diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts
index 6b666b39b00945..8e00484be375e2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/common/http_api/snapshot_api.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import * as rt from 'io-ts';
 import { SnapshotMetricTypeRT, ItemTypeRT } from '../inventory_models/types';
+import { metricsExplorerSeriesRT } from './metrics_explorer';
 
 export const SnapshotNodePathRT = rt.intersection([
   rt.type({
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ const SnapshotNodeMetricOptionalRT = rt.partial({
   value: rt.union([rt.number, rt.null]),
   avg: rt.union([rt.number, rt.null]),
   max: rt.union([rt.number, rt.null]),
+  timeseries: metricsExplorerSeriesRT,
 });
 
 const SnapshotNodeMetricRequiredRT = rt.type({
@@ -41,11 +43,16 @@ export const SnapshotNodeResponseRT = rt.type({
   interval: rt.string,
 });
 
-export const InfraTimerangeInputRT = rt.type({
-  interval: rt.string,
-  to: rt.number,
-  from: rt.number,
-});
+export const InfraTimerangeInputRT = rt.intersection([
+  rt.type({
+    interval: rt.string,
+    to: rt.number,
+    from: rt.number,
+  }),
+  rt.partial({
+    lookbackSize: rt.number,
+  }),
+]);
 
 export const SnapshotGroupByRT = rt.array(
   rt.partial({
@@ -97,6 +104,9 @@ export const SnapshotRequestRT = rt.intersection([
     accountId: rt.string,
     region: rt.string,
     filterQuery: rt.union([rt.string, rt.null]),
+    includeTimeseries: rt.boolean,
+    limit: rt.number,
+    afterKey: rt.record(rt.string, rt.string),
   }),
 ]);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/metrics/inventory_view/hooks/use_snaphot.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/metrics/inventory_view/hooks/use_snaphot.ts
index 3ec63d7b2de286..721a2d5792dca9 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/metrics/inventory_view/hooks/use_snaphot.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/public/pages/metrics/inventory_view/hooks/use_snaphot.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import {
   SnapshotNodeResponseRT,
   SnapshotNodeResponse,
   SnapshotGroupBy,
+  SnapshotRequest,
+  InfraTimerangeInput,
 } from '../../../../../common/http_api/snapshot_api';
 import {
   InventoryItemType,
@@ -37,10 +39,11 @@ export function useSnapshot(
     );
   };
 
-  const timerange = {
+  const timerange: InfraTimerangeInput = {
     interval: '1m',
     to: currentTime,
     from: currentTime - 360 * 1000,
+    lookbackSize: 20,
   };
 
   const { error, loading, response, makeRequest } = useHTTPRequest<SnapshotNodeResponse>(
@@ -55,7 +58,8 @@ export function useSnapshot(
       sourceId,
       accountId,
       region,
-    }),
+      includeTimeseries: true,
+    } as SnapshotRequest),
     decodeResponse
   );
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/create_timerange_with_interval.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/create_timerange_with_interval.ts
index c75ee6d6440442..eeb7b7e13a1fe2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/create_timerange_with_interval.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/create_timerange_with_interval.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ export const createTimeRangeWithInterval = async (
     )) || 60,
     60
   );
+  const lookbackSize = options.timerange.lookbackSize || 5;
   return {
     interval: `${interval}s`,
-    from: options.timerange.to - interval * 5000, // We need at least 5 buckets worth of data
+    from: options.timerange.to - interval * lookbackSize * 1000, // We need at least 5 buckets worth of data
     to: options.timerange.to,
   };
 };
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/response_helpers.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/response_helpers.ts
index 12f284c363bd53..4de5fa15c48f19 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/response_helpers.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/lib/snapshot/response_helpers.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import { isNumber, last, max, sum, get } from 'lodash';
 import moment from 'moment';
 
+import { MetricsExplorerSeries } from '../../../common/http_api/metrics_explorer';
 import { getIntervalInSeconds } from '../../utils/get_interval_in_seconds';
 import { InfraSnapshotRequestOptions } from './types';
 import { findInventoryModel } from '../../../common/inventory_models';
@@ -127,12 +128,15 @@ export const getNodeMetrics = (
     };
   }
   const lastBucket = findLastFullBucket(nodeBuckets, options);
-  const result = {
+  const result: SnapshotNodeMetric = {
     name: options.metric.type,
     value: getMetricValueFromBucket(options.metric.type, lastBucket),
     max: calculateMax(nodeBuckets, options.metric.type),
     avg: calculateAvg(nodeBuckets, options.metric.type),
   };
+  if (options.includeTimeseries) {
+    result.timeseries = getTimeseriesData(nodeBuckets, options.metric.type);
+  }
   return result;
 };
 
@@ -164,3 +168,20 @@ function calculateMax(buckets: InfraSnapshotMetricsBucket[], type: SnapshotMetri
 function calculateAvg(buckets: InfraSnapshotMetricsBucket[], type: SnapshotMetricType) {
   return sum(buckets.map(bucket => getMetricValueFromBucket(type, bucket))) / buckets.length || 0;
 }
+
+function getTimeseriesData(
+  buckets: InfraSnapshotMetricsBucket[],
+  type: SnapshotMetricType
+): MetricsExplorerSeries {
+  return {
+    id: type,
+    columns: [
+      { name: 'timestamp', type: 'date' },
+      { name: 'metric_0', type: 'number' },
+    ],
+    rows: buckets.map(bucket => ({
+      timestamp: bucket.key as number,
+      metric_0: getMetricValueFromBucket(type, bucket),
+    })),
+  };
+}
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts
index 2d951d426b03a0..3a0326fb6ae84c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/infra/server/routes/snapshot/index.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export const initSnapshotRoute = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
           timerange,
           accountId,
           region,
+          includeTimeseries,
         } = pipe(
           SnapshotRequestRT.decode(request.body),
           fold(throwErrors(Boom.badRequest), identity)
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ export const initSnapshotRoute = (libs: InfraBackendLibs) => {
           sourceConfiguration: source.configuration,
           metric,
           timerange,
+          includeTimeseries,
         };
 
         const searchES = <Hit = {}, Aggregation = undefined>(