diff --git a/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift b/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift
index 695a622996..297f3bb239 100755
--- a/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift
+++ b/Source/Charts/Charts/ChartViewBase.swift
@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ open class ChartViewBase: NSUIView, ChartDataProvider, AnimatorDelegate
     
     /// flag that indicates if offsets calculation has already been done or not
     fileprivate var _offsetsCalculated = false
-    
+	
+    /// if `true` , when call clear(), also set lastHighlighted to nil
+    open var clearLastHighlightedEnabled = false
+	
     /// array of Highlight objects that reference the highlighted slices in the chart
     internal var _indicesToHighlight = [Highlight]()
     
@@ -276,6 +279,10 @@ open class ChartViewBase: NSUIView, ChartDataProvider, AnimatorDelegate
         _data = nil
         _offsetsCalculated = false
         _indicesToHighlight.removeAll()
+	if clearLastHighlightedEnabled
+	{
+	    lastHighlighted = nil
+	}
         setNeedsDisplay()
     }