diff --git a/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions.go b/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions.go
index 22117f5c3a..8a6cc1cfcc 100644
--- a/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions.go
+++ b/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions.go
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
 	"regexp"
+	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/graphite/common"
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/graphite/graphite"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/graphite/ts"
 	"github.com/m3db/m3/src/query/util"
+	xerrors "github.com/m3db/m3/src/x/errors"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -94,6 +97,66 @@ func sortByMaxima(ctx *common.Context, series singlePathSpec) (ts.SeriesList, er
 	return highestMax(ctx, series, len(series.Values))
 }
 
+// useSeriesAbove compares the maximum of each series against the given `value`. If the series
+// maximum is greater than `value`, the regular expression search and replace is
+// applied against the series name to plot a related metric.
+//
+// e.g. given useSeriesAbove(ganglia.metric1.reqs,10,'reqs','time'),
+// the response time metric will be plotted only when the maximum value of the
+// corresponding request/s metric is > 10
+// Example: useSeriesAbove(ganglia.metric1.reqs,10,"reqs","time")
+func useSeriesAbove(ctx *common.Context, seriesList singlePathSpec, maxAllowedValue float64, search, replace string) (ts.SeriesList, error) {
+	var (
+		mu       sync.Mutex
+		wg       sync.WaitGroup
+		multiErr xerrors.MultiError
+		newNames []string
+
+		output         = make([]*ts.Series, 0, len(seriesList.Values))
+		maxConcurrency = runtime.NumCPU() / 2
+	)
+
+	for _, series := range seriesList.Values {
+		if series.SafeMax() > maxAllowedValue {
+			seriesName := strings.Replace(series.Name(), search, replace, -1)
+			newNames = append(newNames, seriesName)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, newNameChunk := range chunkArrayHelper(newNames, maxConcurrency) {
+		if multiErr.LastError() != nil {
+			return ts.NewSeriesList(), multiErr.LastError()
+		}
+
+		for _, newTarget := range newNameChunk {
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer wg.Done()
+				resultSeriesList, err := evaluateTarget(ctx, newTarget)
+
+				if err != nil {
+					mu.Lock()
+					multiErr = multiErr.Add(err)
+					mu.Unlock()
+					return
+				}
+
+				mu.Lock()
+				for _, resultSeries := range resultSeriesList.Values {
+					resultSeries.Specification = newTarget
+					output = append(output, resultSeries)
+				}
+				mu.Unlock()
+			}()
+		}
+		wg.Wait()
+	}
+
+	r := ts.NewSeriesList()
+	r.Values = output
+	return r, nil
+}
+
 // sortByMinima sorts timeseries by the minimum value across the time period specified.
 func sortByMinima(ctx *common.Context, series singlePathSpec) (ts.SeriesList, error) {
 	return lowest(ctx, series, len(series.Values), "min")
@@ -2399,6 +2462,7 @@ func init() {
 	MustRegisterFunction(transformNull).WithDefaultParams(map[uint8]interface{}{
 		2: 0.0, // defaultValue
 	})
+	MustRegisterFunction(useSeriesAbove)
 	MustRegisterFunction(weightedAverage)
 
 	// alias functions - in alpha ordering
diff --git a/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions_test.go b/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions_test.go
index cdd104c6e3..c9d82510a7 100644
--- a/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions_test.go
+++ b/src/query/graphite/native/builtin_functions_test.go
@@ -302,6 +302,73 @@ func TestScale(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestUseSeriesAbove(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		ctrl      = xgomock.NewController(t)
+		store     = storage.NewMockStorage(ctrl)
+		now       = time.Now().Truncate(time.Hour)
+		engine    = NewEngine(store)
+		startTime = now.Add(-3 * time.Minute)
+		endTime   = now.Add(-time.Minute)
+		ctx       = common.NewContext(common.ContextOptions{Start: startTime, End: endTime, Engine: engine})
+		stepSize  = 60000
+	)
+
+	defer ctrl.Finish()
+	defer ctx.Close()
+
+	store.EXPECT().FetchByQuery(gomock.Any(), "foo.bar.q.zed", gomock.Any()).DoAndReturn(
+		buildTestSeriesFn(stepSize, "foo.bar.q.zed"))
+	store.EXPECT().FetchByQuery(gomock.Any(), "foo.bar.g.zed", gomock.Any()).DoAndReturn(
+		buildTestSeriesFn(stepSize, "foo.bar.g.zed"))
+	store.EXPECT().FetchByQuery(gomock.Any(), "foo.bar.x.zed", gomock.Any()).DoAndReturn(
+		buildTestSeriesFn(stepSize, "foo.bar.x.zed")).Times(2)
+	store.EXPECT().FetchByQuery(gomock.Any(), "foo.bar.g.zed.g", gomock.Any()).Return(
+		&storage.FetchResult{SeriesList: []*ts.Series{ts.NewSeries(ctx, "foo.bar.g.zed.g", startTime,
+			common.NewTestSeriesValues(ctx, 60000, []float64{10, 20, 30}))}}, nil)
+	store.EXPECT().FetchByQuery(gomock.Any(), "foo.bar.q.zed.q", gomock.Any()).Return(
+		&storage.FetchResult{SeriesList: []*ts.Series{ts.NewSeries(ctx, "foo.bar.q.zed.q", startTime,
+			common.NewTestSeriesValues(ctx, 60000, []float64{1, 2, 3}))}}, nil)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		target   string
+		expected common.TestSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			"useSeriesAbove(foo.bar.q.zed, -1, 'q', 'g')",
+			common.TestSeries{
+				Name: "foo.bar.g.zed",
+				Data: []float64{1.0, 1.0},
+			},
+		},
+		// two replacements
+		{
+			"useSeriesAbove(foo.bar.g.zed.g, 15, 'g', 'q')",
+			common.TestSeries{
+				Name: "foo.bar.q.zed.q",
+				Data: []float64{1.0, 2.0, 3.0},
+			},
+		},
+		// no replacments
+		{
+			"useSeriesAbove(foo.bar.x.zed, 1, 'p', 'g')",
+			common.TestSeries{
+				Name: "foo.bar.x.zed",
+				Data: []float64{2.0, 2.0},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range tests {
+		expr, err := engine.Compile(test.target)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		res, err := expr.Execute(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		common.CompareOutputsAndExpected(t, stepSize, startTime,
+			[]common.TestSeries{test.expected}, res.Values)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPercentileOfSeriesErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := common.NewTestContext()
 
@@ -3421,6 +3488,7 @@ func TestFunctionsRegistered(t *testing.T) {
 		"timeShift",
 		"timeSlice",
 		"transformNull",
+		"useSeriesAbove",
 		"weightedAverage",
 	}