diff --git a/frontend/src/queries/query.ts b/frontend/src/queries/query.ts
index 89417fbb8fb8a..56ffa4c66a0a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/queries/query.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/queries/query.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { OnlineExportContext, QueryExportContext } from '~/types'
 
 import {
     HogQLQueryString,
+    getShowLegend,
     isAsyncResponse,
     isDataTableNode,
     isDataVisualizationNode,
@@ -39,7 +40,13 @@ export function queryExportContext<N extends DataNode>(
     if (isDataTableNode(query) || isDataVisualizationNode(query)) {
         return queryExportContext(query.source, methodOptions, refresh)
     } else if (isInsightQueryNode(query)) {
-        return { source: query }
+        let showLegend = getShowLegend(query)
+
+        return {
+            source: query,
+            // Include show_legend for PNG exports
+            show_legend: showLegend === true,
+        }
     } else if (isPersonsNode(query)) {
         return { path: getPersonsEndpoint(query) }
     }
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/insights/InsightPageHeader.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/insights/InsightPageHeader.tsx
index bc386fcbda90f..94a9dd1166c30 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/insights/InsightPageHeader.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/insights/InsightPageHeader.tsx
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ export function InsightPageHeader({ insightLogicProps }: { insightLogicProps: In
                                     {
                                         format: ExporterFormat.PNG,
                                         insight: insight.id,
+                                        context: exportContext,
                                         dataAttr: `${RESOURCE_TYPE}-export-png`,
                                     },
                                     {
diff --git a/frontend/src/types.ts b/frontend/src/types.ts
index 973de8f4d833d..6e1d4307f6cb0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/types.ts
@@ -4487,6 +4487,7 @@ export type OnlineExportContext = {
 export type QueryExportContext = {
     source: Record<string, any>
     filename?: string
+    show_legend?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface ReplayExportContext {
diff --git a/posthog/tasks/exports/image_exporter.py b/posthog/tasks/exports/image_exporter.py
index 6a5d48c636f67..649ae2c9349b5 100644
--- a/posthog/tasks/exports/image_exporter.py
+++ b/posthog/tasks/exports/image_exporter.py
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@ def _export_to_png(exported_asset: ExportedAsset, max_height_pixels: Optional[in
         wait_for_css_selector: CSSSelector
         screenshot_height: int = 600
         if exported_asset.insight is not None:
-            url_to_render = absolute_uri(f"/exporter?token={access_token}&legend")
+            show_legend = False
+            if exported_asset.export_context:
+                show_legend = exported_asset.export_context.get("show_legend", False)
+
+            legend_param = "&legend=true" if show_legend else ""
+            url_to_render = absolute_uri(f"/exporter?token={access_token}{legend_param}")
             wait_for_css_selector = ".ExportedInsight"
             screenshot_width = 800
         elif exported_asset.dashboard is not None: