diff --git a/app/api_report.go b/app/api_report.go
index 7ab162528..079625b54 100644
--- a/app/api_report.go
+++ b/app/api_report.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func makeRawReportHandler(rep Reporter) CtxHandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 		censorCfg := report.GetCensorConfigFromRequest(r)
-		respondWith(ctx, w, http.StatusOK, report.CensorRawReport(rawReport, censorCfg))
+		respondWithReport(ctx, w, r, report.CensorRawReport(rawReport, censorCfg))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/app/multitenant/aws_collector.go b/app/multitenant/aws_collector.go
index ba9853627..551db2fcc 100644
--- a/app/multitenant/aws_collector.go
+++ b/app/multitenant/aws_collector.go
@@ -242,11 +242,17 @@ func (c *awsCollector) flushPending(ctx context.Context) {
 			entry := value.(*pendingEntry)
 
 			entry.Lock()
-			rpt, count := entry.report, entry.count
-			entry.report, entry.count = report.MakeReport(), 0
+			rpt := entry.report
+			entry.report = nil
+			if entry.older == nil {
+				entry.older = make([]*report.Report, c.cfg.Window/c.cfg.StoreInterval)
+			} else {
+				copy(entry.older[1:], entry.older) // move everything down one
+			}
+			entry.older[0] = rpt
 			entry.Unlock()
 
-			if count > 0 {
+			if rpt != nil {
 				// serialise reports on one goroutine to limit CPU usage
 				buf, err := rpt.WriteBinary()
 				if err != nil {
@@ -459,6 +465,8 @@ func (c *awsCollector) massageReport(userid string, report report.Report) report
 	return report
 }
 
+// If we are running as a Query service, fetch data and merge into a report
+// If we are running as a Collector and the request is for live data, merge in-memory data and return
 func (c *awsCollector) Report(ctx context.Context, timestamp time.Time) (report.Report, error) {
 	span, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "awsCollector.Report")
 	defer span.Finish()
@@ -468,7 +476,11 @@ func (c *awsCollector) Report(ctx context.Context, timestamp time.Time) (report.
 	}
 	span.SetTag("userid", userid)
 	var reports []report.Report
-	reports, err = c.reportsFromStore(ctx, userid, timestamp)
+	if time.Since(timestamp) < c.cfg.Window {
+		reports, err = c.reportsFromLive(ctx, userid)
+	} else {
+		reports, err = c.reportsFromStore(ctx, userid, timestamp)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return report.MakeReport(), err
 	}
diff --git a/app/multitenant/collector.go b/app/multitenant/collector.go
index ccbf14ed2..9be4668e6 100644
--- a/app/multitenant/collector.go
+++ b/app/multitenant/collector.go
@@ -3,10 +3,19 @@ package multitenant
 // Collect reports from probes per-tenant, and supply them to queriers on demand
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib/nethttp"
+	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/weaveworks/common/user"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
 )
 
@@ -14,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 type pendingEntry struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	report *report.Report
+	older  []*report.Report
 }
 
 // We are building up a report in memory; merge into that and it will be saved shortly
@@ -32,3 +42,93 @@ func (c *awsCollector) addToLive(ctx context.Context, userid string, rep report.
 	entry.Unlock()
 }
 
+func (c *awsCollector) reportsFromLive(ctx context.Context, userid string) ([]report.Report, error) {
+	span, ctx := opentracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "reportsFromLive")
+	defer span.Finish()
+	if c.cfg.StoreInterval != 0 {
+		// We are a collector
+		e, found := c.pending.Load(userid)
+		if !found {
+			return nil, nil
+		}
+		entry := e.(*pendingEntry)
+		entry.Lock()
+		ret := make([]report.Report, 0, len(entry.older)+1)
+		if entry.report != nil {
+			ret = append(ret, entry.report.Copy()) // Copy contents because this report is being unsafe-merged to
+		}
+		for _, v := range entry.older {
+			if v != nil {
+				ret = append(ret, *v) // no copy because older reports are immutable
+			}
+		}
+		entry.Unlock()
+		return ret, nil
+	}
+
+	// We are a querier: fetch the most up-to-date reports from collectors
+	// TODO: resolve c.collectorAddress periodically instead of every time we make a call
+	addrs := resolve(c.cfg.CollectorAddr)
+	ret := make([]report.Report, 0, len(addrs))
+	// make a call to each collector and fetch its data for this userid
+	// TODO: do them in parallel
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		body, err := oneCall(ctx, addr, "/api/report", userid)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("error calling '%s': %v", addr, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		rpt, err := report.MakeFromBinary(ctx, body, false, true)
+		body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("error decoding: %v", err)
+			continue
+		}
+		ret = append(ret, *rpt)
+	}
+
+	return ret, nil
+}
+
+func resolve(name string) []string {
+	_, addrs, err := net.LookupSRV("", "", name)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warnf("Cannot resolve '%s': %v", name, err)
+		return []string{}
+	}
+	endpoints := make([]string, 0, len(addrs))
+	for _, addr := range addrs {
+		port := strconv.Itoa(int(addr.Port))
+		endpoints = append(endpoints, net.JoinHostPort(addr.Target, port))
+	}
+	return endpoints
+}
+
+func oneCall(ctx context.Context, endpoint, path, userid string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	fullPath := "http://" + endpoint + path
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", fullPath, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error making request %s: %w", fullPath, err)
+	}
+	req = req.WithContext(ctx)
+	req.Header.Set(user.OrgIDHeaderName, userid)
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/msgpack")
+	req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "identity") // disable compression
+	if parentSpan := opentracing.SpanFromContext(ctx); parentSpan != nil {
+		var ht *nethttp.Tracer
+		req, ht = nethttp.TraceRequest(parentSpan.Tracer(), req, nethttp.OperationName("Collector Fetch"))
+		defer ht.Finish()
+	}
+	client := &http.Client{Transport: &nethttp.Transport{}}
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting %s: %w", fullPath, err)
+	}
+	if res.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		content, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
+		res.Body.Close()
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error from collector: %s (%s)", res.Status, string(content))
+	}
+
+	return res.Body, nil
+}
diff --git a/app/server_helpers.go b/app/server_helpers.go
index a9970c704..42d19fdfb 100644
--- a/app/server_helpers.go
+++ b/app/server_helpers.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package app
 import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	opentracing "github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go"
 	"github.com/ugorji/go/codec"
@@ -33,3 +34,26 @@ func respondWith(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, code int, response
 		log.Errorf("Error encoding response: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// Similar to the above function, but respect the request's Accept header.
+// Possibly we should do a complete parse of Accept, but for now just rudimentary check
+func respondWithReport(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, response interface{}) {
+	accept := req.Header.Get("Accept")
+	if strings.HasPrefix(accept, "application/msgpack") {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/msgpack")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		encoder := codec.NewEncoder(w, &codec.MsgpackHandle{})
+		if err := encoder.Encode(response); err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Error encoding response: %v", err)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	w.Header().Add("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	encoder := codec.NewEncoder(w, &codec.JsonHandle{})
+	if err := encoder.Encode(response); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error encoding response: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ae4052136..73322e315 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v0.0.0-20160402145409-a5152d67cf63 // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/runc v1.0.0-rc5 // indirect
 	github.com/openebs/k8s-snapshot-client v0.0.0-20180831100134-a6506305fb16
+	github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib v0.0.0-20190519235532-cf7a6c988dc9
 	github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0
 	github.com/paypal/ionet v0.0.0-20130919195445-ed0aaebc5417
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v0.0.0-20150824212802-cccd189d45f7
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 1c1a3c808..2410cb25b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ github.com/openebs/k8s-snapshot-client/snapshot/pkg/client/clientset/versioned
 github.com/openebs/k8s-snapshot-client/snapshot/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme
 github.com/openebs/k8s-snapshot-client/snapshot/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/volumesnapshot/v1
 # github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib v0.0.0-20190519235532-cf7a6c988dc9
+## explicit
 github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-stdlib/nethttp
 # github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0
 ## explicit