diff --git a/web/api/v1/api.go b/web/api/v1/api.go
index df8ce0b34..bce83745e 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api.go
@@ -232,6 +232,29 @@ func (api *API) series(r *http.Request) (interface{}, *apiError) {
 	if len(r.Form["match[]"]) == 0 {
 		return nil, &apiError{errorBadData, fmt.Errorf("no match[] parameter provided")}
 	}
+
+	var start model.Time
+	if t := r.FormValue("start"); t != "" {
+		var err error
+		start, err = parseTime(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, &apiError{errorBadData, err}
+		}
+	} else {
+		start = model.Earliest
+	}
+
+	var end model.Time
+	if t := r.FormValue("end"); t != "" {
+		var err error
+		end, err = parseTime(t)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, &apiError{errorBadData, err}
+		}
+	} else {
+		end = model.Latest
+	}
+
 	res := map[model.Fingerprint]metric.Metric{}
 
 	for _, lm := range r.Form["match[]"] {
@@ -240,7 +263,7 @@ func (api *API) series(r *http.Request) (interface{}, *apiError) {
 			return nil, &apiError{errorBadData, err}
 		}
 		for fp, met := range api.Storage.MetricsForLabelMatchers(
-			model.Earliest, model.Latest, // Get every series.
+			start, end,
 			matchers...,
 		) {
 			res[fp] = met
diff --git a/web/api/v1/api_test.go b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
index 51976eaa9..89388ab47 100644
--- a/web/api/v1/api_test.go
+++ b/web/api/v1/api_test.go
@@ -263,6 +263,86 @@ func TestEndpoints(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		// Start and end before series starts.
+		{
+			endpoint: api.series,
+			query: url.Values{
+				"match[]": []string{`test_metric2`},
+				"start":   []string{"-2"},
+				"end":     []string{"-1"},
+			},
+			response: []model.Metric{},
+		},
+		// Start and end after series ends.
+		{
+			endpoint: api.series,
+			query: url.Values{
+				"match[]": []string{`test_metric2`},
+				"start":   []string{"100000"},
+				"end":     []string{"100001"},
+			},
+			response: []model.Metric{},
+		},
+		// Start before series starts, end after series ends.
+		{
+			endpoint: api.series,
+			query: url.Values{
+				"match[]": []string{`test_metric2`},
+				"start":   []string{"-1"},
+				"end":     []string{"100000"},
+			},
+			response: []model.Metric{
+				{
+					"__name__": "test_metric2",
+					"foo":      "boo",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		// Start and end within series.
+		{
+			endpoint: api.series,
+			query: url.Values{
+				"match[]": []string{`test_metric2`},
+				"start":   []string{"1"},
+				"end":     []string{"100"},
+			},
+			response: []model.Metric{
+				{
+					"__name__": "test_metric2",
+					"foo":      "boo",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		// Start within series, end after.
+		{
+			endpoint: api.series,
+			query: url.Values{
+				"match[]": []string{`test_metric2`},
+				"start":   []string{"1"},
+				"end":     []string{"100000"},
+			},
+			response: []model.Metric{
+				{
+					"__name__": "test_metric2",
+					"foo":      "boo",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		// Start before series, end within series.
+		{
+			endpoint: api.series,
+			query: url.Values{
+				"match[]": []string{`test_metric2`},
+				"start":   []string{"-1"},
+				"end":     []string{"1"},
+			},
+			response: []model.Metric{
+				{
+					"__name__": "test_metric2",
+					"foo":      "boo",
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		// Missing match[] query params in series requests.
 		{
 			endpoint: api.series,