diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/controlPanel.tsx b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/controlPanel.tsx
index 4c9c5bbd263..7a3d95c7e68 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/controlPanel.tsx
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/controlPanel.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   formatSelectOptionsForRange,
   getStandardizedControls,
 } from '@superset-ui/chart-controls';
+import { xAxisLabelRotation } from '../controls';
 
 const sortAxisChoices = [
   ['alpha_asc', t('Axis ascending')],
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ const config: ControlPanelConfig = {
         ],
         ['y_axis_format'],
         ['x_axis_time_format'],
+        [xAxisLabelRotation],
         ['currency_format'],
         [
           {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/transformProps.ts b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/transformProps.ts
index 3167834a881..a4d5c604844 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/transformProps.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/transformProps.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export default function transformProps(
     valueBounds,
     yAxisFormat,
     xAxisTimeFormat,
+    xAxisLabelRotation,
     currencyFormat,
   } = formData;
   const metricLabel = getMetricLabel(metric);
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ export default function transformProps(
       axisLabel: {
         formatter: xAxisFormatter,
         interval: xscaleInterval === -1 ? 'auto' : xscaleInterval - 1,
+        rotate: xAxisLabelRotation,
       },
     },
     yAxis: {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/types.ts b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/types.ts
index f0c80d275d4..cb7217a4abe 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/types.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/plugins/plugin-chart-echarts/src/Heatmap/types.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ export interface HeatmapFormData extends QueryFormData {
   sortYAxis?: string;
   timeFormat?: string;
   xAxis: QueryFormColumn;
+  xAxisLabelRotation: number;
   xscaleInterval: number;
   valueBounds: [number | undefined | null, number | undefined | null];
   yAxisFormat?: string;