diff --git a/airflow/www/templates/airflow/dags.html b/airflow/www/templates/airflow/dags.html
index 14f8b7ef60f40..a480869251ff5 100644
--- a/airflow/www/templates/airflow/dags.html
+++ b/airflow/www/templates/airflow/dags.html
@@ -370,14 +370,15 @@ <h2>DAGs</h2>
     function lastDagRunsHandler(error, json) {
       for(var safe_dag_id in json) {
         dag_id = json[safe_dag_id].dag_id;
-        last_run = json[safe_dag_id].last_run;
+        execution_date = json[safe_dag_id].execution_date;
+        start_date = json[safe_dag_id].start_date;
         g = d3.select('div#last-run-' + safe_dag_id)
         g.selectAll('a')
-          .attr('href', '{{ url_for('Airflow.graph') }}?dag_id=' + encodeURIComponent(dag_id) + '&execution_date=' + encodeURIComponent(last_run))
-          .insert(isoDateToTimeEl.bind(null, last_run, {title: false}));
+          .attr('href', '{{ url_for('Airflow.graph') }}?dag_id=' + encodeURIComponent(dag_id) + '&execution_date=' + encodeURIComponent(execution_date))
+          .insert(isoDateToTimeEl.bind(null, execution_date, {title: false}));
         g.selectAll('span')
           // We don't translate the timezone in the tooltip, that stays in UTC.
-          .attr('data-original-title', 'Start Date: ' + last_run)
+          .attr('data-original-title', 'Start Date: ' + start_date)
           .style('display', null);
         g.selectAll('.loading-last-run').remove();
       }
diff --git a/airflow/www/views.py b/airflow/www/views.py
index 354672f32753f..ce7ca7e5fad8c 100644
--- a/airflow/www/views.py
+++ b/airflow/www/views.py
@@ -726,7 +726,9 @@ def last_dagruns(self, session=None):
             return wwwutils.json_response({})
 
         query = session.query(
-            DagRun.dag_id, sqla.func.max(DagRun.execution_date).label('last_run')
+            DagRun.dag_id,
+            sqla.func.max(DagRun.execution_date).label('execution_date'),
+            sqla.func.max(DagRun.start_date).label('start_date'),
         ).group_by(DagRun.dag_id)
 
         # Filter to only ask for accessible and selected dags
@@ -735,7 +737,8 @@ def last_dagruns(self, session=None):
         resp = {
             r.dag_id.replace('.', '__dot__'): {
                 'dag_id': r.dag_id,
-                'last_run': r.last_run.isoformat(),
+                'execution_date': r.execution_date.isoformat(),
+                'start_date': r.start_date.isoformat(),
             } for r in query
         }
         return wwwutils.json_response(resp)