diff --git a/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/Chart.tsx b/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/Chart.tsx
index 0cf69b7dd8..d40e801dd5 100644
--- a/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/Chart.tsx
+++ b/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/Chart.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import {useStackedData} from './hooks';
 import {StackedAreas, Points} from './components';
 import {useStackedChartTooltipContent} from './hooks/useStackedChartTooltipContent';
 import {yAxisMinMax} from './utilities/yAxisMinMax';
+import {getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition} from './utilities/getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition';
 import styles from './Chart.scss';
 
 const TOOLTIP_POSITION: TooltipPositionOffset = {
@@ -382,6 +383,7 @@ export function Chart({
           focusElementDataType={DataType.Point}
           getMarkup={getTooltipMarkup}
           getPosition={getTooltipPosition}
+          getAlteredPosition={getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition}
           id={tooltipId}
           margin={ChartMargin}
           onIndexChange={(index) => setActivePointIndex(index)}
diff --git a/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/utilities/getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition.ts b/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/utilities/getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b01023770a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/polaris-viz/src/components/StackedAreaChart/utilities/getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import type {Dimensions} from '@shopify/polaris-viz-core';
+
+import type {TooltipPositionOffset} from '../../TooltipWrapper';
+import type {Margin} from '../../../types';
+
+// The space between the cursor and the tooltip
+const TOOLTIP_MARGIN = 20;
+
+export interface AlteredPositionProps {
+  bandwidth: number;
+  chartBounds: {x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number};
+  currentX: number;
+  currentY: number;
+  isPerformanceImpacted: boolean;
+  margin: Margin;
+  position: TooltipPositionOffset;
+  tooltipDimensions: Dimensions;
+}
+
+export interface AlteredPositionReturn {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+}
+
+export type AlteredPosition = (
+  props: AlteredPositionProps,
+) => AlteredPositionReturn;
+
+export function getAlteredStackedAreaChartPosition({
+  currentX,
+  currentY,
+  chartBounds,
+  margin,
+  tooltipDimensions,
+}: AlteredPositionProps): AlteredPositionReturn {
+  const x = Math.min(
+    Math.max(currentX, TOOLTIP_MARGIN),
+    chartBounds.width - tooltipDimensions.width - TOOLTIP_MARGIN,
+  );
+
+  // Y POSITIONING
+  // If y is below the chart, adjust the tooltip position to the bottom of the chart
+  //
+
+  const y =
+    currentY >= chartBounds.y + chartBounds.height
+      ? chartBounds.height -
+        tooltipDimensions.height -
+        TOOLTIP_MARGIN -
+        margin.Bottom
+      : currentY;
+
+  return {x, y};
+}