diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/query_ctrl.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/query_ctrl.ts
index b1da2b5517f..6f2c1ce5d57 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/query_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/query_ctrl.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ export class PostgresQueryCtrl extends QueryCtrl {
       if (this.panelCtrl.panel.type === 'table') {
         this.target.format = 'table';
         this.target.rawSql = 'SELECT 1';
+        this.target.rawQuery = true;
       } else {
         this.target.rawSql = defaultQuery;
         this.datasource.metricFindQuery(this.metaBuilder.findMetricTable()).then(result => {