diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
index c20f1211078..5439d753abf 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/singlestat/module.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   locationUtil,
   getFieldDisplayName,
   getColorForTheme,
+  InterpolateFunction,
 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 import { convertOldAngularValueMapping } from '@grafana/ui';
@@ -621,7 +622,9 @@ class SingleStatCtrl extends MetricsPanelCtrl {
       elem.toggleClass('pointer', panel.links.length > 0);
 
       if (panel.links.length > 0) {
-        linkInfo = linkSrv.getDataLinkUIModel(panel.links[0], data.scopedVars, {});
+        const replace: InterpolateFunction = (value, vars) =>
+          templateSrv.replace(value, { ...vars, ...data.scopedVars });
+        linkInfo = linkSrv.getDataLinkUIModel(panel.links[0], replace, {});
       } else {
         linkInfo = null;
       }