diff --git a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/BaseTimeDimension.ts b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/BaseTimeDimension.ts
index c5305250c0fa7..12dee4693e5f6 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/BaseTimeDimension.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/BaseTimeDimension.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export class BaseTimeDimension extends BaseFilter {
   }
 
   // TODO: find and fix all hidden references to granularity to rely on granularityObj instead?
-  public get granularity(): string | undefined {
+  public get granularity(): string | null | undefined {
     return this.granularityObj?.granularity;
   }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export class BaseTimeDimension extends BaseFilter {
     return this.query.dateTimeCast(this.query.paramAllocator.allocateParam(this.dateRange ? this.dateToFormatted() : BUILD_RANGE_END_LOCAL));
   }
 
-  public dateRangeGranularity() {
+  public dateRangeGranularity(): string | null {
     if (!this.dateRange) {
       return null;
     }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export class BaseTimeDimension extends BaseFilter {
   }
 
   public resolvedGranularity() {
-    return this.granularityObj?.resolvedGranularity();
+    return this.granularityObj ? this.granularityObj.resolvedGranularity() : this.dateRangeGranularity();
   }
 
   public isPredefinedGranularity(): boolean {
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/PreAggregations.js b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/PreAggregations.js
index efc642af9d727..b060b2922e9f2 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/PreAggregations.js
+++ b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/src/adapter/PreAggregations.js
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ export class PreAggregations {
   static timeDimensionsAsIs(timeDimensions) {
     return timeDimensions && R.sortBy(
       R.prop(0),
-      timeDimensions.map(d => [d.expressionPath(), d.granularity]),
+      timeDimensions.map(d => [d.expressionPath(), d.resolvedGranularity()]),
     ) || [];
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/test/integration/postgres/pre-aggregations.test.ts b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/test/integration/postgres/pre-aggregations.test.ts
index eb24efc8ff4b3..67334caa87a1f 100644
--- a/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/test/integration/postgres/pre-aggregations.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cubejs-schema-compiler/test/integration/postgres/pre-aggregations.test.ts
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ describe('PreAggregations', () => {
           dimensions: [sourceAndId, source],
           timeDimension: createdAt,
           granularity: 'hour',
+          allowNonStrictDateRangeMatch: true
         },
         visitorsMultiplied: {
           measures: [count],
@@ -546,6 +547,33 @@ describe('PreAggregations', () => {
     });
   }));
 
+  it('simple pre-aggregation (with no granularity in query)', () => compiler.compile().then(() => {
+    const query = new PostgresQuery({ joinGraph, cubeEvaluator, compiler }, {
+      measures: [
+        'visitors.count'
+      ],
+      timeDimensions: [{
+        dimension: 'visitors.createdAt',
+        dateRange: ['2017-01-01 00:00:00.000', '2017-01-29 22:59:59.999']
+      }],
+      timezone: 'America/Los_Angeles',
+      preAggregationsSchema: ''
+    });
+
+    const queryAndParams = query.buildSqlAndParams();
+    console.log(queryAndParams);
+    expect(query.preAggregations?.preAggregationForQuery?.canUsePreAggregation).toEqual(true);
+    expect(queryAndParams[0]).toMatch(/visitors_source_and_id_rollup/);
+
+    return dbRunner.evaluateQueryWithPreAggregations(query).then(res => {
+      expect(res).toEqual(
+        [{
+          visitors__count: '5'
+        }]
+      );
+    });
+  }));
+
   it('leaf measure pre-aggregation', () => compiler.compile().then(() => {
     const query = new PostgresQuery({ joinGraph, cubeEvaluator, compiler }, {
       measures: [