diff --git a/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/main.cc b/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/main.cc
index 7992b1c..25e5bfb 100644
--- a/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/main.cc
+++ b/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/main.cc
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@
     true,
     "Normalize the log timestamps so that the call starts at time 0.");
 
+WEBRTC_DEFINE_bool(shared_xaxis,
+                   false,
+                   "Share x-axis between all plots so that zooming in one plot "
+                   "updates all the others too. A downside is that certain "
+                   "operations like panning become much slower.");
+
 WEBRTC_DEFINE_bool(protobuf_output,
                    false,
                    "Output charts as protobuf instead of python code.");
@@ -294,7 +300,7 @@
   if (FLAG_protobuf_output) {
     collection.reset(new webrtc::ProtobufPlotCollection());
   } else {
-    collection.reset(new webrtc::PythonPlotCollection());
+    collection.reset(new webrtc::PythonPlotCollection(FLAG_shared_xaxis));
   }
 
   if (FLAG_plot_incoming_packet_sizes) {
diff --git a/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.cc b/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.cc
index 2efb1f1..499fd43 100644
--- a/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.cc
+++ b/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.cc
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@
   }
 }
 
-PythonPlotCollection::PythonPlotCollection() {}
+PythonPlotCollection::PythonPlotCollection(bool shared_xaxis)
+    : shared_xaxis_(shared_xaxis) {}
 
 PythonPlotCollection::~PythonPlotCollection() {}
 
@@ -170,11 +171,13 @@
   printf("import colorsys\n");
   for (size_t i = 0; i < plots_.size(); i++) {
     printf("plt.figure(%zu)\n", i);
-    // Link x-axes across all figures for synchronized zooming.
-    if (i == 0) {
-      printf("axis0 = plt.subplot(111)\n");
-    } else {
-      printf("plt.subplot(111, sharex=axis0)\n");
+    if (shared_xaxis_) {
+      // Link x-axes across all figures for synchronized zooming.
+      if (i == 0) {
+        printf("axis0 = plt.subplot(111)\n");
+      } else {
+        printf("plt.subplot(111, sharex=axis0)\n");
+      }
     }
     plots_[i]->Draw();
   }
diff --git a/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.h b/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.h
index 61d17a0..23a0a92 100644
--- a/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.h
+++ b/rtc_tools/event_log_visualizer/plot_python.h
@@ -23,10 +23,13 @@
 
 class PythonPlotCollection final : public PlotCollection {
  public:
-  PythonPlotCollection();
+  explicit PythonPlotCollection(bool shared_xaxis = false);
   ~PythonPlotCollection() override;
   void Draw() override;
   Plot* AppendNewPlot() override;
+
+ private:
+  bool shared_xaxis_;
 };
 
 }  // namespace webrtc