diff --git a/docs/dev/core/internal/payload.md b/docs/dev/core/internal/payload.md
index 901910cb0..d274227de 100644
--- a/docs/dev/core/internal/payload.md
+++ b/docs/dev/core/internal/payload.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ sent:      1024: 2, 1116: 1, 1217: 0, 1327: 0, 1448: 1, 1579: 0
 
 ```json
 {
-    "sum": 3,
+    "sum": 4612,
     "values": {
         "1024": 2,
         "1116": 1,
diff --git a/glean-core/src/metrics/timing_distribution.rs b/glean-core/src/metrics/timing_distribution.rs
index 912e486c6..cb982b868 100644
--- a/glean-core/src/metrics/timing_distribution.rs
+++ b/glean-core/src/metrics/timing_distribution.rs
@@ -349,4 +349,32 @@ mod test {
 
         assert_eq!(expected_json, json!(snap));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn can_snapshot_sparse() {
+        use serde_json::json;
+
+        let mut hist = Histogram::functional(2.0, 8.0);
+
+        hist.accumulate(1024);
+        hist.accumulate(1024);
+        hist.accumulate(1116);
+        hist.accumulate(1448);
+
+        let snap = snapshot(&hist);
+
+        let expected_json = json!({
+            "sum": 4612,
+            "values": {
+                "1024": 2,
+                "1116": 1,
+                "1217": 0,
+                "1327": 0,
+                "1448": 1,
+                "1579": 0,
+            },
+        });
+
+        assert_eq!(expected_json, json!(snap));
+    }
 }