diff --git a/gwsumm/plot/__init__.py b/gwsumm/plot/__init__.py
index 2f5ab46e..cdb50a87 100644
--- a/gwsumm/plot/__init__.py
+++ b/gwsumm/plot/__init__.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@
     RangeSpectrogramDataPlot,
     RangeSpectrumDataPlot,
     RangeCumulativeSpectrumDataPlot,
+    RangeCumulativeHistogramPlot,
     SimpleTimeVolumeDataPlot,
     GWpyTimeVolumeDataPlot,
 )
diff --git a/gwsumm/plot/builtin.py b/gwsumm/plot/builtin.py
index ec84e8cc..7c56f365 100644
--- a/gwsumm/plot/builtin.py
+++ b/gwsumm/plot/builtin.py
@@ -710,15 +710,14 @@ def draw(self, outputfile=None):
 
         # plot
         for ax, arr, pargs in zip(cycle(axes), data, histargs):
-            # set range if not given
-            if pargs.get('range') is None:
-                pargs['range'] = self._get_range(
-                    data,
-                    # use range from first dataset if already calculated
-                    range=histargs[0].get('range'),
-                    # use xlim if manually set (user or INI)
-                    xlim=None if ax.get_autoscalex_on() else ax.get_xlim(),
-                )
+            # set range
+            pargs['range'] = self._get_range(
+                data,
+                # use range from first dataset if already calculated
+                range=histargs[0].get('range'),
+                # use xlim if manually set (user or INI)
+                xlim=None if ax.get_autoscalex_on() else ax.get_xlim(),
+            )
 
             # plot histogram
             _, _, patches = ax.hist(arr, **pargs)
@@ -759,8 +758,23 @@ def draw(self, outputfile=None):
         return self.finalize(outputfile=outputfile)
 
     def _get_range(self, data, range=None, xlim=None):
-        if range is not None or xlim is not None:
-            return range or xlim
+        if range is not None:
+            if range == 'autoscaling':
+                return None
+            else:
+                range = list(range)
+                try:
+                    if range[0] == 'min':
+                        range[0] = numpy.min(data)
+                    if range[1] == 'max':
+                        range[1] = numpy.max(data)
+                    if range[0] < range[1]:
+                        return range
+                except (ValueError, IndexError) as exc:
+                    if not str(exc).startswith('zero-size array'):
+                        raise
+        if xlim is not None:
+            return xlim
         try:
             return numpy.min(data), numpy.max(data)
         except ValueError as exc:
diff --git a/gwsumm/plot/range.py b/gwsumm/plot/range.py
index 2688e99e..56e6ccb6 100644
--- a/gwsumm/plot/range.py
+++ b/gwsumm/plot/range.py
@@ -153,6 +153,23 @@ class RangeDataHistogramPlot(RangePlotMixin, get_plot('histogram')):
 register_plot(RangeDataHistogramPlot)
 
 
+class RangeCumulativeHistogramPlot(RangePlotMixin, get_plot('histogram')):
+    type = 'range-cumulative-histogram'
+    defaults = get_plot('histogram').defaults.copy()
+    defaults.update(RangePlotMixin.defaults.copy())
+    defaults.update({
+        'xlabel': 'Angle-averaged range [Mpc]',
+        'ylabel': 'Cumulative time duration',
+        'log': False,
+        'cumulative': True,
+        'density': True,
+        'range': (1, 'max'),
+    })
+
+
+register_plot(RangeCumulativeHistogramPlot)
+
+
 class RangeSpectrogramDataPlot(RangePlotMixin, get_plot('spectrogram')):
     type = 'range-spectrogram'
     defaults = get_plot('spectrogram').defaults.copy()
diff --git a/gwsumm/tabs/data.py b/gwsumm/tabs/data.py
index aec3e7d8..7d7bb493 100644
--- a/gwsumm/tabs/data.py
+++ b/gwsumm/tabs/data.py
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ def from_ini(cls, cp, section, plotdir='plots', **kwargs):
             if cp.has_section(pdef):
                 type_ = cp.get(pdef, 'type')
                 PlotClass = get_plot(type_)
-            elif (pdef not in ['range-histogram', 'segment-histogram'] and
+            elif (pdef not in ['range-histogram', 'segment-histogram',
+                               'range-cumulative-histogram'] and
                     pdef.endswith('-histogram')):
                 type_ = None
                 etg, column = pdef.rsplit('-', 2)[:2]