diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/DistBar/controlPanel.ts b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/DistBar/controlPanel.ts
index d0f83ddd9162..b1459ddea8a4 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/DistBar/controlPanel.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/DistBar/controlPanel.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import {
   yAxisLabel,
   yAxisShowMinmax,
   yAxisBounds,
+  richTooltip,
 } from '../NVD3Controls';
 
 const config: ControlPanelConfig = {
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ const config: ControlPanelConfig = {
         ['color_scheme'],
         [showLegend],
         [showBarValue],
+        [richTooltip],
         [barStacked],
         [
           {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/NVD3Vis.js b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/NVD3Vis.js
index 66bf9328ae00..7f3d4d08d4fe 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/NVD3Vis.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/legacy-preset-chart-nvd3/src/NVD3Vis.js
@@ -673,9 +673,9 @@ function nvd3Vis(element, props) {
       chart.color(d => d.color || colorFn(cleanColorInput(d[colorKey])));
     }
 
-    if (isVizTypes(['line', 'area']) && useRichTooltip) {
+    if (isVizTypes(['line', 'area', 'bar', 'dist_bar']) && useRichTooltip) {
       chart.useInteractiveGuideline(true);
-      if (vizType === 'line') {
+      if (vizType === 'line' || vizType === 'bar') {
         chart.interactiveLayer.tooltip.contentGenerator(d =>
           generateRichLineTooltipContent(
             d,
@@ -683,6 +683,10 @@ function nvd3Vis(element, props) {
             yAxisFormatter,
           ),
         );
+      } else if (vizType === 'dist_bar') {
+        chart.interactiveLayer.tooltip.contentGenerator(d =>
+          generateCompareTooltipContent(d, yAxisFormatter),
+        );
       } else {
         // area chart
         chart.interactiveLayer.tooltip.contentGenerator(d =>