diff --git a/ui/app/components/line-chart.js b/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
index e7410683e..353c38bb8 100644
--- a/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
+++ b/ui/app/components/line-chart.js
@@ -290,15 +290,25 @@ export default class LineChart extends Component.extend(WindowResizable) {
       sortedAnnotations = sortedAnnotations.reverse();
     }
 
+    let prevX = 0;
+    let prevHigh = false;
     return sortedAnnotations.map(annotation => {
       const x = xScale(annotation[xProp]);
-      const y = 0; // TODO: prevent overlap by staggering y-offset
+      if (prevX && !prevHigh && Math.abs(x - prevX) < 30) {
+        prevHigh = true;
+      } else if (prevHigh) {
+        prevHigh = false;
+      }
+      const y = prevHigh ? -15 : 0;
       const formattedX = this.xFormat(timeseries)(annotation[xProp]);
+
+      prevX = x;
       return {
         annotation,
         style: `transform:translate(${x}px,${y}px)`,
         icon: iconFor[annotation.type],
         iconClass: iconClassFor[annotation.type],
+        staggerClass: prevHigh ? 'is-staggered' : '',
         label: `${annotation.type} event at ${formattedX}`,
       };
     });
diff --git a/ui/app/styles/charts/chart-annotation.scss b/ui/app/styles/charts/chart-annotation.scss
index 7283247b2..d5cb34df0 100644
--- a/ui/app/styles/charts/chart-annotation.scss
+++ b/ui/app/styles/charts/chart-annotation.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
   position: absolute;
   height: 100%;
 
+  &.is-staggered {
+    height: calc(100% + 15px);
+  }
+
   .indicator {
     color: $grey;
     display: block;
diff --git a/ui/app/styles/charts/line-chart.scss b/ui/app/styles/charts/line-chart.scss
index cc40991e4..3b85e9262 100644
--- a/ui/app/styles/charts/line-chart.scss
+++ b/ui/app/styles/charts/line-chart.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   position: relative;
 
   &.with-annotations {
-    margin-top: 1.5em;
+    margin-top: 2em;
   }
 
   & > svg {
diff --git a/ui/app/templates/components/line-chart.hbs b/ui/app/templates/components/line-chart.hbs
index d4b527e22..378f44b62 100644
--- a/ui/app/templates/components/line-chart.hbs
+++ b/ui/app/templates/components/line-chart.hbs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 </svg>
 <div data-test-annotations class="line-chart-annotations" style={{this.chartAnnotationsStyle}}>
   {{#each this.processedAnnotations as |annotation|}}
-    <div data-test-annotation class="chart-annotation {{annotation.iconClass}}" style={{annotation.style}}>
+  <div data-test-annotation class="chart-annotation {{annotation.iconClass}} {{annotation.staggerClass}}" style={{annotation.style}}>
       <button
         type="button"
         class="indicator"
diff --git a/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js b/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js
index 61ae27664..ddd9debff 100644
--- a/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js
+++ b/ui/stories/charts/line-chart.stories.js
@@ -159,7 +159,19 @@ export let Annotations = () => {
             @data={{this.data}}
             @annotations={{this.annotations}}
             @onAnnotationClick={{action (mut this.activeAnnotation)}}/>
-          <p>{{this.activeAnnotation.info}}</p>
+        {{/if}}
+      </div>
+      <p style="margin:2em 0; padding: 1em; background:#FFEEAC">{{this.activeAnnotation.info}}</p>
+      <h5 class="title is-5">Line Chart data with staggered annotations</h5>
+      <div class="block" style="height:150px; width:450px">
+        {{#if (and this.data this.annotations)}}
+          <LineChart
+            @timeseries={{true}}
+            @xProp="x"
+            @yProp="y"
+            @data={{this.data}}
+            @annotations={{this.annotations}}
+            @onAnnotationClick={{action (mut this.activeAnnotation)}}/>
         {{/if}}
       </div>
     `,
@@ -192,6 +204,13 @@ export let Annotations = () => {
           type: 'info',
           info: 'This is the end of the first period',
         },
+        {
+          x: moment()
+            .add(96, 'd')
+            .toDate(),
+          type: 'info',
+          info: 'A close annotation for staggering purposes',
+        },
         {
           x: moment()
             .add((90 / 4) * 3, 'd')