diff --git a/public/app/angular/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/angular/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
index a8f3b444181..64709e308b8 100644
--- a/public/app/angular/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/angular/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ class MetricsPanelCtrl extends PanelCtrl {
       timeRange: this.range,
       maxDataPoints: panel.maxDataPoints || this.width,
       minInterval: panel.interval,
+      publicDashboardAccessToken: this.dashboard.meta.publicDashboardAccessToken,
       scopedVars: panel.scopedVars,
       cacheTimeout: panel.cacheTimeout,
       transformations: panel.transformations,