diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f9b6d48f0a..06f4712d263 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - [Issue #590](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/590).   Graph: Define series color using regex rule
 - [Issue #2162](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2162). Graph: New series style override, negative-y transform and stack groups
 - [Issue #2096](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2096). Dashboard list panel: Now supports search by multiple tags
+- [Issue #2203](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/2203). Singlestat: Now support string values
 
 **User or Organization admin**
 - [Issue #1899](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/1899). Organization: You can now update the organization user role directly (without removing and readding the organization user).
diff --git a/public/app/panels/singlestat/module.js b/public/app/panels/singlestat/module.js
index 24855634ba6..b38912605bb 100644
--- a/public/app/panels/singlestat/module.js
+++ b/public/app/panels/singlestat/module.js
@@ -186,14 +186,21 @@ function (angular, app, _, TimeSeries, kbn, PanelMeta) {
       data.flotpairs = [];
 
       if ($scope.series && $scope.series.length > 0) {
-        data.value = $scope.series[0].stats[$scope.panel.valueName];
-        data.flotpairs = $scope.series[0].flotpairs;
-      }
+        var lastValue = _.last($scope.series[0].datapoints)[0];
+        if (_.isString(lastValue)) {
+          data.value = 0;
+          data.valueFormated = lastValue;
+          data.valueRounded = 0;
+        } else {
+          data.value = $scope.series[0].stats[$scope.panel.valueName];
+          data.flotpairs = $scope.series[0].flotpairs;
 
-      var decimalInfo = $scope.getDecimalsForValue(data.value);
-      var formatFunc = kbn.valueFormats[$scope.panel.format];
-      data.valueFormated = formatFunc(data.value, decimalInfo.decimals, decimalInfo.scaledDecimals);
-      data.valueRounded = kbn.roundValue(data.value, decimalInfo.decimals);
+          var decimalInfo = $scope.getDecimalsForValue(data.value);
+          var formatFunc = kbn.valueFormats[$scope.panel.format];
+          data.valueFormated = formatFunc(data.value, decimalInfo.decimals, decimalInfo.scaledDecimals);
+          data.valueRounded = kbn.roundValue(data.value, decimalInfo.decimals);
+        }
+      }
 
       // check value to text mappings
       for(var i = 0; i < $scope.panel.valueMaps.length; i++) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js
index f911d758a78..43fb484e9ce 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ function (_) {
         }
 
         var datapoints = [];
-        for (i = 0; i < series.values.length; i++) {
-          datapoints[i] = [series.values[i][j], series.values[i][0]];
+        if (series.values) {
+          for (i = 0; i < series.values.length; i++) {
+            datapoints[i] = [series.values[i][j], series.values[i][0]];
+          }
         }
 
         output.push({ target: seriesName, datapoints: datapoints});