diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal_spec.jsx
index ac06cfc32..8dfb4016f 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal_spec.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import RefreshIntervalModal from '../../../../src/dashboard/components/RefreshIn
 describe('RefreshIntervalModal', () => {
   const mockedProps = {
     triggerNode: <i className="fa fa-edit" />,
+    refreshFrequency: 10,
   };
   it('is valid', () => {
     expect(
@@ -34,4 +35,8 @@ describe('RefreshIntervalModal', () => {
     const wrapper = mount(<RefreshIntervalModal {...mockedProps} />);
     expect(wrapper.find('.fa-edit')).toHaveLength(1);
   });
+  it('should render a interval seconds', () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(<RefreshIntervalModal {...mockedProps} />);
+    expect(wrapper.prop('refreshFrequency')).toEqual(10);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/actions/dashboardState.js b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/actions/dashboardState.js
index 135658d93..086481919 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/actions/dashboardState.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/actions/dashboardState.js
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ export function onSave() {
   return { type: ON_SAVE };
 }
 
+export const SET_REFRESH_FREQUENCY = 'SET_REFRESH_FREQUENCY';
+export function setRefreshFrequency(refreshFrequency) {
+  return { type: SET_REFRESH_FREQUENCY, refreshFrequency };
+}
+
 export function saveDashboardRequestSuccess() {
   return dispatch => {
     dispatch(onSave());
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
index b2238d0e0..796a2df09 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/Header.jsx
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ const propTypes = {
   redoLength: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
   setMaxUndoHistoryExceeded: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   maxUndoHistoryToast: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  refreshFrequency: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+  setRefreshFrequency: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
 class Header extends React.PureComponent {
@@ -100,6 +102,11 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
     this.overwriteDashboard = this.overwriteDashboard.bind(this);
   }
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    const refreshFrequency = this.props.refreshFrequency;
+    this.props.startPeriodicRender(refreshFrequency * 1000);
+  }
+
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
     if (
       UNDO_LIMIT - nextProps.undoLength <= 0 &&
@@ -234,6 +241,8 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
       dashboardInfo,
       hasUnsavedChanges,
       isLoading,
+      refreshFrequency,
+      setRefreshFrequency,
     } = this.props;
 
     const userCanEdit = dashboardInfo.dash_edit_perm;
@@ -346,6 +355,8 @@ class Header extends React.PureComponent {
             onChange={onChange}
             forceRefreshAllCharts={this.forceRefresh}
             startPeriodicRender={this.startPeriodicRender}
+            refreshFrequency={refreshFrequency}
+            setRefreshFrequency={setRefreshFrequency}
             updateCss={updateCss}
             editMode={editMode}
             hasUnsavedChanges={hasUnsavedChanges}
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/HeaderActionsDropdown.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/HeaderActionsDropdown.jsx
index 204d5f74d..4c36d9a3c 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/HeaderActionsDropdown.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/HeaderActionsDropdown.jsx
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ const propTypes = {
   onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   updateCss: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   forceRefreshAllCharts: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+  refreshFrequency: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+  setRefreshFrequency: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   startPeriodicRender: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   editMode: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
   userCanEdit: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ class HeaderActionsDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
     };
 
     this.changeCss = this.changeCss.bind(this);
+    this.changeRefreshInterval = this.changeRefreshInterval.bind(this);
   }
 
   componentWillMount() {
@@ -95,12 +98,17 @@ class HeaderActionsDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
     this.props.updateCss(css);
   }
 
+  changeRefreshInterval(refreshInterval) {
+    this.props.setRefreshFrequency(refreshInterval);
+    this.props.startPeriodicRender(refreshInterval * 1000);
+  }
+
   render() {
     const {
       dashboardTitle,
       dashboardId,
-      startPeriodicRender,
       forceRefreshAllCharts,
+      refreshFrequency,
       editMode,
       css,
       hasUnsavedChanges,
@@ -135,6 +143,7 @@ class HeaderActionsDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
             layout={layout}
             filters={filters}
             expandedSlices={expandedSlices}
+            refreshFrequency={refreshFrequency}
             css={css}
             onSave={onSave}
             isMenuItem
@@ -160,9 +169,8 @@ class HeaderActionsDropdown extends React.PureComponent {
           {t('Force refresh dashboard')}
         </MenuItem>
         <RefreshIntervalModal
-          onChange={refreshInterval =>
-            startPeriodicRender(refreshInterval * 1000)
-          }
+          refreshFrequency={refreshFrequency}
+          onChange={this.changeRefreshInterval}
           triggerNode={<span>{t('Set auto-refresh interval')}</span>}
         />
         {editMode && (
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal.jsx
index 8734df90d..b314431b3 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/RefreshIntervalModal.jsx
@@ -25,13 +25,8 @@ import ModalTrigger from '../../components/ModalTrigger';
 
 const propTypes = {
   triggerNode: PropTypes.node.isRequired,
-  initialRefreshFrequency: PropTypes.number,
-  onChange: PropTypes.func,
-};
-
-const defaultProps = {
-  initialRefreshFrequency: 0,
-  onChange: () => {},
+  refreshFrequency: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
+  onChange: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
 };
 
 const options = [
@@ -51,7 +46,7 @@ class RefreshIntervalModal extends React.PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
     this.state = {
-      refreshFrequency: props.initialRefreshFrequency,
+      refreshFrequency: props.refreshFrequency,
     };
   }
   render() {
@@ -81,6 +76,5 @@ class RefreshIntervalModal extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 }
 RefreshIntervalModal.propTypes = propTypes;
-RefreshIntervalModal.defaultProps = defaultProps;
 
 export default RefreshIntervalModal;
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx
index f9a7a6cc7..aa5436979 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/components/SaveModal.jsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const propTypes = {
   onSave: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
   isMenuItem: PropTypes.bool,
   canOverwrite: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
+  refreshFrequency: PropTypes.number.isRequired,
 };
 
 const defaultProps = {
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class SaveModal extends React.PureComponent {
       expandedSlices,
       filters,
       dashboardId,
+      refreshFrequency,
     } = this.props;
 
     const data = {
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ class SaveModal extends React.PureComponent {
         saveType === SAVE_TYPE_NEWDASHBOARD ? newDashName : dashboardTitle,
       default_filters: safeStringify(filters),
       duplicate_slices: this.state.duplicateSlices,
+      refresh_frequency: refreshFrequency,
     };
 
     if (saveType === SAVE_TYPE_NEWDASHBOARD && !newDashName) {
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardHeader.jsx b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardHeader.jsx
index 4eaca36a9..570d790ae 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardHeader.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/containers/DashboardHeader.jsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   saveDashboardRequest,
   setMaxUndoHistoryExceeded,
   maxUndoHistoryToast,
+  setRefreshFrequency,
 } from '../actions/dashboardState';
 
 import {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ function mapStateToProps({
       (undoableLayout.present[DASHBOARD_HEADER_ID] || {}).meta || {}
     ).text,
     expandedSlices: dashboardState.expandedSlices,
+    refreshFrequency: dashboardState.refreshFrequency,
     css: dashboardState.css,
     charts,
     userId: dashboardInfo.userId,
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ function mapDispatchToProps(dispatch) {
       setMaxUndoHistoryExceeded,
       maxUndoHistoryToast,
       logEvent,
+      setRefreshFrequency,
     },
     dispatch,
   );
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/dashboardState.js b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/dashboardState.js
index 72c4d3678..24066ebca 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/dashboardState.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/dashboardState.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   TOGGLE_EXPAND_SLICE,
   TOGGLE_FAVE_STAR,
   UPDATE_CSS,
+  SET_REFRESH_FREQUENCY,
 } from '../actions/dashboardState';
 
 export default function dashboardStateReducer(state = {}, action) {
@@ -147,6 +148,9 @@ export default function dashboardStateReducer(state = {}, action) {
       const { hasUnsavedChanges } = action.payload;
       return { ...state, hasUnsavedChanges };
     },
+    [SET_REFRESH_FREQUENCY]() {
+      return { ...state, refreshFrequency: action.refreshFrequency };
+    },
   };
 
   if (action.type in actionHandlers) {
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/getInitialState.js b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/getInitialState.js
index 57354c86a..a9c4d8f95 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/getInitialState.js
+++ b/superset/assets/src/dashboard/reducers/getInitialState.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ export default function(bootstrapData) {
       refresh: false,
       filters,
       expandedSlices: dashboard.metadata.expanded_slices || {},
+      refreshFrequency: dashboard.metadata.refresh_frequency || 0,
       css: dashboard.css || '',
       editMode: dashboard.dash_edit_perm && editMode,
       showBuilderPane: dashboard.dash_edit_perm && editMode,
diff --git a/superset/views/core.py b/superset/views/core.py
index 7e6d9d328..051ea562f 100755
--- a/superset/views/core.py
+++ b/superset/views/core.py
@@ -1735,6 +1735,7 @@ class Superset(BaseSupersetView):
         if 'filter_immune_slice_fields' not in md:
             md['filter_immune_slice_fields'] = {}
         md['expanded_slices'] = data['expanded_slices']
+        md['refresh_frequency'] = data.get('refresh_frequency', 0)
         default_filters_data = json.loads(data.get('default_filters', '{}'))
         applicable_filters = \
             {key: v for key, v in default_filters_data.items()