diff --git a/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/types.ts b/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/types.ts
index 6e09029bb..b658a71ca 100644
--- a/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/types.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/types.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ export enum ExtensionRequestType {
    * Visualization configuration data
    */
   VIS_DEFAULT_CONFIG = 'VIS_DEFAULT_CONFIG',
+  /**
+   * Change visualization configuration after intial load
+   */
+  VIS_CONFIG_UPDATE = 'VIS_CONFIG_UPDATE',
   /**
    * Tile add error messages
    */
diff --git a/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.spec.ts b/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.spec.ts
index 3d3617f45..c113634bd 100644
--- a/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.spec.ts
@@ -152,4 +152,56 @@ describe('VisualizationSDK', () => {
     sdk.updateVisData(visualizationData)
     expect(sdk.visualizationData).toBeUndefined()
   })
+
+  it('updates visConfig remotely and queryResponse locally when provided', () => {
+    const sdk = new VisualizationSDKImpl(api)
+    expect(sdk.visualizationData).toBeUndefined()
+    const visConfig: RawVisConfig = {
+      query_fields: {
+        measures: [{ a: 'a' }],
+        dimensions: [{ a: 'b' }],
+        table_calculations: [{ a: 'c' }],
+        pivots: [{ a: 'd' }],
+      },
+    }
+    const queryResponse: RawVisQueryResponse = {
+      data: [{ abc: { value: 'xyz' } }],
+      fields: {
+        measures: [{ a: 'a' }],
+        dimensions: [{ a: 'b' }],
+        table_calculations: [{ a: 'c' }],
+        pivots: [{ a: 'd' }],
+        measure_like: [{ a: 'e' }],
+        dimension_like: [{ a: 'f' }],
+      },
+      pivots: [],
+    }
+    const visualizationData: RawVisualizationData = {
+      visConfig,
+      queryResponse,
+    }
+    sdk.updateVisData(visualizationData)
+    expect(sdk.visualizationData).toEqual(visualizationData)
+    expect(sdk.visConfig.visConfig).toEqual(visConfig)
+    expect(api.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('VIS_CONFIG_UPDATE', {
+      updatedConfig: visConfig,
+    })
+
+    const updatedVisConfig = {
+      ...visConfig,
+      background_color: 'blue',
+    } as RawVisConfig
+    const updatedVisualizationData: RawVisualizationData = {
+      visConfig: updatedVisConfig,
+      queryResponse,
+    }
+
+    sdk.updateVisData(updatedVisualizationData)
+    expect(sdk.visualizationData).toEqual(updatedVisualizationData)
+    expect(sdk.visConfig.visConfig).toEqual(updatedVisConfig)
+    expect(api.send).toHaveBeenCalledWith('VIS_CONFIG_UPDATE', {
+      updatedConfig: updatedVisConfig,
+    })
+    expect(sdk.visualizationData).toEqual(updatedVisualizationData)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.ts b/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.ts
index 29662e0e1..4c5d8f155 100644
--- a/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-sdk/src/connect/visualization/visualization_sdk.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ class VisualizationConfigImpl implements VisualizationConfig {
     this._visConfig = visConfig
   }
 
+  get visConfig(): RawVisConfig | undefined {
+    return this._visConfig
+  }
+
   get queryFieldMeasures(): Measure[] {
     return this._visConfig?.query_fields?.measures || []
   }
@@ -124,10 +128,13 @@ export class VisualizationSDKImpl implements VisualizationSDK {
     // Should never happen.
     if (this.hostApi.isDashboardMountSupported) {
       this.visualizationData = visualizationData
-      if (this._visConfig) {
+      if (this.visConfig && this._visConfig) {
         this._visConfig.update(this.visualizationData.visConfig)
+        this.hostApi.send(ExtensionRequestType.VIS_CONFIG_UPDATE, {
+          updatedConfig: this.visualizationData.visConfig,
+        })
       }
-      if (this._queryResponse) {
+      if (this.queryResponse && this._queryResponse) {
         this._queryResponse.update(this.visualizationData.queryResponse)
       }
     }