diff --git a/pkg/plugins/datasource/wrapper/datasource_plugin_wrapper.go b/pkg/plugins/datasource/wrapper/datasource_plugin_wrapper.go
index 170e187b282..d2cd9f63cde 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/datasource/wrapper/datasource_plugin_wrapper.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/datasource/wrapper/datasource_plugin_wrapper.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/null"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/components/simplejson"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb"
@@ -79,6 +80,14 @@ func (tw *DatasourcePluginWrapper) Query(ctx context.Context, ds *models.DataSou
 			qr.ErrorString = r.Error
 		}
 
+		if r.MetaJson != "" {
+			metaJson, err := simplejson.NewJson([]byte(r.MetaJson))
+			if err != nil {
+				tw.logger.Error("Error parsing JSON Meta field: " + err.Error())
+			}
+			qr.Meta = metaJson
+		}
+
 		for _, s := range r.GetSeries() {
 			points := tsdb.TimeSeriesPoints{}