diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
index 7476a36405b..e3eccfb8029 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.ts
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ export class ElasticDatasource {
     }
 
     if (query.find === 'terms') {
+      query.field = this.templateSrv.replace(query.field, {}, 'lucene');
       query.query = this.templateSrv.replace(query.query || '*', {}, 'lucene');
       return this.getTerms(query);
     }