diff --git a/superset/assets/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer.jsx b/superset/assets/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer.jsx
index 48b31eb4797b8..05169346885c4 100644
--- a/superset/assets/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer.jsx
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ export default class AddSliceContainer extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   exploreUrl() {
-    const formData = encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify({ viz_type: this.state.visType }));
+    const formData = encodeURIComponent(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        viz_type: this.state.visType,
+        datasource: this.state.datasourceValue,
+      }));
     return `/superset/explore/?form_data=${formData}`;
   }
 
diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer_spec.jsx
index 2a1f09b79c11c..f91b301cdf491 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/addSlice/AddSliceContainer_spec.jsx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('AddSliceContainer', () => {
       datasourceId: datasourceValue.split('__')[0],
       datasourceType: datasourceValue.split('__')[1],
     });
-    const formattedUrl = '/superset/explore/?form_data=%7B%22viz_type%22%3A%22table%22%7D';
+    const formattedUrl = '/superset/explore/?form_data=%7B%22viz_type%22%3A%22table%22%2C%22datasource%22%3A%221__table%22%7D';
     expect(wrapper.instance().exploreUrl()).to.equal(formattedUrl);
   });
 });