diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c76a615203..2887dd4b99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 - Add link to query page from admin view. @miketheman
 - Add the option to write logs to STDOUT instead of STDERR. @eyalzek
 - Add limit parameter to tasks API. @alexpekurovsky
+- Support for category type y axis.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/client/app/visualizations/chart/index.js b/client/app/visualizations/chart/index.js
index b9f93b9074..26ef562e4a 100644
--- a/client/app/visualizations/chart/index.js
+++ b/client/app/visualizations/chart/index.js
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function ChartEditor(ColorPalette, clientConfig) {
       }
 
       scope.xAxisScales = ['datetime', 'linear', 'logarithmic', 'category'];
-      scope.yAxisScales = ['linear', 'logarithmic', 'datetime'];
+      scope.yAxisScales = ['linear', 'logarithmic', 'datetime', 'category'];
 
       scope.chartTypeChanged = () => {
         keys(scope.options.seriesOptions).forEach((key) => {