diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
index dce82f17ce2..4b7f6e2e90d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
@@ -402,9 +402,9 @@ class SingleStatCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
     }
 
     function getValueText() {
-      var result = panel.prefix ? panel.prefix : '';
+      var result = panel.prefix ? templateSrv.replace(panel.prefix, data.scopedVars) : '';
       result += data.valueFormatted;
-      result += panel.postfix ? panel.postfix : '';
+      result += panel.postfix ? templateSrv.replace(panel.postfix, data.scopedVars) : '';
 
       return result;
     }