diff --git a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerIntegerT_impl.hh b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerIntegerT_impl.hh
index bf7487ae81cf65fdbb649452bf184aa053e474bf..e0b82ceda1e45594540902c3ee2724913e33f958 100644
--- a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerIntegerT_impl.hh
+++ b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerIntegerT_impl.hh
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ OVMPropertyVisualizerInteger<MeshT,T>::OVMPropertyVisualizerInteger(MeshT* _mesh
     mNumericLimitMax = std::numeric_limits<T>::max();
     mNumericLimitMin = std::numeric_limits<T>::min();
 
+    this->connect(w->computeHistogramButton, &QPushButton::clicked,
+                  [this, w](){this->template showHistogram<T>(w->histogram);});
+
 }
 
 template <typename MeshT, typename T>
diff --git a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh
index 3728853f3083f1b031efe949044aec7b626b5f0c..dbec6f8bb5a9396f5f0842b56ce51c929b3540cc 100644
--- a/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh
+++ b/OpenVolumeMesh/OVMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ void OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::setVertexPropertyFromText(unsigned int /*inde
 
 template<typename MeshT>
 template<typename Type>
-void OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *histogramWidget) {
+void OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::showHistogram(ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *histogramWidget)
+{
     using PV = OVMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>;
     const std::string &prop_name = PV::propertyInfo.propName();
 
diff --git a/PropertyVisualizer/PropertyVisualizer.hh b/PropertyVisualizer/PropertyVisualizer.hh
index d8a0d0fbb9c2c780af4e74cdae05e2dfa9281624..7a63565dfe1af8520a83484a3987ccf9d32617cc 100644
--- a/PropertyVisualizer/PropertyVisualizer.hh
+++ b/PropertyVisualizer/PropertyVisualizer.hh
@@ -193,10 +193,9 @@ void PropertyVisualizer::showHistogramT(
         ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget *widget,
         Iterable data)
 {
-    const size_t max_bins = 50; // TODO: expose in GUI?
     widget->setMinimumHeight(300);
     widget->setColorCoder(buildColorCoder());
-    widget->setHistogram(ptr::make_unique<ACG::HistogramT<PropType>>(data.begin(), data.end(), max_bins));
+    widget->setHistogram(ACG::create_histogram_auto(data));
 }
 
 #endif /* PROPERTY_VISUALIZER_HH */
diff --git a/Widgets/IntegerWidget.ui b/Widgets/IntegerWidget.ui
index 1d6fd130be7b3dc6ce51201600e8851e67efbe1d..3305746ee8b29ae4bf8812b8ba7ed2687ea8359d 100644
--- a/Widgets/IntegerWidget.ui
+++ b/Widgets/IntegerWidget.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>387</width>
-    <height>243</height>
+    <width>443</width>
+    <height>566</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@
    <property name="spacing">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
-   <property name="margin">
+   <property name="leftMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="topMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="rightMargin">
+    <number>0</number>
+   </property>
+   <property name="bottomMargin">
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
    <item>
@@ -164,6 +173,35 @@
         </item>
        </layout>
       </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QGroupBox" name="histogramGroupbox">
+        <property name="title">
+         <string>Histogram</string>
+        </property>
+        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+         <item>
+          <widget class="QPushButton" name="computeHistogramButton">
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Compute Histogram</string>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+         <item>
+          <widget class="ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget" name="histogram" native="true">
+           <property name="enabled">
+            <bool>false</bool>
+           </property>
+           <property name="minimumSize">
+            <size>
+             <width>0</width>
+             <height>0</height>
+            </size>
+           </property>
+          </widget>
+         </item>
+        </layout>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
@@ -175,6 +213,12 @@
    <extends>QPushButton</extends>
    <header>ACG/QtWidgets/QtColorChooserButton.hh</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ACG::QtWidgets::QtHistogramWidget</class>
+   <extends>QWidget</extends>
+   <header>ACG/QtWidgets/QtHistogramWidget.hh</header>
+   <container>1</container>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>intFixedRange</tabstop>