diff --git a/caravel/templates/caravel/add_slice.html b/caravel/templates/caravel/add_slice.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d74fca5bcbf8..0000000000000
--- a/caravel/templates/caravel/add_slice.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  var msg = "Click on a datasource link to create a Slice, " +
-          "or click on a table link <a href='/tablemodelview/list/'>here</a> " +
-          "to create a Slice for a table";
-  window.location = "/r/msg/?url={{ '/druiddatasourcemodelview/list/' }}&msg=" + msg;
-</script>
diff --git a/caravel/views.py b/caravel/views.py
index fe1984254d165..9851ba8fbcf4f 100755
--- a/caravel/views.py
+++ b/caravel/views.py
@@ -520,7 +520,6 @@ class DruidClusterModelView(CaravelModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
 
 class SliceModelView(CaravelModelView, DeleteMixin):  # noqa
     datamodel = SQLAInterface(models.Slice)
-    add_template = "caravel/add_slice.html"
     can_add = False
     label_columns = {
         'datasource_link': 'Datasource',
@@ -568,6 +567,28 @@ def pre_update(self, obj):
     def pre_delete(self, obj):
         check_ownership(obj)
 
+    @expose('/add', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
+    @has_access
+    def add(self):
+        widget = self._add()
+        if not widget:
+            return redirect(self.get_redirect())
+
+        a_druid_datasource = db.session.query(models.DruidDatasource).first()
+        if a_druid_datasource is not None:
+            url = "/druiddatasourcemodelview/list/"
+            msg = _(
+                "Click on a datasource link to create a Slice, "
+                "or click on a table link <a href='/tablemodelview/list/'>here</a> "
+                "to create a Slice for a table"
+            )
+        else:
+            url = "/tablemodelview/list/"
+            msg = _("Click on a table link to create a Slice")
+
+        redirect_url = "/r/msg/?url={}&msg={}".format(url, msg)
+        return redirect(redirect_url)
+
 appbuilder.add_view(
     SliceModelView,
     "Slices",
diff --git a/tests/core_tests.py b/tests/core_tests.py
index b6f9154b38833..40e206c237972 100644
--- a/tests/core_tests.py
+++ b/tests/core_tests.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 import caravel
 from caravel import app, db, models, utils, appbuilder
-from caravel.models import DruidCluster
+from caravel.models import DruidCluster, DruidDatasource
 
 os.environ['CARAVEL_CONFIG'] = 'tests.caravel_test_config'
 
@@ -218,6 +218,27 @@ def test_add_slices(self, username='admin'):
         assert new_slice in dash.slices
         assert len(set(dash.slices)) == len(dash.slices)
 
+    def test_add_slice_redirect_to_sqla(self, username='admin'):
+        self.login(username=username)
+        url = '/slicemodelview/add'
+        resp = self.client.get(url, follow_redirects=True)
+        assert "Click on a table link to create a Slice" in resp.data.decode('utf-8')
+
+    def test_add_slice_redirect_to_druid(self, username='admin'):
+        datasource = DruidDatasource(
+            datasource_name="datasource_name",
+        )
+        db.session.add(datasource)
+        db.session.commit()
+
+        self.login(username=username)
+        url = '/slicemodelview/add'
+        resp = self.client.get(url, follow_redirects=True)
+        assert "Click on a datasource link to create a Slice" in resp.data.decode('utf-8')
+
+        db.session.delete(datasource)
+        db.session.commit()
+
     def test_gamma(self):
         self.login(username='gamma')
         resp = self.client.get('/slicemodelview/list/')
@@ -409,7 +430,7 @@ def test_client(self, PyDruid):
         instance.export_pandas.return_value = df
         instance.query_dict = {}
         instance.query_builder.last_query.query_dict = {}
-        resp = self.client.get('/caravel/explore/druid/1/?viz_type=table&granularity=one+day&druid_time_origin=&since=7+days+ago&until=now&row_limit=5000&include_search=false&metrics=count&groupby=name&flt_col_0=dim1&flt_op_0=in&flt_eq_0=&slice_id=&slice_name=&collapsed_fieldsets=&action=&datasource_name=test_datasource&datasource_id=1&datasource_type=druid&previous_viz_type=table&json=true&force=true')
+        resp = self.client.get('/caravel/explore/druid/{}/?viz_type=table&granularity=one+day&druid_time_origin=&since=7+days+ago&until=now&row_limit=5000&include_search=false&metrics=count&groupby=name&flt_col_0=dim1&flt_op_0=in&flt_eq_0=&slice_id=&slice_name=&collapsed_fieldsets=&action=&datasource_name=test_datasource&datasource_id={}&datasource_type=druid&previous_viz_type=table&json=true&force=true'.format(datasource_id, datasource_id))
         assert "Canada" in resp.data.decode('utf-8')