diff --git a/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml b/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
index ccbb560de1..f781036aae 100755
--- a/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tempo-distributed/values.yaml
@@ -823,6 +823,10 @@ queryFrontend:
     trace_by_id:
       # -- The number of shards to split a trace by id query into.
       query_shards: 50
+    metrics:
+      # The maximum allowed time range for a metrics query.
+      # 0 disables this limit.
+      max_duration: 3h
   autoscaling:
     # -- Enable autoscaling for the query-frontend
     enabled: false
@@ -1340,6 +1344,8 @@ config: |
       concurrent_jobs: {{ .Values.queryFrontend.config.search.concurrent_jobs }}
     trace_by_id:
       query_shards: {{ .Values.queryFrontend.config.trace_by_id.query_shards }}
+    metrics:
+      max_duration: {{ .Values.queryFrontend.config.metrics.max_duration }}
 
   ingester:
     lifecycler: