diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/controls.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/controls.jsx
index 7829a4902a..fcff28a712 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/controls.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/controls.jsx
@@ -1199,5 +1199,12 @@ export const controls = {
     hidden: true,
     description: 'The id of the active slice',
   },
+
+  cache_timeout: {
+    type: 'HiddenControl',
+    label: 'Cache Timeout (seconds)',
+    hidden: true,
+    description: 'The number of seconds before expiring the cache',
+  },
 };
 export default controls;
diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/visTypes.js b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/visTypes.js
index 5d00d6a525..d6cb9f350d 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/visTypes.js
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/explorev2/stores/visTypes.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export const sections = {
     controlSetRows: [
       ['datasource'],
       ['viz_type'],
-      ['slice_id'],
+      ['slice_id', 'cache_timeout'],
     ],
   },
   sqlaTimeSeries: {
diff --git a/superset/models/core.py b/superset/models/core.py
index 9e046865f0..ccaa7aaecc 100644
--- a/superset/models/core.py
+++ b/superset/models/core.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ from sqlalchemy_utils import EncryptedType
 from superset import app, db, db_engine_specs, utils, sm
 from superset.connectors.connector_registry import ConnectorRegistry
 from superset.viz import viz_types
-from superset.utils import QueryStatus
 from superset.models.helpers import AuditMixinNullable, ImportMixin, set_perm
 install_aliases()
 from urllib import parse  # noqa
@@ -181,10 +180,13 @@ class Slice(Model, AuditMixinNullable, ImportMixin):
     @property
     def form_data(self):
         form_data = json.loads(self.params)
-        form_data['slice_id'] = self.id
-        form_data['viz_type'] = self.viz_type
-        form_data['datasource'] = (
-            str(self.datasource_id) + '__' + self.datasource_type)
+        form_data.update({
+            'slice_id': self.id,
+            'viz_type': self.viz_type,
+            'datasource': str(self.datasource_id) + '__' + self.datasource_type
+        })
+        if self.cache_timeout:
+            form_data['cache_timeout'] = self.cache_timeout
         return form_data
 
     @property
@@ -230,7 +232,6 @@ class Slice(Model, AuditMixinNullable, ImportMixin):
         return viz_types[slice_params.get('viz_type')](
             self.datasource,
             form_data=slice_params,
-            slice_=self
         )
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/superset/views/core.py b/superset/views/core.py
index fb43c7349c..032d86155f 100755
--- a/superset/views/core.py
+++ b/superset/views/core.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from superset import (
     sm, sql_lab, results_backend, security,
 )
 from superset.legacy import cast_form_data
-from superset.utils import has_access
+from superset.utils import has_access, QueryStatus
 from superset.connectors.connector_registry import ConnectorRegistry
 import superset.models.core as models
 from superset.models.sql_lab import Query
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ from .base import (
 config = app.config
 log_this = models.Log.log_this
 can_access = utils.can_access
-QueryStatus = models.QueryStatus
 DAR = models.DatasourceAccessRequest
 
 
diff --git a/superset/viz.py b/superset/viz.py
index e7e0bd14da..e244df41fe 100755
--- a/superset/viz.py
+++ b/superset/viz.py
@@ -42,13 +42,12 @@ class BaseViz(object):
     credits = ""
     is_timeseries = False
 
-    def __init__(self, datasource, form_data, slice_=None):
+    def __init__(self, datasource, form_data):
         if not datasource:
             raise Exception("Viz is missing a datasource")
         self.datasource = datasource
         self.request = request
         self.viz_type = form_data.get("viz_type")
-        self.slice = slice_
         self.form_data = form_data
 
         self.query = ""
@@ -184,9 +183,8 @@ class BaseViz(object):
 
     @property
     def cache_timeout(self):
-
-        if self.slice and self.slice.cache_timeout:
-            return self.slice.cache_timeout
+        if self.form_data.get('cache_timeout'):
+            return int(self.form_data.get('cache_timeout'))
         if self.datasource.cache_timeout:
             return self.datasource.cache_timeout
         if (