diff --git a/client/app/pages/queries/QuerySource.jsx b/client/app/pages/queries/QuerySource.jsx
index 35630d910c..51ea92d072 100644
--- a/client/app/pages/queries/QuerySource.jsx
+++ b/client/app/pages/queries/QuerySource.jsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import useDeleteVisualization from "./hooks/useDeleteVisualization";
 import useFormatQuery from "./hooks/useFormatQuery";
 import useUpdateQuery from "./hooks/useUpdateQuery";
 import useUpdateQueryDescription from "./hooks/useUpdateQueryDescription";
+import useUnsavedChangesAlert from "./hooks/useUnsavedChangesAlert";
 
 import "./QuerySource.less";
 
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ function QuerySource(props) {
   const [parameters, areParametersDirty, updateParametersDirtyFlag] = useQueryParameters(query);
   const [selectedVisualization, setSelectedVisualization] = useVisualizationTabHandler(query.visualizations);
 
+  useUnsavedChangesAlert(isDirty);
+
   const {
     queryResult,
     queryResultData,
diff --git a/client/app/pages/queries/hooks/useUnsavedChangesAlert.js b/client/app/pages/queries/hooks/useUnsavedChangesAlert.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d000e3961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/app/pages/queries/hooks/useUnsavedChangesAlert.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { useRef, useEffect } from "react";
+import { $rootScope } from "@/services/ng";
+
+// TODO: This should be revisited and probably re-implemented when replacing Angular router with sth else
+export default function useUnsavedChangesAlert(shouldShowAlert = false) {
+  const shouldShowAlertRef = useRef();
+  shouldShowAlertRef.current = shouldShowAlert;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const unloadMessage = "You will lose your changes if you leave";
+    const confirmMessage = `${unloadMessage}\n\nAre you sure you want to leave this page?`;
+    // store original handler (if any)
+    const savedOnBeforeUnload = window.onbeforeunload;
+
+    window.onbeforeunload = function onbeforeunload() {
+      return shouldShowAlertRef.current ? unloadMessage : undefined;
+    };
+
+    const unsubscribe = $rootScope.$on("$locationChangeStart", (event, next, current) => {
+      if (next.split("?")[0] === current.split("?")[0] || next.split("#")[0] === current.split("#")[0]) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      if (shouldShowAlertRef.current && !window.confirm(confirmMessage)) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+      }
+    });
+
+    return () => {
+      window.onbeforeunload = savedOnBeforeUnload;
+      unsubscribe();
+    };
+  }, []);
+}