diff --git a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/domain/IExecutionStage.ts b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/domain/IExecutionStage.ts
index f3e22bf0386..17891e12df6 100644
--- a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/domain/IExecutionStage.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/domain/IExecutionStage.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export interface IExecutionStageSummary extends IOrchestratedItem {
   endTime: number;
   extraLabelLines?: (stage: IExecutionStageSummary) => number;
   firstActiveStage?: number;
+  graphRowOverride?: number;
   group?: string;
   groupStages?: IExecutionStageSummary[];
   id: string;
diff --git a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/PipelineGraph.tsx b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/PipelineGraph.tsx
index 8096e94d534..f17974fb713 100644
--- a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/PipelineGraph.tsx
+++ b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/PipelineGraph.tsx
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ export class PipelineGraph extends React.Component<IPipelineGraphProps, IPipelin
             }
             return 0;
           },
+          (node: IPipelineGraphNode) => (node.graphRowOverride ? node.graphRowOverride : 1000),
           // same highest parent, prefer farthest last node
           (node: IPipelineGraphNode) => 1 - node.lastPhase,
           // same highest parent, prefer fewer terminal children if any
diff --git a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/pipelineGraph.service.ts b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/pipelineGraph.service.ts
index c212bfe1876..a204ed1d5c3 100644
--- a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/pipelineGraph.service.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/config/graph/pipelineGraph.service.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface IPipelineGraphNode {
   parents: IPipelineGraphNode[];
   placeholder?: boolean;
   root?: boolean;
+  graphRowOverride?: number;
   row?: number; // Added after the fact in PipelineGraphDirective
   x?: number; // Added after the fact in PipelineGraphDirective
   y?: number; // Added after the fact in PipelineGraphDirective
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ export class PipelineGraphService {
         executionId: execution.id,
         executionStage: true,
         extraLabelLines: stage.extraLabelLines ? stage.extraLabelLines(stage) : 0,
+        graphRowOverride: stage.graphRowOverride || 0,
         hasNotStarted: stage.hasNotStarted,
         id: stage.refId,
         index: idx,
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ export class PipelineGraphService {
       const node: IPipelineGraphNode = {
         childLinks: [],
         children: [],
+        graphRowOverride: stage.graphRowOverride || 0,
         hasWarnings: !!warnings,
         id: stage.refId,
         index: idx,
diff --git a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/service/ExecutionsTransformer.ts b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/service/ExecutionsTransformer.ts
index 35136e3cd22..ed5b96ef667 100644
--- a/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/service/ExecutionsTransformer.ts
+++ b/app/scripts/modules/core/src/pipeline/service/ExecutionsTransformer.ts
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ export class ExecutionsTransformer {
           group: context.group,
           id: stage.id,
           index: undefined,
+          graphRowOverride: context.graphRowOverride || 0,
           masterStage: stage,
           name: stage.name,
           refId: stage.refId,