diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/SelectControl.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/SelectControl.jsx
index 08b6e8576a..e310da20fd 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/SelectControl.jsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/src/explore/components/controls/SelectControl.jsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { t } from '@superset-ui/core';
+import { t, css } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import { Select, CreatableSelect, OnPasteSelect } from 'src/components/Select';
 import ControlHeader from 'src/explore/components/ControlHeader';
 
@@ -294,7 +294,17 @@ export default class SelectControl extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     return (
-      <div>
+      <div
+        css={theme => css`
+          .type-label {
+            margin-right: ${theme.gridUnit * 2}px;
+            width: ${theme.gridUnit * 7}px;
+            display: inline-block;
+            text-align: center;
+            font-weight: ${theme.typography.weights.bold};
+          }
+        `}
+      >
         {this.props.showHeader && <ControlHeader {...this.props} />}
         {isMulti ? (
           <OnPasteSelect {...selectProps} selectWrap={SelectComponent} />