diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6735522183c..368882b5a98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 1. [18335](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/18335): Disable failing when providing an unexpected error to influx CLI
 1. [18345](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/18345): Have influx delete cmd respect the config
 1. [18385](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/18385): Store initialization for pkger enforced on reads
+1. [18434](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/18434): Backfill missing fillColumns field for histograms in pkger
 
 ### UI Improvements
 
diff --git a/pkger/clone_resource.go b/pkger/clone_resource.go
index 10d7ecf905e..55d80437199 100644
--- a/pkger/clone_resource.go
+++ b/pkger/clone_resource.go
@@ -568,6 +568,7 @@ func convertCellView(cell influxdb.Cell) chart {
 		ch.Kind = chartKindHistogram
 		ch.Queries = convertQueries(p.Queries)
 		ch.Colors = convertColors(p.ViewColors)
+		ch.FillColumns = p.FillColumns
 		ch.XCol = p.XColumn
 		ch.Axes = []axis{{Label: p.XAxisLabel, Name: "x", Domain: p.XDomain}}
 		ch.Note = p.Note
@@ -659,6 +660,10 @@ func convertChartToResource(ch chart) Resource {
 		r[fieldChartLegend] = ch.Legend
 	}
 
+	if len(ch.FillColumns) > 0 {
+		r[fieldChartFillColumns] = ch.FillColumns
+	}
+
 	if zero := new(tableOptions); ch.TableOptions != *zero {
 		tRes := make(Resource)
 		assignNonZeroBools(tRes, map[string]bool{
diff --git a/pkger/parser.go b/pkger/parser.go
index 9eb999c1797..ec24e58fbf4 100644
--- a/pkger/parser.go
+++ b/pkger/parser.go
@@ -1340,6 +1340,7 @@ func parseChart(r Resource) (chart, []validationErr) {
 		YCol:        r.stringShort(fieldChartYCol),
 		XPos:        r.intShort(fieldChartXPos),
 		YPos:        r.intShort(fieldChartYPos),
+		FillColumns: r.slcStr(fieldChartFillColumns),
 	}
 
 	if presLeg, ok := r[fieldChartLegend].(legend); ok {
diff --git a/pkger/parser_models.go b/pkger/parser_models.go
index 2de3c13ec42..76e01c3965f 100644
--- a/pkger/parser_models.go
+++ b/pkger/parser_models.go
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ const (
 	fieldChartColors        = "colors"
 	fieldChartDecimalPlaces = "decimalPlaces"
 	fieldChartDomain        = "domain"
+	fieldChartFillColumns   = "fillColumns"
 	fieldChartGeom          = "geom"
 	fieldChartHeight        = "height"
 	fieldChartLegend        = "legend"
@@ -527,6 +528,7 @@ type chart struct {
 	BinCount        int
 	Position        string
 	FieldOptions    []fieldOption
+	FillColumns     []string
 	TableOptions    tableOptions
 	TimeFormat      string
 }
@@ -574,7 +576,7 @@ func (c chart) properties() influxdb.ViewProperties {
 			Type:              influxdb.ViewPropertyTypeHistogram,
 			Queries:           c.Queries.influxDashQueries(),
 			ViewColors:        c.Colors.influxViewColors(),
-			FillColumns:       []string{},
+			FillColumns:       c.FillColumns,
 			XColumn:           c.XCol,
 			XDomain:           c.Axes.get("x").Domain,
 			XAxisLabel:        c.Axes.get("x").Label,
diff --git a/pkger/parser_test.go b/pkger/parser_test.go
index 5375f390e09..87b12eb56cd 100644
--- a/pkger/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkger/parser_test.go
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ spec:
 					assert.Equal(t, 30, props.BinCount)
 					assert.True(t, props.ShowNoteWhenEmpty)
 					assert.Equal(t, []float64{0, 10}, props.XDomain)
-					assert.Equal(t, []string{}, props.FillColumns)
+					assert.Equal(t, []string{"a", "b"}, props.FillColumns)
 					require.Len(t, props.Queries, 1)
 					q := props.Queries[0]
 					queryText := `from(bucket: v.bucket) |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop) |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "boltdb_reads_total") |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == "counter")`
diff --git a/pkger/service_test.go b/pkger/service_test.go
index 221592fc405..c39eed28ad7 100644
--- a/pkger/service_test.go
+++ b/pkger/service_test.go
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ func TestService(t *testing.T) {
 									Queries:           []influxdb.DashboardQuery{newQuery()},
 									ShowNoteWhenEmpty: true,
 									ViewColors:        []influxdb.ViewColor{{Type: "scale", Hex: "#8F8AF4", Value: 0}, {Type: "scale", Hex: "#8F8AF4", Value: 0}, {Type: "scale", Hex: "#8F8AF4", Value: 0}},
-									FillColumns:       []string{},
+									FillColumns:       []string{"a", "b"},
 									XColumn:           "_value",
 									XDomain:           []float64{0, 10},
 									XAxisLabel:        "x_label",
diff --git a/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.json b/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.json
index dd6dd0d007c..e3949e5cf99 100644
--- a/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.json
+++ b/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
           "xCol": "_value",
           "position": "stacked",
           "binCount": 30,
+          "fillColumns": ["a", "b"],
           "queries": [
             {
               "query": "from(bucket: v.bucket) |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop) |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == \"boltdb_reads_total\") |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == \"counter\")"
diff --git a/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.yml b/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.yml
index 31d904a6b06..ea9c16373a0 100644
--- a/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.yml
+++ b/pkger/testdata/dashboard_histogram.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ spec:
       width:  6
       height: 3
       binCount: 30
+      fillColumns: ["a", "b"]
       queries:
         - query: >
             from(bucket: v.bucket) |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop) |> filter(fn: (r) => r._measurement == "boltdb_reads_total") |> filter(fn: (r) => r._field == "counter")