diff --git a/packages/scenes-react/src/hooks/useQueryRunner.ts b/packages/scenes-react/src/hooks/useQueryRunner.ts
index f2069d673..0d89e7ca6 100644
--- a/packages/scenes-react/src/hooks/useQueryRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/scenes-react/src/hooks/useQueryRunner.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { SceneDataQuery, SceneQueryRunner } from '@grafana/scenes';
+import { SceneDataQuery, SceneQueryRunner, SceneTimeRangeLike } from '@grafana/scenes';
 import { DataSourceRef } from '@grafana/schema';
 import { isEqual } from 'lodash';
 import { CacheKey } from '../caching/SceneObjectCache';
 import { useSceneObject } from './useSceneObject';
-
 export interface UseQueryOptions {
   queries: SceneDataQuery[];
   maxDataPoints?: number;
@@ -12,6 +11,9 @@ export interface UseQueryOptions {
   cacheKey?: CacheKey;
   liveStreaming?: boolean;
   maxDataPointsFromWidth?: boolean;
+  // Optional timeRange to use instead of sceneGraph timeRange
+  runQueriesMode?: 'auto' | 'manual';
+  timeRange?: SceneTimeRangeLike;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ export function useQueryRunner(options: UseQueryOptions): SceneQueryRunner {
         datasource: options.datasource,
         liveStreaming: options.liveStreaming,
         maxDataPointsFromWidth: options.maxDataPointsFromWidth,
+        runQueriesMode: options.runQueriesMode,
+        timeRange: options.timeRange,
       }),
     objectConstructor: SceneQueryRunner,
     cacheKey: options.cacheKey,
diff --git a/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.test.ts b/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.test.ts
index 4ced41794..3338d5a0d 100644
--- a/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.test.ts
+++ b/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.test.ts
@@ -2754,6 +2754,97 @@ describe.each(['11.1.2', '11.1.1'])('SceneQueryRunner', (v) => {
 
     expect(sentRequest?.scopes).toBeUndefined();
   });
+
+  describe('when timeRange is provided as prop', () => {
+    it('should use provided timeRange instead of sceneGraph timeRange', async () => {
+      const customTimeRange = new SceneTimeRange({
+        from: '2023-02-01',
+        to: '2023-02-02',
+      });
+
+      const queryRunner = new SceneQueryRunner({
+        queries: [{ refId: 'A' }],
+        timeRange: customTimeRange,
+      });
+
+      const scene = new TestScene({
+        $timeRange: new SceneTimeRange({
+          from: '2023-03-01',
+          to: '2023-03-02',
+        }),
+        $data: queryRunner,
+      });
+
+      scene.activate();
+      queryRunner.activate();
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1));
+
+      expect(sentRequest?.range).toEqual(customTimeRange.state.value);
+    });
+
+    it('should not subscribe to sceneGraph timeRange changes when using prop timeRange', async () => {
+      const customTimeRange = new SceneTimeRange({
+        from: '2023-01-01',
+        to: '2023-01-02',
+      });
+
+      const queryRunner = new SceneQueryRunner({
+        queries: [{ refId: 'A' }],
+        timeRange: customTimeRange,
+      });
+
+      const sceneTimeRange = new SceneTimeRange({
+        from: '2023-02-01',
+        to: '2023-02-02',
+      });
+
+      const scene = new TestScene({
+        $timeRange: sceneTimeRange,
+        $data: queryRunner,
+      });
+
+      scene.activate();
+      queryRunner.activate();
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1));
+
+      // Change scene time range
+      sceneTimeRange.setState({
+        from: '2023-03-01',
+        to: '2023-03-02',
+      });
+      sceneTimeRange.onRefresh();
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1));
+
+      // Should still use custom time range
+      expect(sentRequest?.range).toEqual(customTimeRange.state.value);
+    });
+
+    it('should fall back to sceneGraph timeRange when prop timeRange is not provided', async () => {
+      const sceneTimeRange = new SceneTimeRange({
+        from: '2023-01-01',
+        to: '2023-01-02',
+      });
+
+      const queryRunner = new SceneQueryRunner({
+        queries: [{ refId: 'A' }],
+      });
+
+      const scene = new TestScene({
+        $timeRange: sceneTimeRange,
+        $data: queryRunner,
+      });
+
+      scene.activate();
+      queryRunner.activate();
+
+      await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 1));
+
+      expect(sentRequest?.range).toEqual(sceneTimeRange.state.value);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 class CustomDataSource extends RuntimeDataSource {
diff --git a/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.ts b/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.ts
index 62a685767..ad8c6c33a 100644
--- a/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/scenes/src/querying/SceneQueryRunner.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ export interface QueryRunnerState extends SceneObjectState {
   dataLayerFilter?: DataLayerFilter;
   // Private runtime state
   _hasFetchedData?: boolean;
+  // Optional timeRange to use instead of sceneGraph timeRange
+  timeRange?: SceneTimeRangeLike;
 }
 
 export interface DataQueryExtended extends DataQuery {
@@ -140,9 +142,14 @@ export class SceneQueryRunner extends SceneObjectBase<QueryRunnerState> implemen
     this.addActivationHandler(() => this._onActivate());
   }
 
+  private getTimeRange(): SceneTimeRangeLike {
+    // If timeRange is provided in state, use that, otherwise fall back to sceneGraph
+    return this.state.timeRange ?? sceneGraph.getTimeRange(this);
+  }
+
   private _onActivate() {
     if (this.isQueryModeAuto()) {
-      const timeRange = sceneGraph.getTimeRange(this);
+      const timeRange = this.getTimeRange();
       const scopesBridge = sceneGraph.getScopesBridge(this);
 
       // Add subscriptions to any extra providers so that they rerun queries
@@ -188,7 +195,7 @@ export class SceneQueryRunner extends SceneObjectBase<QueryRunnerState> implemen
   }
 
   private _onLayersReceived(results: Iterable<SceneDataProviderResult>) {
-    const timeRange = sceneGraph.getTimeRange(this);
+    const timeRange = this.getTimeRange();
     const { dataLayerFilter } = this.state;
 
     let annotations: DataFrame[] = [];
@@ -312,7 +319,7 @@ export class SceneQueryRunner extends SceneObjectBase<QueryRunnerState> implemen
   }
 
   private _isDataTimeRangeStale(data: PanelData) {
-    const timeRange = sceneGraph.getTimeRange(this);
+    const timeRange = this.getTimeRange();
 
     const stateTimeRange = timeRange.state.value;
     const dataTimeRange = data.timeRange;
@@ -390,13 +397,17 @@ export class SceneQueryRunner extends SceneObjectBase<QueryRunnerState> implemen
     this._scopesSubBridge = scopesBridge;
 
     this._scopesSub = scopesBridge.subscribeToValue(() => {
-      this.runWithTimeRangeAndScopes(sceneGraph.getTimeRange(this), scopesBridge);
+      this.runWithTimeRangeAndScopes(this.getTimeRange(), scopesBridge);
     });
   }
 
   private subscribeToTimeRangeChanges(timeRange: SceneTimeRangeLike) {
+    // Only subscribe to time range changes if we're not using a prop
+    if (this.state.timeRange) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (this._timeSubRange === timeRange) {
-      // Nothing to do, already subscribed
       return;
     }
 
@@ -411,7 +422,7 @@ export class SceneQueryRunner extends SceneObjectBase<QueryRunnerState> implemen
   }
 
   public runQueries() {
-    const timeRange = sceneGraph.getTimeRange(this);
+    const timeRange = this.getTimeRange();
     const scopesBridge = sceneGraph.getScopesBridge(this);
     if (this.isQueryModeAuto()) {
       this.subscribeToTimeRangeChanges(timeRange);