diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/__tests__/chart_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/__tests__/chart_utils.js
index a6a26f3fed8f..a6c8a9ed1ec1 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/__tests__/chart_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/__tests__/chart_utils.js
@@ -201,10 +201,36 @@ describe('ML - chart utils', () => {
       ],
     };
 
+    const overScriptFieldModelPlotConfig = {
+      metricFunction: 'count',
+      functionDescription: 'count',
+      fieldName: 'highest_registered_domain',
+      entityFields: [
+        {
+          fieldName: 'highest_registered_domain',
+          fieldValue: 'elastic.co',
+          fieldType: 'over',
+        }
+      ],
+      datafeedConfig: {
+        script_fields: {
+          highest_registered_domain: {
+            script: {
+              source: 'return domainSplit(doc[\'query\'].value, params).get(1);',
+              lang: 'painless'
+            },
+            ignore_failure: false
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
     it('returns single metric chart type as expected for configs', () => {
       expect(getChartType(singleMetricConfig)).to.be(CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC);
       expect(getChartType(multiMetricConfig)).to.be(CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC);
       expect(getChartType(varpModelPlotConfig)).to.be(CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC);
+      expect(getChartType(overScriptFieldModelPlotConfig)).to.be(CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC);
+
     });
 
     it('returns event distribution chart type as expected for configs', () => {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/chart_utils.js b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/chart_utils.js
index 5b097cb1f2c8..c73c89ad8c16 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/chart_utils.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ml/public/util/chart_utils.js
@@ -140,23 +140,40 @@ const POPULATION_DISTRIBUTION_ENABLED = true;
 
 // get the chart type based on its configuration
 export function getChartType(config) {
-
+  let chartType = CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC;
   if (
     EVENT_DISTRIBUTION_ENABLED &&
     config.functionDescription === 'rare' &&
     (config.entityFields.some(f => f.fieldType === 'over') === false)
   ) {
-    return CHART_TYPE.EVENT_DISTRIBUTION;
+    chartType = CHART_TYPE.EVENT_DISTRIBUTION;
   } else if (
     POPULATION_DISTRIBUTION_ENABLED &&
     config.functionDescription !== 'rare' &&
     config.entityFields.some(f => f.fieldType === 'over') &&
     config.metricFunction !== null  // Event distribution chart relies on the ML function mapping to an ES aggregation
   ) {
-    return CHART_TYPE.POPULATION_DISTRIBUTION;
+    chartType = CHART_TYPE.POPULATION_DISTRIBUTION;
+  }
+
+  if (chartType === CHART_TYPE.EVENT_DISTRIBUTION || chartType === CHART_TYPE.POPULATION_DISTRIBUTION) {
+    // Check that the config does not use script fields defined in the datafeed config.
+    if (config.datafeedConfig !== undefined && config.datafeedConfig.script_fields !== undefined) {
+      const scriptFields = Object.keys(config.datafeedConfig.script_fields);
+      const checkFields = config.entityFields.map(entity => entity.fieldName);
+      if (config.metricFieldName) {
+        checkFields.push(config.metricFieldName);
+      }
+      const usesScriptFields =
+        (checkFields.find(fieldName => scriptFields.includes(fieldName)) !== undefined);
+      if (usesScriptFields === true) {
+        // Only single metric chart type supports query of model plot data.
+        chartType = CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
-  return CHART_TYPE.SINGLE_METRIC;
+  return chartType;
 }
 
 export function getExploreSeriesLink(series) {