diff --git a/src/traces/candlestick/attributes.js b/src/traces/candlestick/attributes.js
index ac007ffc9af..ceb0c4df45b 100644
--- a/src/traces/candlestick/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/candlestick/attributes.js
@@ -50,5 +50,7 @@ module.exports = {
     decreasing: directionAttrs(OHLCattrs.decreasing.line.color.dflt),
 
     text: OHLCattrs.text,
-    whiskerwidth: extendFlat({}, boxAttrs.whiskerwidth, { dflt: 0 })
+    whiskerwidth: extendFlat({}, boxAttrs.whiskerwidth, { dflt: 0 }),
+
+    hoverlabel: OHLCattrs.hoverlabel,
 };
diff --git a/src/traces/candlestick/index.js b/src/traces/candlestick/index.js
index 3ec580002f0..7cfb59d8111 100644
--- a/src/traces/candlestick/index.js
+++ b/src/traces/candlestick/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ module.exports = {
     plot: require('../box/plot').plot,
     layerName: 'boxlayer',
     style: require('../box/style').style,
-    hoverPoints: require('../ohlc/hover'),
+    hoverPoints: require('../ohlc/hover').hoverPoints,
     selectPoints: require('../ohlc/select')
 };
diff --git a/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js b/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js
index eaf5101a20f..cff26eba859 100644
--- a/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js
+++ b/src/traces/ohlc/attributes.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 var extendFlat = require('../../lib').extendFlat;
 var scatterAttrs = require('../scatter/attributes');
 var dash = require('../../components/drawing/attributes').dash;
+var fxAttrs = require('../../components/fx/attributes');
 
 var INCREASING_COLOR = '#3D9970';
 var DECREASING_COLOR = '#FF4136';
@@ -115,5 +116,18 @@ module.exports = {
             'Sets the width of the open/close tick marks',
             'relative to the *x* minimal interval.'
         ].join(' ')
-    }
+    },
+
+    hoverlabel: extendFlat({}, fxAttrs.hoverlabel, {
+        split: {
+            valType: 'boolean',
+            role: 'info',
+            dflt: false,
+            editType: 'style',
+            description: [
+                'Show hover information (open, close, high, low) in',
+                'separate labels.'
+            ].join(' ')
+        }
+    }),
 };
diff --git a/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js b/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js
index ef4ff08d7ac..c843fdf5951 100644
--- a/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js
+++ b/src/traces/ohlc/hover.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var Axes = require('../../plots/cartesian/axes');
+var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var Fx = require('../../components/fx');
 var Color = require('../../components/color');
 var fillHoverText = require('../scatter/fill_hover_text');
@@ -18,10 +19,20 @@ var DIRSYMBOL = {
     decreasing: '▼'
 };
 
-module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
+function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
+    var cd = pointData.cd;
+    var trace = cd[0].trace;
+
+    if(trace.hoverlabel.split) {
+        return hoverSplit(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode);
+    }
+
+    return hoverOnPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode);
+}
+
+function getClosestPoint(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     var cd = pointData.cd;
     var xa = pointData.xa;
-    var ya = pointData.ya;
     var trace = cd[0].trace;
     var t = cd[0].t;
 
@@ -29,21 +40,23 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     var minAttr = type === 'ohlc' ? 'l' : 'min';
     var maxAttr = type === 'ohlc' ? 'h' : 'max';
 
+    var hoverPseudoDistance, spikePseudoDistance;
+
     // potentially shift xval for grouped candlesticks
     var centerShift = t.bPos || 0;
-    var x0 = xval - centerShift;
+    var shiftPos = function(di) { return di.pos + centerShift - xval; };
 
     // ohlc and candlestick call displayHalfWidth different things...
     var displayHalfWidth = t.bdPos || t.tickLen;
     var hoverHalfWidth = t.wHover;
 
-    // if two items are overlaying, let the narrowest one win
+    // if two figures are overlaying, let the narrowest one win
     var pseudoDistance = Math.min(1, displayHalfWidth / Math.abs(xa.r2c(xa.range[1]) - xa.r2c(xa.range[0])));
-    var hoverPseudoDistance = pointData.maxHoverDistance - pseudoDistance;
-    var spikePseudoDistance = pointData.maxSpikeDistance - pseudoDistance;
+    hoverPseudoDistance = pointData.maxHoverDistance - pseudoDistance;
+    spikePseudoDistance = pointData.maxSpikeDistance - pseudoDistance;
 
     function dx(di) {
-        var pos = di.pos - x0;
+        var pos = shiftPos(di);
         return Fx.inbox(pos - hoverHalfWidth, pos + hoverHalfWidth, hoverPseudoDistance);
     }
 
@@ -52,18 +65,13 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     }
 
     function dxy(di) { return (dx(di) + dy(di)) / 2; }
+
     var distfn = Fx.getDistanceFunction(hovermode, dx, dy, dxy);
     Fx.getClosest(cd, distfn, pointData);
 
-    // skip the rest (for this trace) if we didn't find a close point
-    if(pointData.index === false) return [];
-
-    // we don't make a calcdata point if we're missing any piece (x/o/h/l/c)
-    // so we need to fix the index here to point to the data arrays
-    var cdIndex = pointData.index;
-    var di = cd[cdIndex];
-    var i = pointData.index = di.i;
+    if(pointData.index === false) return null;
 
+    var di = cd[pointData.index];
     var dir = di.dir;
     var container = trace[dir];
     var lc = container.line.color;
@@ -79,6 +87,81 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
     pointData.spikeDistance = dxy(di) * spikePseudoDistance / hoverPseudoDistance;
     pointData.xSpike = xa.c2p(di.pos, true);
 
+    return pointData;
+}
+
+function hoverSplit(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
+    var cd = pointData.cd;
+    var ya = pointData.ya;
+    var trace = cd[0].trace;
+    var t = cd[0].t;
+    var closeBoxData = [];
+
+    var closestPoint = getClosestPoint(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode);
+    // skip the rest (for this trace) if we didn't find a close point
+    if(!closestPoint) return [];
+
+    var hoverinfo = trace.hoverinfo;
+    var hoverParts = hoverinfo.split('+');
+    var isAll = hoverinfo === 'all';
+    var hasY = isAll || hoverParts.indexOf('y') !== -1;
+
+    // similar to hoverOnPoints, we return nothing
+    // if all or y is not present.
+    if(!hasY) return [];
+
+    var attrs = ['high', 'open', 'close', 'low'];
+
+    // several attributes can have the same y-coordinate. We will
+    // bunch them together in a single text block. For this, we keep
+    // a dictionary mapping y-coord -> point data.
+    var usedVals = {};
+
+    for(var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i++) {
+        var attr = attrs[i];
+
+        var val = trace[attr][closestPoint.index];
+        var valPx = ya.c2p(val, true);
+        var pointData2;
+        if(val in usedVals) {
+            pointData2 = usedVals[val];
+            pointData2.yLabel += '<br>' + t.labels[attr] + Axes.hoverLabelText(ya, val);
+        }
+        else {
+            // copy out to a new object for each new y-value to label
+            pointData2 = Lib.extendFlat({}, closestPoint);
+
+            pointData2.y0 = pointData2.y1 = valPx;
+            pointData2.yLabelVal = val;
+            pointData2.yLabel = t.labels[attr] + Axes.hoverLabelText(ya, val);
+
+            pointData2.name = '';
+
+            closeBoxData.push(pointData2);
+            usedVals[val] = pointData2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return closeBoxData;
+}
+
+function hoverOnPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
+    var cd = pointData.cd;
+    var ya = pointData.ya;
+    var trace = cd[0].trace;
+    var t = cd[0].t;
+
+    var closestPoint = getClosestPoint(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode);
+    // skip the rest (for this trace) if we didn't find a close point
+    if(!closestPoint) return [];
+
+    // we don't make a calcdata point if we're missing any piece (x/o/h/l/c)
+    // so we need to fix the index here to point to the data arrays
+    var cdIndex = closestPoint.index;
+    var di = cd[cdIndex];
+    var i = closestPoint.index = di.i;
+    var dir = di.dir;
+
     function getLabelLine(attr) {
         return t.labels[attr] + Axes.hoverLabelText(ya, trace[attr][i]);
     }
@@ -99,11 +182,17 @@ module.exports = function hoverPoints(pointData, xval, yval, hovermode) {
 
     // don't make .yLabelVal or .text, since we're managing hoverinfo
     // put it all in .extraText
-    pointData.extraText = textParts.join('<br>');
+    closestPoint.extraText = textParts.join('<br>');
 
     // this puts the label *and the spike* at the midpoint of the box, ie
     // halfway between open and close, not between high and low.
-    pointData.y0 = pointData.y1 = ya.c2p(di.yc, true);
+    closestPoint.y0 = closestPoint.y1 = ya.c2p(di.yc, true);
+
+    return [closestPoint];
+}
 
-    return [pointData];
+module.exports = {
+    hoverPoints: hoverPoints,
+    hoverSplit: hoverSplit,
+    hoverOnPoints: hoverOnPoints
 };
diff --git a/src/traces/ohlc/index.js b/src/traces/ohlc/index.js
index 8d116b066a8..58a5242644e 100644
--- a/src/traces/ohlc/index.js
+++ b/src/traces/ohlc/index.js
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ module.exports = {
     calc: require('./calc').calc,
     plot: require('./plot'),
     style: require('./style'),
-    hoverPoints: require('./hover'),
+    hoverPoints: require('./hover').hoverPoints,
     selectPoints: require('./select')
 };
diff --git a/src/traces/ohlc/ohlc_defaults.js b/src/traces/ohlc/ohlc_defaults.js
index 65c9fe14e0d..b1a6a83e10b 100644
--- a/src/traces/ohlc/ohlc_defaults.js
+++ b/src/traces/ohlc/ohlc_defaults.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ module.exports = function handleOHLC(traceIn, traceOut, coerce, layout) {
     var low = coerce('low');
     var close = coerce('close');
 
+    coerce('hoverlabel.split');
+
     var handleCalendarDefaults = Registry.getComponentMethod('calendars', 'handleTraceDefaults');
     handleCalendarDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, ['x'], layout);
 
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/hover_label_test.js b/test/jasmine/tests/hover_label_test.js
index 75e963c78d9..f71777d1eca 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/tests/hover_label_test.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/tests/hover_label_test.js
@@ -1154,6 +1154,60 @@ describe('hover info', function() {
                 .then(done);
             });
 
+            it('shows correct labels in split mode', function(done) {
+                var pts;
+                Plotly.plot(gd, financeMock({
+                    customdata: [11, 22, 33],
+                    hoverlabel: {
+                        split: true
+                    }
+                }))
+                .then(function() {
+                    gd.on('plotly_hover', function(e) { pts = e.points; });
+
+                    _hoverNatural(gd, 150, 150);
+                    assertHoverLabelContent({
+                        nums: ['high: 4', 'open: 2', 'close: 3', 'low: 1'],
+                        name: ['', '', '', ''],
+                        axis: 'Jan 2, 2011'
+                    });
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                    expect(pts).toBeDefined();
+                    expect(pts.length).toBe(4);
+                    expect(pts[0]).toEqual(jasmine.objectContaining({
+                        x: '2011-01-02',
+                        high: 4,
+                        customdata: 22,
+                    }));
+                    expect(pts[1]).toEqual(jasmine.objectContaining({
+                        x: '2011-01-02',
+                        open: 2,
+                        customdata: 22,
+                    }));
+                    expect(pts[2]).toEqual(jasmine.objectContaining({
+                        x: '2011-01-02',
+                        close: 3,
+                        customdata: 22,
+                    }));
+                    expect(pts[3]).toEqual(jasmine.objectContaining({
+                        x: '2011-01-02',
+                        low: 1,
+                        customdata: 22,
+                    }));
+                })
+                .then(function() {
+                    _hoverNatural(gd, 200, 150);
+                    assertHoverLabelContent({
+                        nums: ['high: 5', 'open: 3', 'close: 2\nlow: 2'],
+                        name: ['', '', ''],
+                        axis: 'Jan 3, 2011'
+                    });
+                })
+                .catch(failTest)
+                .then(done);
+            });
+
             it('shows text iff text is in hoverinfo', function(done) {
                 Plotly.plot(gd, financeMock({text: ['A', 'B', 'C']}))
                 .then(function() {