diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
index 878cb0ced9b..33dabd8cd23 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
@@ -403,6 +403,10 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource extends DataSourceWithBackend<InfluxQuery,
       params.db = this.database;
     }
 
+    if (options?.policy) {
+      params.rp = options.policy;
+    }
+
     const { q } = data;
 
     if (method === 'POST' && has(data, 'q')) {
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxQLMetadataQuery.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxQLMetadataQuery.ts
index edd35d3f0ac..40924a0faf5 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxQLMetadataQuery.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxQLMetadataQuery.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ const runExploreQuery = (
 ): Promise<Array<{ text: string }>> => {
   const builder = new InfluxQueryBuilder(target, datasource.database);
   const q = builder.buildExploreQuery(type, withKey, withMeasurementFilter);
-  return datasource.metricFindQuery(q);
+  const options = { policy: target.policy };
+  return datasource.metricFindQuery(q, options);
 };
 
 export async function getAllPolicies(datasource: InfluxDatasource): Promise<string[]> {