diff --git a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AnnotationSettings/AnnotationSettingsEdit.tsx b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AnnotationSettings/AnnotationSettingsEdit.tsx
index 01fbcecdca5..236bdccea39 100644
--- a/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AnnotationSettings/AnnotationSettingsEdit.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/dashboard/components/AnnotationSettings/AnnotationSettingsEdit.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,13 @@ export const AnnotationSettingsEdit: React.FC<Props> = ({ editIdx, dashboard })
         />
       </Field>
       <Field label="Data source">
-        <DataSourcePicker width={50} annotations current={annotation.datasource} onChange={onDataSourceChange} />
+        <DataSourcePicker
+          width={50}
+          annotations
+          variables
+          current={annotation.datasource}
+          onChange={onDataSourceChange}
+        />
       </Field>
       <Field label="Enabled" description="When enabled the annotation query is issued every dashboard refresh">
         <Checkbox name="enable" id="enable" value={annotation.enable} onChange={onChange} />