diff --git a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js
index 33694dddf4..efa8064dc0 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/visualizations/nvd3_vis.js
@@ -331,9 +331,9 @@ export default function nvd3Vis(slice, payload) {
`
` +
`${p[fd.entity]} (${p.group})` +
' |
');
- s += row(fd.x, xAxisFormatter(p.x));
- s += row(fd.y, yAxisFormatter(p.y));
- s += row(fd.size, formatter(p.size));
+ s += row(fd.x.label || fd.x, xAxisFormatter(p.x));
+ s += row(fd.y.label || fd.y, yAxisFormatter(p.y));
+ s += row(fd.size.label || fd.size, formatter(p.size));
s += '';
return s;
});