diff --git "a/src/plugins/d3/__stories__/bar-x/\320\241ategoryAxis.stories.tsx" "b/src/plugins/d3/__stories__/bar-x/\320\241ategoryAxis.stories.tsx"
index 2fa6c8fd..bc19e978 100644
--- "a/src/plugins/d3/__stories__/bar-x/\320\241ategoryAxis.stories.tsx"
+++ "b/src/plugins/d3/__stories__/bar-x/\320\241ategoryAxis.stories.tsx"
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ const Template: Story = () => {
     const chartkitRef = React.useRef<ChartKitRef>();
     const data: ChartKitWidgetData = {
         series: {
+            options: {
+                'bar-x': {
+                    barMaxWidth: 10,
+                },
+            },
             data: [
                 {
                     type: 'bar-x',
diff --git a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/components/Chart.tsx b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/components/Chart.tsx
index d64c46ea..8367bb99 100644
--- a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/components/Chart.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/components/Chart.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 
-import type {ChartKitWidgetData} from '../../../../types/widget-data';
+import type {ChartKitWidgetData} from '../../../../types';
 import {block} from '../../../../utils/cn';
 
 import {AxisY} from './AxisY';
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export const Chart = (props: Props) => {
         boundsWidth,
         boundsHeight,
         series: preparedSeries,
+        seriesOptions: data.series.options,
         xAxis,
         xScale,
         yAxis,
diff --git a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/bar-x.tsx b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/bar-x.tsx
index bffda88b..4673a373 100644
--- a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/bar-x.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/bar-x.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type {ScaleBand, ScaleLinear, ScaleTime} from 'd3';
 import React from 'react';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 
-import type {BarXSeriesData} from '../../../../../types';
+import type {BarXSeriesData, ChartKitWidgetSeriesOptions} from '../../../../../types';
 import {block} from '../../../../../utils/cn';
 
 import {getDataCategoryValue} from '../../utils';
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ import type {ChartScale} from '../useAxisScales';
 import type {ChartOptions} from '../useChartOptions/types';
 import type {OnSeriesMouseLeave, OnSeriesMouseMove} from '../useTooltip/types';
 import type {PreparedBarXSeries} from '../useSeries/types';
+import {DEFAULT_BAR_X_SERIES_OPTIONS} from './defaults';
 
-const RECT_PADDING = 0.1;
 const MIN_RECT_GAP = 1;
-const MAX_RECT_WIDTH = 50;
-const GROUP_PADDING = 0.1;
 const MIN_GROUP_GAP = 1;
 const DEFAULT_LABEL_PADDING = 7;
 
@@ -25,6 +23,7 @@ type Args = {
     top: number;
     left: number;
     series: PreparedBarXSeries[];
+    seriesOptions?: ChartKitWidgetSeriesOptions;
     xAxis: ChartOptions['xAxis'];
     xScale: ChartScale;
     yAxis: ChartOptions['yAxis'];
@@ -45,13 +44,22 @@ type ShapeData = {
 
 function prepareData(args: {
     series: PreparedBarXSeries[];
+    seriesOptions?: ChartKitWidgetSeriesOptions;
     xAxis: ChartOptions['xAxis'];
     xScale: ChartScale;
     yAxis: ChartOptions['yAxis'];
     yScale: ChartScale;
 }) {
-    const {series, xAxis, xScale, yScale} = args;
+    const {series, seriesOptions, xAxis, xScale, yScale} = args;
     const categories = get(xAxis, 'categories', [] as string[]);
+    const {
+        barMaxWidth: defaultBarMaxWidth,
+        barPadding: defaultBarPadding,
+        groupPadding: defaultGroupPadding,
+    } = DEFAULT_BAR_X_SERIES_OPTIONS;
+    const barMaxWidth = get(seriesOptions, 'bar-x.barMaxWidth', defaultBarMaxWidth);
+    const barPadding = get(seriesOptions, 'bar-x.barPadding', defaultBarPadding);
+    const groupPadding = get(seriesOptions, 'bar-x.groupPadding', defaultGroupPadding);
 
     const data: Record<
         string | number,
@@ -103,10 +111,10 @@ function prepareData(args: {
     }
 
     const maxGroupSize = max(Object.values(data), (d) => Object.values(d).length) || 1;
-    const groupGap = Math.max(bandWidth * GROUP_PADDING, MIN_GROUP_GAP);
-    const maxGroupWidth = bandWidth - groupGap;
-    const rectGap = Math.max((maxGroupWidth / maxGroupSize) * RECT_PADDING, MIN_RECT_GAP);
-    const rectWidth = Math.min(maxGroupWidth / maxGroupSize - rectGap, MAX_RECT_WIDTH);
+    const groupGap = Math.max(bandWidth * groupPadding, MIN_GROUP_GAP);
+    const groupWidth = bandWidth - groupGap;
+    const rectGap = Math.max(bandWidth * barPadding, MIN_RECT_GAP);
+    const rectWidth = Math.min(groupWidth / maxGroupSize - rectGap, barMaxWidth);
 
     const result: ShapeData[] = [];
 
@@ -154,6 +162,7 @@ export function BarXSeriesShapes(args: Args) {
         top,
         left,
         series,
+        seriesOptions,
         xAxis,
         xScale,
         yAxis,
@@ -175,6 +184,7 @@ export function BarXSeriesShapes(args: Args) {
 
         const shapes = prepareData({
             series,
+            seriesOptions,
             xAxis,
             xScale,
             yAxis,
diff --git a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/defaults.ts b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/defaults.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6b8fd4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/defaults.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const DEFAULT_BAR_X_SERIES_OPTIONS = {
+    barMaxWidth: 50,
+    barPadding: 0.1,
+    groupPadding: 0.2,
+};
diff --git a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/index.tsx b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/index.tsx
index 0fb0fb41..b0379d76 100644
--- a/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/index.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/d3/renderer/hooks/useShapes/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import {group} from 'd3';
 
-import type {ScatterSeries} from '../../../../../types/widget-data';
+import type {ChartKitWidgetSeriesOptions, ScatterSeries} from '../../../../../types';
 import {getRandomCKId} from '../../../../../utils';
 
 import {getOnlyVisibleSeries} from '../../utils';
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Args = {
     boundsWidth: number;
     boundsHeight: number;
     series: PreparedSeries[];
+    seriesOptions?: ChartKitWidgetSeriesOptions;
     xAxis: ChartOptions['xAxis'];
     yAxis: ChartOptions['yAxis'];
     svgContainer: SVGSVGElement | null;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ export const useShapes = (args: Args) => {
         boundsWidth,
         boundsHeight,
         series,
+        seriesOptions,
         xAxis,
         xScale,
         yAxis,
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ export const useShapes = (args: Args) => {
                             <BarXSeriesShapes
                                 key="bar-x"
                                 series={chartSeries as PreparedBarXSeries[]}
+                                seriesOptions={seriesOptions}
                                 xAxis={xAxis}
                                 xScale={xScale}
                                 yAxis={yAxis}
diff --git a/src/types/widget-data/series.ts b/src/types/widget-data/series.ts
index 2aa3ef14..53928517 100644
--- a/src/types/widget-data/series.ts
+++ b/src/types/widget-data/series.ts
@@ -24,4 +24,25 @@ export type ChartKitWidgetSeriesOptions = {
         /** Callback function to render the data label */
         renderer?: (args: DataLabelRendererData) => React.SVGTextElementAttributes<SVGTextElement>;
     };
+
+    'bar-x'?: {
+        /** The maximum allowed pixel width for a column.
+         * This prevents the columns from becoming too wide when there is a small number of points in the chart.
+         *
+         * @default 50
+         */
+        barMaxWidth?: number;
+
+        /** Padding between each column or bar, in x axis units.
+         *
+         * @default 0.1
+         * */
+        barPadding?: number;
+
+        /** Padding between each value groups, in x axis units
+         *
+         * @default 0.2
+         */
+        groupPadding?: number;
+    };
 };