diff --git a/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go b/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go
index 3e1a93abb3b..f4eb1140aa0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/pluginproxy/ds_proxy.go
@@ -189,12 +189,6 @@ func (proxy *DataSourceProxy) getDirector() func(req *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (proxy *DataSourceProxy) validateRequest() error {
-	if proxy.ds.Type == m.DS_INFLUXDB {
-		if proxy.ctx.Query("db") != proxy.ds.Database {
-			return errors.New("Datasource is not configured to allow this database")
-		}
-	}
-
 	if !checkWhiteList(proxy.ctx, proxy.targetUrl.Host) {
 		return errors.New("Target url is not a valid target")
 	}
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
index 1eff9bfa527..8b213ca0f36 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
     // replace templated variables
     allQueries = this.templateSrv.replace(allQueries, scopedVars);
 
-    return this._seriesQuery(allQueries).then((data): any => {
+    return this._seriesQuery(allQueries, options).then((data): any => {
       if (!data || !data.results) {
         return [];
       }
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
     var query = options.annotation.query.replace('$timeFilter', timeFilter);
     query = this.templateSrv.replace(query, null, 'regex');
 
-    return this._seriesQuery(query).then(data => {
+    return this._seriesQuery(query, options).then(data => {
       if (!data || !data.results || !data.results[0]) {
         throw { message: 'No results in response from InfluxDB' };
       }
@@ -164,30 +164,30 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
     return false;
   }
 
-  metricFindQuery(query) {
+  metricFindQuery(query: string, options?: any) {
     var interpolated = this.templateSrv.replace(query, null, 'regex');
 
-    return this._seriesQuery(interpolated).then(_.curry(this.responseParser.parse)(query));
+    return this._seriesQuery(interpolated, options).then(_.curry(this.responseParser.parse)(query));
   }
 
   getTagKeys(options) {
     var queryBuilder = new InfluxQueryBuilder({ measurement: '', tags: [] }, this.database);
     var query = queryBuilder.buildExploreQuery('TAG_KEYS');
-    return this.metricFindQuery(query);
+    return this.metricFindQuery(query, options);
   }
 
   getTagValues(options) {
     var queryBuilder = new InfluxQueryBuilder({ measurement: '', tags: [] }, this.database);
     var query = queryBuilder.buildExploreQuery('TAG_VALUES', options.key);
-    return this.metricFindQuery(query);
+    return this.metricFindQuery(query, options);
   }
 
-  _seriesQuery(query) {
+  _seriesQuery(query: string, options?: any) {
     if (!query) {
       return this.$q.when({ results: [] });
     }
 
-    return this._influxRequest('GET', '/query', { q: query, epoch: 'ms' });
+    return this._influxRequest('GET', '/query', { q: query, epoch: 'ms' }, options);
   }
 
   serializeParams(params) {
@@ -225,21 +225,21 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
       });
   }
 
-  _influxRequest(method, url, data) {
-    var self = this;
+  _influxRequest(method: string, url: string, data: any, options?: any) {
+    const currentUrl = this.urls.shift();
+    this.urls.push(currentUrl);
 
-    var currentUrl = self.urls.shift();
-    self.urls.push(currentUrl);
+    let params: any = {};
 
-    var params: any = {};
-
-    if (self.username) {
-      params.u = self.username;
-      params.p = self.password;
+    if (this.username) {
+      params.u = this.username;
+      params.p = this.password;
     }
 
-    if (self.database) {
-      params.db = self.database;
+    if (options && options.database) {
+      params.db = options.database;
+    } else if (this.database) {
+      params.db = this.database;
     }
 
     if (method === 'GET') {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
       data = null;
     }
 
-    var options: any = {
+    let req: any = {
       method: method,
       url: currentUrl + url,
       params: params,
@@ -257,15 +257,15 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
       paramSerializer: this.serializeParams,
     };
 
-    options.headers = options.headers || {};
+    req.headers = req.headers || {};
     if (this.basicAuth || this.withCredentials) {
-      options.withCredentials = true;
+      req.withCredentials = true;
     }
-    if (self.basicAuth) {
-      options.headers.Authorization = self.basicAuth;
+    if (this.basicAuth) {
+      req.headers.Authorization = this.basicAuth;
     }
 
-    return this.backendSrv.datasourceRequest(options).then(
+    return this.backendSrv.datasourceRequest(req).then(
       result => {
         return result.data;
       },
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/config.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/config.html
index 9cb6f5ba749..a70a1de98a4 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/config.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/config.html
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@
 	</div>
 </div>
 
+
+<div class="gf-form-group">
+	<div class="grafana-info-box">
+		<h5>Database Access</h5>
+		<p>
+			Setting the database for this datasource does not deny access to other databases.  The InfluxDB query syntax allows
+			switching the database in the query.  For example:
+			<code>SHOW MEASUREMENTS ON _internal</code> or <code>SELECT * FROM "_internal".."database" LIMIT 10</code>
+			<br/><br/>
+			To support data isolation and security, make sure appropriate permissions are configured in InfluxDB.
+		</p>
+	</div>
+</div>
+
 <div class="gf-form-group">
 	<div class="gf-form-inline">
 		<div class="gf-form">