 @@ export default class LineChart extends Component.extend(WindowResizable) {
     return this.width - this.yAxisWidth;
   }
 
-  @computed('data.[]', 'xScale', 'yScale')
+  @computed('data.[]', 'xScale', 'yScale', 'curveMethod')
   get line() {
-    const { xScale, yScale, xProp, yProp } = this;
+    const { xScale, yScale, xProp, yProp, curveMethod } = this;
 
     const line = d3Shape
       .line()
+      .curve(d3Shape[curveMethod])
       .defined(d => d[yProp] != null)
       .x(d => xScale(d[xProp]))
       .y(d => yScale(d[yProp]));
@@ -251,12 +264,13 @@ export default class LineChart extends Component.extend(WindowResizable) {
     return line(this.data);
   }
 
-  @computed('data.[]', 'xScale', 'yScale')
+  @computed('data.[]', 'xScale', 'yScale', 'curveMethod')
   get area() {
-    const { xScale, yScale, xProp, yProp } = this;
+    const { xScale, yScale, xProp, yProp, curveMethod } = this;
 
     const area = d3Shape
       .area()
+      .curve(d3Shape[curveMethod])
       .defined(d => d[yProp] != null)
       .x(d => xScale(d[xProp]))
       .y0(yScale(0))
diff --git a/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js b/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js
index eea8eb550..61ae27664 100644
--- a/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js
+++ b/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js
@@ -210,3 +210,34 @@ export let Annotations = () => {
     },
   };
 };
+
+export let StepLine = () => {
+  return {
+    template: hbs`
+      <h5 class="title is-5">Line Chart with a Step Line</h5>
+      <div class="block" style="height:250px">
+        {{#if this.data}}
+          <LineChart
+            @xProp="x"
+            @yProp="y"
+            @curve="stepAfter"
+            @data={{this.data}} />
+          <p>{{this.activeAnnotation.info}}</p>
+        {{/if}}
+      </div>
+    `,
+    context: {
+      data: DelayedArray.create([
+        { x: 1, y: 5 },
+        { x: 2, y: 1 },
+        { x: 3, y: 2 },
+        { x: 4, y: 2 },
+        { x: 5, y: 9 },
+        { x: 6, y: 3 },
+        { x: 7, y: 4 },
+        { x: 8, y: 1 },
+        { x: 9, y: 5 },
+      ]),
+    },
+  };
+};