diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/fromGraphite.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/fromGraphite.ts
index 9243900f012..75986642a9c 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/fromGraphite.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/fromGraphite.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@ const GRAPHITE_TO_LOKI_OPERATOR = {
   '!=~': '!~',
 };
 
+/**
+ * Converts Graphite glob-like pattern to a regular expression
+ */
+function convertGlobToRegEx(text: string): string {
+  if (text.includes('*') || text.includes('{')) {
+    return '^' + text.replace(/\*/g, '.*').replace(/\{/g, '(').replace(/}/g, ')').replace(/,/g, '|');
+  } else {
+    return text;
+  }
+}
+
 export default function fromGraphiteQueries(
   graphiteQueries: GraphiteQuery[],
   graphiteDataSource: GraphiteDatasource
@@ -62,17 +73,12 @@ function fromGraphite(graphiteQuery: GraphiteQueryModel, config: GraphiteToLokiQ
             return true;
           }
 
-          if (value.includes('{')) {
-            labels[matcher.labelName] = {
-              value: value.replace(/\*/g, '.*').replace(/\{/g, '(').replace(/}/g, ')').replace(/,/g, '|'),
-              operator: '=~',
-            };
-          } else {
-            labels[matcher.labelName] = {
-              value: value,
-              operator: '=',
-            };
-          }
+          const converted = convertGlobToRegEx(value);
+          labels[matcher.labelName] = {
+            value: converted,
+            operator: converted !== value ? '=~' : '=',
+          };
+
           return true;
         }
         return targetNodes[index] === matcher.value || matcher.value === '*';
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/importing.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/importing.test.ts
index 65ec715ce07..8b909c38ffb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/importing.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/loki/importing/importing.test.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('importing from Graphite queries', () => {
 
   beforeEach(() => {});
 
-  it('test', () => {
+  it('test matching mappings', () => {
     mockSettings(['servers.(cluster).(server).*']);
     const lokiQueries = fromGraphiteQueries(
       [
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ describe('importing from Graphite queries', () => {
         // tags: captured
         mockGraphiteQuery("interpolate(seriesByTag('cluster=west', 'server=002'), inf))"),
         mockGraphiteQuery("interpolate(seriesByTag('foo=bar', 'server=002'), inf))"),
+        // regexp
+        mockGraphiteQuery('interpolate(alias(servers.eas*.{001,002}.request.POST.200,1,2))'),
         // not captured
         mockGraphiteQuery('interpolate(alias(test.west.001.cpu))'),
         mockGraphiteQuery('interpolate(alias(servers.west.001))'),
@@ -56,8 +58,12 @@ describe('importing from Graphite queries', () => {
       { refId: 'A', expr: '{cluster="west", server="001"}' },
       { refId: 'A', expr: '{cluster="east", server="001"}' },
       { refId: 'A', expr: '{server="002"}' },
+
       { refId: 'A', expr: '{cluster="west", server="002"}' },
       { refId: 'A', expr: '{foo="bar", server="002"}' },
+
+      { refId: 'A', expr: '{cluster=~"^eas.*", server=~"^(001|002)"}' },
+
       { refId: 'A', expr: '' },
       { refId: 'A', expr: '' },
     ]);