diff --git a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/_agg_params.js b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/_agg_params.js
index f5ec725f6ebb9..2965e0848c619 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/agg_types/_agg_params.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/agg_types/_agg_params.js
@@ -77,4 +77,4 @@ define(function (require) {
 
     return AggParams;
   };
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_configs.js b/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_configs.js
index 9b3a1cf430ab5..b32daff214983 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_configs.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vis/_agg_configs.js
@@ -6,16 +6,40 @@ define(function (require) {
 
     _(AggConfigs).inherits(Registry);
     function AggConfigs(vis, configStates) {
+      var self = this;
       this.vis = vis;
 
+
       AggConfigs.Super.call(this, {
         index: ['id'],
-        group: ['schema.group', 'type.name'],
+        group: ['schema.group', 'type.name', 'schema.name'],
         initialSet: (configStates || []).map(function (aggConfigState) {
           if (aggConfigState instanceof AggConfig) return aggConfigState;
           return new AggConfig(vis, aggConfigState);
         })
       });
+
+
+      // Set the defaults for any schema which has them. If the defaults
+      // for some reason has more then the max only set the max number
+      // of defaults (not sure why a someone define more...
+      // but whatever). Also if a schema.name is already set then don't
+      // set anything.
+      if (vis && vis.type && vis.type.schemas && vis.type.schemas.all) {
+        _(vis.type.schemas.all)
+        .filter(function (schema) {
+          return _.isArray(schema.defaults) && schema.defaults.length > 0;
+        })
+        .each(function (schema) {
+          if (!self.bySchemaName[schema.name]) {
+            var defaults = schema.defaults.slice(0, schema.max);
+            _.each(defaults, function (def) {
+              self.push(new AggConfig(vis, def));
+            });
+          }
+        });
+      }
+
     }
 
     AggConfigs.prototype.toDsl = function () {
@@ -52,4 +76,4 @@ define(function (require) {
 
     return AggConfigs;
   };
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/src/kibana/components/vis_types/histogram.js b/src/kibana/components/vis_types/histogram.js
index d6c1ab6493062..a93ec681e20a6 100644
--- a/src/kibana/components/vis_types/histogram.js
+++ b/src/kibana/components/vis_types/histogram.js
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ define(function (require) {
           name: 'metric',
           title: 'Y-Axis',
           min: 1,
-          max: 1
+          max: 1,
+          defaults: [
+            { schema: 'metric', type: 'count' }
+          ]
         },
         {
           group: 'buckets',
@@ -43,4 +46,4 @@ define(function (require) {
       ])
     });
   };
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/components/vis/_agg_configs.js b/test/unit/specs/components/vis/_agg_configs.js
index c8d98ad7a2ba0..05a7442c8097c 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/components/vis/_agg_configs.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/components/vis/_agg_configs.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ define(function (require) {
     var AggConfigs;
     var SpiedAggConfig;
     var indexPattern;
+    var Schemas;
 
     beforeEach(module('kibana'));
     beforeEach(inject(function (Private) {
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ define(function (require) {
       AggConfigs = Private(require('components/vis/_agg_configs'));
       Registry = require('utils/registry/registry');
       indexPattern = Private(require('fixtures/stubbed_logstash_index_pattern'));
+      Schemas = Private(require('components/vis_types/_schemas'));
     }));
 
     it('extends Registry', function () {
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ define(function (require) {
         });
 
         var ac = new AggConfigs(vis);
-        expect(ac).to.have.length(0);
+        expect(ac).to.have.length(1);
       });
 
       it('converts configStates into AggConfig objects if they are not already', function () {
@@ -58,8 +60,60 @@ define(function (require) {
           })
         ]);
 
-        expect(ac).to.have.length(2);
-        expect(SpiedAggConfig).to.have.property('callCount', 1);
+        expect(ac).to.have.length(3);
+        expect(SpiedAggConfig).to.have.property('callCount', 3);
+      });
+
+      describe('defaults', function () {
+        var vis;
+        beforeEach(function () {
+          vis = {
+            type: {
+              schemas: new Schemas([
+                {
+                  group: 'metrics',
+                  name: 'metric',
+                  title: 'Simple',
+                  min: 1,
+                  max: 2,
+                  defaults: [
+                    { schema: 'metric', type: 'count' },
+                    { schema: 'metric', type: 'avg' },
+                    { schema: 'metric', type: 'sum' }
+                  ]
+                },
+                {
+                  group: 'buckets',
+                  name: 'segment',
+                  title: 'Example',
+                  min: 0,
+                  max: 1,
+                  defaults: [
+                    { schema: 'segment', type: 'terms' },
+                    { schema: 'segment', type: 'filters' }
+                  ]
+                }
+              ])
+            }
+          };
+        });
+
+        it('should only set the number of defaults defined by the max', function () {
+          var ac = new AggConfigs(vis);
+          expect(ac.bySchemaName['metric']).to.have.length(2);
+        });
+
+        it('should set the defaults defined in the schema when none exist', function () {
+          var ac = new AggConfigs(vis);
+          expect(ac).to.have.length(3);
+        });
+
+        it('should NOT set the defaults defined in the schema when some exist', function () {
+          var ac = new AggConfigs(vis, [{ schema: 'segment', type: 'date_histogram' }]);
+          expect(ac).to.have.length(3);
+          expect(ac.bySchemaName['segment'][0].type.name).to.equal('date_histogram');
+        });
+
       });
     });
 
@@ -140,7 +194,7 @@ define(function (require) {
           }
         }(vis.aggs.toDsl()));
 
-        expect(aggInfos).to.have.length(0);
+        expect(aggInfos).to.have.length(1);
       });
 
       it('skips aggs that don\'t have a dsl representation', function () {
@@ -190,4 +244,4 @@ define(function (require) {
       });
     });
   }];
-});
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+});