diff --git a/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js b/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js
index 9f92627e32d..4c0cdcc20c2 100644
--- a/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js
+++ b/src/app/services/influxdb/influxdbDatasource.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
           return [];
         }
 
-        var template = "select [[func]]([[column]]) from [[series]] where [[timeFilter]] group by time([[interval]]) order asc";
+        var template = "select [[func]]([[column]]) as [[column]]_[[func]] from [[series]] where [[timeFilter]] group by time([[interval]]) order asc";
 
         var templateData = {
           series: target.series,