diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5422d2386050f..b16b2761c7c5d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     "bootstrap": "3.3.6",
     "brace": "0.5.1",
     "bunyan": "1.7.1",
+    "chart.js": "2.1.3",
     "clipboard": "1.5.5",
     "commander": "2.8.1",
     "css-loader": "0.17.0",
diff --git a/src/ui/public/vislib/styles/_legend.less b/src/ui/public/vislib/styles/_legend.less
index ddd2ae39d7785..fcfa67cae294d 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/vislib/styles/_legend.less
+++ b/src/ui/public/vislib/styles/_legend.less
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ visualize-legend {
   flex-direction: row;
   padding-top: 5px;
 
+  &.fixed-width {
+    width: 200px;
+  }
+
   .header {
     cursor: pointer;
     width: 15px;
diff --git a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html
index 5d8f7763033bb..895457a142d21 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html
+++ b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.html
@@ -13,5 +13,10 @@ <h4>No results found</h4>
     class="visualize-chart"></div>
   <visualize-legend></visualize-legend>
 </div>
+<div class="visualize-chart">
+  <canvas id="canvas-chart" class="visualize-chart">
+  </canvas>
+  <div id="chart-legend" class="fixed-width legend-col-wrapper"></div>
+</div>
 <!-- <pre>{{chartData | json}}</pre> -->
 <visualize-spy ng-if="vis.type.requiresSearch && showSpyPanel"></visualize-spy>
diff --git a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js
index 86c9a5beae6be..a546400f2f823 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/visualize/visualize.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import _ from 'lodash';
 import RegistryVisTypesProvider from 'ui/registry/vis_types';
 import uiModules from 'ui/modules';
 import visualizeTemplate from 'ui/visualize/visualize.html';
+import Chart from 'chart';
 uiModules
 .get('kibana/directive')
 .directive('visualize', function (Notifier, SavedVis, indexPatterns, Private, config, $timeout) {
@@ -17,6 +18,130 @@ uiModules
     location: 'Visualize'
   });
 
+  function esRespConvertorFactory($el, $legend, chartType) {
+    chartType = {
+      pie: 'pie',
+      line: 'line',
+      area: 'line',
+      histogram: 'bar'
+    }[chartType];
+    let myChart;
+    function makeColor(num) {
+      let hexStr = Math.round(num).toString(16);
+      while (hexStr.length / 6 !== 1) {
+        hexStr = '0' + hexStr;
+      }
+      return '#' + hexStr;
+    }
+    const isPieChart = (chartType === 'pie');
+    function decodeBucketData(aggConfigs, aggregations) {
+      const datasetMap = {};
+      const xAxisLabels = [];
+      // If there is no data
+      if (!aggConfigs) { return datasetMap; }
+
+      const maxAggDepth = aggConfigs.length - 1;
+      let currDepth = 0;
+      // meant to recursively crawl through es aggregations
+      // to make sense of the data for a charting library
+      function decodeBucket(aggConfig, aggResp) {
+        aggResp.buckets.forEach((bucket) => {
+          const isFirstAggConfig = currDepth === 0;
+
+          if (isFirstAggConfig) { // Sets the labels for the X-Axis
+            xAxisLabels.push(bucket.key);
+          }
+          if (currDepth < maxAggDepth) { // Crawl through the structure if we should
+            const nextAggConfig = aggConfigs[++currDepth];
+            decodeBucket(nextAggConfig, bucket[nextAggConfig.id]);
+            currDepth--;
+          } else {
+            const isDateBucket = aggConfig.__type.dslName === 'date_histogram';
+            const legendLabel = (isFirstAggConfig  && isDateBucket && !isPieChart) ? 'Count' : bucket.key;
+            const dataset = datasetMap[legendLabel] || [];
+            dataset.push(bucket.doc_count);
+            datasetMap[legendLabel] = dataset;
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      const firstAggConfig = aggConfigs[0];
+      decodeBucket(firstAggConfig, aggregations[firstAggConfig.id]);
+      const legendLabels = [];
+      const arrDatasets = _.map(datasetMap, (val, key) => {
+        legendLabels.push(key);
+        return {
+          data: val,
+          label: key,
+          backgroundColor: []
+        };
+      });
+      // Make some colors for all of the data points.
+      // This need to be different, instead of looking at all the colors
+      // you should look at RGB separate and limit the number from there
+      // then multiply to get your result
+      arrDatasets.forEach(set => {
+        const allTheColors = Math.pow(16, 6);
+        const colorOffset = allTheColors / 8;
+        let numDataPoints = set.data.length;
+        const maxColors = allTheColors - (colorOffset * 2);
+        const difference = maxColors / numDataPoints;
+        let currColor = colorOffset;
+        while (numDataPoints-- > 0) {
+          if (isPieChart) {
+            set.backgroundColor.push(makeColor(currColor));
+          }
+          currColor += difference;
+        }
+        if (!isPieChart) {
+          set.backgroundColor = set.backgroundColor[0];
+        }
+      });
+
+      return {
+        legend: legendLabels,
+        labels: xAxisLabels,
+        dataConfigs: arrDatasets
+      };
+    }
+    return function convertEsRespAndAggConfig(esResp, aggConfigs) {
+      const aggConfigMap = aggConfigs.byId;
+      const decodedData = decodeBucketData(aggConfigs.bySchemaGroup.buckets, esResp.aggregations);
+      if (myChart) { // Not a fan of this, i should be using update
+        myChart.destroy();
+      }
+      myChart = new Chart($el, {
+        type: chartType,
+        data: {
+          labels: decodedData.labels,
+          datasets: decodedData.dataConfigs
+        },
+        fill: false,
+        options: {
+          legendCallback: function (chartObj) {
+            const multipleBuckets = aggConfigs.bySchemaGroup.buckets.length > 1;
+            const legendItems = multipleBuckets || isPieChart ? decodedData.legend : [aggConfigs.bySchemaGroup.metrics[0]._opts.type];
+            const itemsHtmlArr = legendItems.map(item => { return '<li>' + item + '</li>'; });
+            return '<ul>' + itemsHtmlArr.join('') + '</ul>';
+          },
+          legend: {
+            display: false
+          },
+          tooltips: {
+            callbacks: {
+              title: function () { return 'hello world'; },
+              label: function (item, data) {
+                const dataset = data.datasets[item.datasetIndex];
+                return dataset.label + ': ' + dataset.data[item.index];
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      $legend.html(myChart.generateLegend());
+    };
+  }
+
   return {
     restrict: 'E',
     scope : {
@@ -29,6 +154,7 @@ uiModules
     },
     template: visualizeTemplate,
     link: function ($scope, $el, attr) {
+      const esRespConvertor = esRespConvertorFactory($el.find('#canvas-chart'), $el.find('#chart-legend'), $scope.vis.type.name);
       let chart; // set in "vis" watcher
       let minVisChartHeight = 180;
 
@@ -148,6 +274,7 @@ uiModules
 
       $scope.$watch('esResp', prereq(function (resp, prevResp) {
         if (!resp) return;
+        esRespConvertor(resp, $scope.vis.aggs);
         $scope.renderbot.render(resp);
       }));
 
diff --git a/webpackShims/chart.js b/webpackShims/chart.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ff6f875a02346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webpackShims/chart.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/**
+ * THESE ARE AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDED IN LODASH
+ *
+ * use:
+ * var _ = require('lodash');
+ */
+
+var Chart = require('node_modules/chart.js/src/chart.js');
+module.exports = Chart;