diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go
index 094f98cbe53..50d155131fd 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query.go
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package influxdb
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"regexp"
 
@@ -15,24 +17,53 @@ var (
 )
 
 func (query *Query) Build(queryContext *tsdb.QueryContext) (string, error) {
+	var res string
+
 	if query.UseRawQuery && query.RawQuery != "" {
-		q := query.RawQuery
-
-		q = strings.Replace(q, "$timeFilter", query.renderTimeFilter(queryContext), 1)
-		q = strings.Replace(q, "$interval", tsdb.CalculateInterval(queryContext.TimeRange), 1)
-
-		return q, nil
+		res = query.RawQuery
+	} else {
+		res = query.renderSelectors(queryContext)
+		res += query.renderMeasurement()
+		res += query.renderWhereClause()
+		res += query.renderTimeFilter(queryContext)
+		res += query.renderGroupBy(queryContext)
 	}
 
-	res := query.renderSelectors(queryContext)
-	res += query.renderMeasurement()
-	res += query.renderWhereClause()
-	res += query.renderTimeFilter(queryContext)
-	res += query.renderGroupBy(queryContext)
+	interval, err := getDefinedInterval(query, queryContext)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
 
+	res = strings.Replace(res, "$timeFilter", query.renderTimeFilter(queryContext), 1)
+	res = strings.Replace(res, "$interval", interval.Text, 1)
+	res = strings.Replace(res, "$__interval_ms", strconv.FormatInt(interval.Value.Nanoseconds()/int64(time.Millisecond), 10), 1)
+	res = strings.Replace(res, "$__interval", interval.Text, 1)
 	return res, nil
 }
 
+func getDefinedInterval(query *Query, queryContext *tsdb.QueryContext) (*tsdb.Interval, error) {
+	defaultInterval := tsdb.CalculateInterval(queryContext.TimeRange)
+
+	if query.Interval == "" {
+		return &defaultInterval, nil
+	}
+
+	setInterval := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(query.Interval, "<", "", 1), ">", "", 1)
+	parsedSetInterval, err := time.ParseDuration(setInterval)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if strings.Contains(query.Interval, ">") {
+		if defaultInterval.Value > parsedSetInterval {
+			return &defaultInterval, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &tsdb.Interval{Value: parsedSetInterval, Text: setInterval}, nil
+}
+
 func (query *Query) renderTags() []string {
 	var res []string
 	for i, tag := range query.Tags {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part.go
index 222e0b054ee..3145ff1b333 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package influxdb
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/tsdb"
 )
@@ -93,30 +92,10 @@ func fieldRenderer(query *Query, queryContext *tsdb.QueryContext, part *QueryPar
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, part.Params[0])
 }
 
-func getDefinedInterval(query *Query, queryContext *tsdb.QueryContext) string {
-	setInterval := strings.Replace(strings.Replace(query.Interval, "<", "", 1), ">", "", 1)
-	defaultInterval := tsdb.CalculateInterval(queryContext.TimeRange)
-
-	if strings.Contains(query.Interval, ">") {
-		parsedDefaultInterval, err := time.ParseDuration(defaultInterval)
-		parsedSetInterval, err2 := time.ParseDuration(setInterval)
-
-		if err == nil && err2 == nil && parsedDefaultInterval > parsedSetInterval {
-			return defaultInterval
-		}
-	}
-
-	return setInterval
-}
-
 func functionRenderer(query *Query, queryContext *tsdb.QueryContext, part *QueryPart, innerExpr string) string {
 	for i, param := range part.Params {
-		if param == "$interval" || param == "auto" {
-			if query.Interval != "" {
-				part.Params[i] = getDefinedInterval(query, queryContext)
-			} else {
-				part.Params[i] = tsdb.CalculateInterval(queryContext.TimeRange)
-			}
+		if part.Type == "time" && param == "auto" {
+			part.Params[i] = "$__interval"
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part_test.go
index a083754574a..b5bae2fdf37 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_part_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryPart(t *testing.T) {
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 
 			res := part.Render(query, queryContext, "")
-			So(res, ShouldEqual, "time(200ms)")
+			So(res, ShouldEqual, "time($interval)")
 		})
 
 		Convey("render time with auto", func() {
@@ -50,28 +50,7 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryPart(t *testing.T) {
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 
 			res := part.Render(query, queryContext, "")
-			So(res, ShouldEqual, "time(200ms)")
-		})
-
-		Convey("render time interval >10s", func() {
-			part, err := NewQueryPart("time", []string{"$interval"})
-			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-
-			query.Interval = ">10s"
-
-			res := part.Render(query, queryContext, "")
-			So(res, ShouldEqual, "time(10s)")
-		})
-
-		Convey("render time interval >1s and higher interval calculation", func() {
-			part, err := NewQueryPart("time", []string{"$interval"})
-			queryContext := &tsdb.QueryContext{TimeRange: tsdb.NewTimeRange("1y", "now")}
-			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
-
-			query.Interval = ">1s"
-
-			res := part.Render(query, queryContext, "")
-			So(res, ShouldEqual, "time(168h)")
+			So(res, ShouldEqual, "time($__interval)")
 		})
 
 		Convey("render spread", func() {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go
index b6af67e5e42..dd2a3a5687a 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/influxdb/query_test.go
@@ -16,10 +16,15 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 		qp1, _ := NewQueryPart("field", []string{"value"})
 		qp2, _ := NewQueryPart("mean", []string{})
 
-		groupBy1, _ := NewQueryPart("time", []string{"$interval"})
+		mathPartDivideBy100, _ := NewQueryPart("math", []string{"/ 100"})
+		mathPartDivideByIntervalMs, _ := NewQueryPart("math", []string{"/ $__interval_ms"})
+
+		groupBy1, _ := NewQueryPart("time", []string{"$__interval"})
 		groupBy2, _ := NewQueryPart("tag", []string{"datacenter"})
 		groupBy3, _ := NewQueryPart("fill", []string{"null"})
 
+		groupByOldInterval, _ := NewQueryPart("time", []string{"$interval"})
+
 		tag1 := &Tag{Key: "hostname", Value: "server1", Operator: "="}
 		tag2 := &Tag{Key: "hostname", Value: "server2", Operator: "=", Condition: "OR"}
 
@@ -55,6 +60,43 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			So(rawQuery, ShouldEqual, `SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE "hostname" = 'server1' OR "hostname" = 'server2' AND time > now() - 5m GROUP BY time(5s), "datacenter" fill(null)`)
 		})
 
+		Convey("can build query with math part", func() {
+			query := &Query{
+				Selects:     []*Select{{*qp1, *qp2, *mathPartDivideBy100}},
+				Measurement: "cpu",
+				Interval:    "5s",
+			}
+
+			rawQuery, err := query.Build(queryContext)
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			So(rawQuery, ShouldEqual, `SELECT mean("value") / 100 FROM "cpu" WHERE time > now() - 5m`)
+		})
+
+		Convey("can build query with math part using $__interval_ms variable", func() {
+			query := &Query{
+				Selects:     []*Select{{*qp1, *qp2, *mathPartDivideByIntervalMs}},
+				Measurement: "cpu",
+				Interval:    "5s",
+			}
+
+			rawQuery, err := query.Build(queryContext)
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			So(rawQuery, ShouldEqual, `SELECT mean("value") / 5000 FROM "cpu" WHERE time > now() - 5m`)
+		})
+
+		Convey("can build query with old $interval variable", func() {
+			query := &Query{
+				Selects:     []*Select{{*qp1, *qp2}},
+				Measurement: "cpu",
+				Policy:      "",
+				GroupBy:     []*QueryPart{groupByOldInterval},
+			}
+
+			rawQuery, err := query.Build(queryContext)
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			So(rawQuery, ShouldEqual, `SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE time > now() - 5m GROUP BY time(200ms)`)
+		})
+
 		Convey("can render time range", func() {
 			query := Query{}
 			Convey("render from: 2h to now-1h", func() {
@@ -139,4 +181,5 @@ func TestInfluxdbQueryBuilder(t *testing.T) {
 			So(query.renderMeasurement(), ShouldEqual, ` FROM "policy"./apa/`)
 		})
 	})
+
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/interval.go b/pkg/tsdb/interval.go
index 71caf122c13..aef6cc4f47b 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/interval.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/interval.go
@@ -12,14 +12,19 @@ var (
 	day         time.Duration = time.Hour * 24 * 365
 )
 
-func CalculateInterval(timerange *TimeRange) string {
+type Interval struct {
+	Text  string
+	Value time.Duration
+}
+
+func CalculateInterval(timerange *TimeRange) Interval {
 	interval := time.Duration((timerange.MustGetTo().UnixNano() - timerange.MustGetFrom().UnixNano()) / defaultRes)
 
 	if interval < minInterval {
-		return formatDuration(minInterval)
+		return Interval{Text: formatDuration(minInterval), Value: interval}
 	}
 
-	return formatDuration(roundInterval(interval))
+	return Interval{Text: formatDuration(roundInterval(interval)), Value: interval}
 }
 
 func formatDuration(inter time.Duration) string {
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/interval_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/interval_test.go
index c06e1879668..7b243b4e3ba 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/interval_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/interval_test.go
@@ -18,28 +18,28 @@ func TestInterval(t *testing.T) {
 			tr := NewTimeRange("5m", "now")
 
 			interval := CalculateInterval(tr)
-			So(interval, ShouldEqual, "200ms")
+			So(interval.Text, ShouldEqual, "200ms")
 		})
 
 		Convey("for 15min", func() {
 			tr := NewTimeRange("15m", "now")
 
 			interval := CalculateInterval(tr)
-			So(interval, ShouldEqual, "500ms")
+			So(interval.Text, ShouldEqual, "500ms")
 		})
 
 		Convey("for 30min", func() {
 			tr := NewTimeRange("30m", "now")
 
 			interval := CalculateInterval(tr)
-			So(interval, ShouldEqual, "1s")
+			So(interval.Text, ShouldEqual, "1s")
 		})
 
 		Convey("for 1h", func() {
 			tr := NewTimeRange("1h", "now")
 
 			interval := CalculateInterval(tr)
-			So(interval, ShouldEqual, "2s")
+			So(interval.Text, ShouldEqual, "2s")
 		})
 
 		Convey("Round interval", func() {
diff --git a/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part.ts b/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part.ts
index fcd337a0a26..cf6780ac182 100644
--- a/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part.ts
+++ b/public/app/core/components/query_part/query_part.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function functionRenderer(part, innerExpr) {
     var paramType = part.def.params[index];
     if (paramType.type === 'time') {
       if (value === 'auto') {
-        value = '$interval';
+        value = '$__interval';
       }
     }
     if (paramType.quote === 'single') {
diff --git a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
index aba4492401b..66e624911e2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/panel/metrics_panel_ctrl.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ class MetricsPanelCtrl extends PanelCtrl {
       return this.$q.when([]);
     }
 
+    // make shallow copy of scoped vars,
+    // and add built in variables interval and interval_ms
+    var scopedVars = Object.assign({}, this.panel.scopedVars, {
+      "__interval":     {text: this.interval,   value: this.interval},
+      "__interval_ms":  {text: this.intervalMs, value: this.intervalMs},
+    });
+
     var metricsQuery = {
       panelId: this.panel.id,
       range: this.range,
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ class MetricsPanelCtrl extends PanelCtrl {
       targets: this.panel.targets,
       format: this.panel.renderer === 'png' ? 'png' : 'json',
       maxDataPoints: this.resolution,
-      scopedVars: this.panel.scopedVars,
+      scopedVars: scopedVars,
       cacheTimeout: this.panel.cacheTimeout
     };
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/specs/template_srv_specs.ts b/public/app/features/templating/specs/template_srv_specs.ts
index af95b68cb7d..f3e8ab3f58a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/specs/template_srv_specs.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/specs/template_srv_specs.ts
@@ -244,4 +244,16 @@ describe('templateSrv', function() {
       expect(target).to.be('Server: All, period: 13m');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('built in interval variables', function() {
+    beforeEach(function() {
+      initTemplateSrv([]);
+    });
+
+    it('should replace $__interval_ms with interval milliseconds', function() {
+      var target = _templateSrv.replace('10 * $__interval_ms', {"__interval_ms": {text: "100", value: "100"}});
+      expect(target).to.be('10 * 100');
+    });
+
+  });
 });
diff --git a/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js b/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js
index de82be2cf66..f47afc81574 100644
--- a/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js
+++ b/public/app/features/templating/templateSrv.js
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
     this._grafanaVariables = {};
     this._adhocVariables = {};
 
+    // default built ins
+    this._builtIns = {};
+    this._builtIns['__interval'] = {text: '1s', value: '1s'};
+    this._builtIns['__interval_ms'] = {text: '100', value: '100'};
+
     this.init = function(variables) {
       this.variables = variables;
       this.updateTemplateData();
@@ -42,6 +47,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
 
         this._index[variable.name] = variable;
       }
+
     };
 
     this.variableInitialized = function(variable) {
@@ -103,10 +109,10 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
           return this.distributeVariable(value, variable.name);
         }
         default:  {
-          if (typeof value === 'string') {
-            return value;
+          if (_.isArray(value)) {
+            return '{' + value.join(',') + '}';
           }
-          return '{' + value.join(',') + '}';
+          return value;
         }
       }
     };
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ function (angular, _, kbn) {
       str = _.escape(str);
       this._regex.lastIndex = 0;
       return str.replace(this._regex, function(match, g1, g2) {
-        if (self._index[g1 || g2]) {
+        if (self._index[g1 || g2] || self._builtIns[g1 || g2]) {
           return '<span class="template-variable">' + match + '</span>';
         }
         return match;
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
index 38fd6337f22..94fa75bf2eb 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/datasource.js
@@ -197,15 +197,9 @@ function (angular, _, moment, kbn, ElasticQueryBuilder, IndexPattern, ElasticRes
         target = options.targets[i];
         if (target.hide) {continue;}
 
-        var queryObj = this.queryBuilder.build(target, adhocFilters);
+        var queryString = templateSrv.replace(target.query || '*', options.scopedVars, 'lucene');
+        var queryObj = this.queryBuilder.build(target, adhocFilters, queryString);
         var esQuery = angular.toJson(queryObj);
-        var luceneQuery = target.query || '*';
-        luceneQuery = templateSrv.replace(luceneQuery, options.scopedVars, 'lucene');
-        luceneQuery = angular.toJson(luceneQuery);
-
-        // remove inner quotes
-        luceneQuery = luceneQuery.substr(1, luceneQuery.length - 2);
-        esQuery = esQuery.replace("$lucene_query", luceneQuery);
 
         var searchType = (queryObj.size === 0 && this.esVersion < 5) ? 'count' : 'query_then_fetch';
         var header = this.getQueryHeader(searchType, options.range.from, options.range.to);
@@ -219,7 +213,6 @@ function (angular, _, moment, kbn, ElasticQueryBuilder, IndexPattern, ElasticRes
         return $q.when([]);
       }
 
-      payload = payload.replace(/\$interval/g, options.interval);
       payload = payload.replace(/\$timeFrom/g, options.range.from.valueOf());
       payload = payload.replace(/\$timeTo/g, options.range.to.valueOf());
       payload = templateSrv.replace(payload, options.scopedVars);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/query_builder.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/query_builder.js
index 62f5ed2a994..26e338957f4 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/query_builder.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/elasticsearch/query_builder.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function (queryDef) {
     esAgg.format = "epoch_millis";
 
     if (esAgg.interval === 'auto') {
-      esAgg.interval = "$interval";
+      esAgg.interval = "$__interval";
     }
 
     if (settings.missing) {
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ function (queryDef) {
     }
   };
 
-  ElasticQueryBuilder.prototype.build = function(target, adhocFilters) {
+  ElasticQueryBuilder.prototype.build = function(target, adhocFilters, queryString) {
     // make sure query has defaults;
     target.metrics = target.metrics || [{ type: 'count', id: '1' }];
     target.dsType = 'elasticsearch';
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function (queryDef) {
             {
               "query_string": {
                 "analyze_wildcard": true,
-                "query": '$lucene_query'
+                "query": queryString,
               }
             }
           ]
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
index 28f13752dbe..dc6aaaf7a03 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
 
   query(options) {
     var timeFilter = this.getTimeFilter(options);
-    var scopedVars = options.scopedVars ? _.cloneDeep(options.scopedVars) : {};
+    var scopedVars = options.scopedVars;
     var targets = _.cloneDeep(options.targets);
     var queryTargets = [];
     var queryModel;
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
 
       queryTargets.push(target);
 
-      // build query
-      scopedVars.interval = {value: target.interval || options.interval};
+      // backward compatability
+      scopedVars.interval = scopedVars.__interval;
 
       queryModel = new InfluxQuery(target, this.templateSrv, scopedVars);
       return queryModel.render(true);
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts
index 2f03f37a0a1..065b85cf175 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influx_query.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class InfluxQuery {
     target.resultFormat = target.resultFormat || 'time_series';
     target.tags = target.tags || [];
     target.groupBy = target.groupBy || [
-      {type: 'time', params: ['$interval']},
+      {type: 'time', params: ['$__interval']},
       {type: 'fill', params: ['null']},
     ];
     target.select = target.select || [[
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/influx_query_specs.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/influx_query_specs.ts
index 52beed1d080..c162c488f82 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/influx_query_specs.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/specs/influx_query_specs.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
       }, templateSrv, {});
 
       var queryText = query.render();
-      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval) fill(null)');
+      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval) fill(null)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
       }, templateSrv, {});
 
       var queryText = query.render();
-      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "5m_avg"."cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval) fill(null)');
+      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "5m_avg"."cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval) fill(null)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
       }, templateSrv, {});
 
       var queryText = query.render();
-      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") /100 AS "text" FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval) fill(null)');
+      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") /100 AS "text" FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval) fill(null)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
       var queryText = query.render();
 
       expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE "hostname" = \'server\\\\1\' AND $timeFilter'
-                          + ' GROUP BY time($interval)');
+                          + ' GROUP BY time($__interval)');
     });
 
     it('should switch regex operator with tag value is regex', function() {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
       }, templateSrv, {});
 
       var queryText = query.render();
-      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE "app" =~ /e.*/ AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval)');
+      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE "app" =~ /e.*/ AND $timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
 
       var queryText = query.render();
       expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE "hostname" = \'server1\' AND "app" = \'email\' AND ' +
-                          '$timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval)');
+                          '$timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
 
       var queryText = query.render();
       expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE "hostname" = \'server1\' OR "hostname" = \'server2\' AND ' +
-                          '$timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval)');
+                          '$timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval)');
     });
   });
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
 
       var queryText = query.render();
       expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT mean("value") FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter ' +
-                          'GROUP BY time($interval), "host"');
+                          'GROUP BY time($__interval), "host"');
     });
   });
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('InfluxQuery', function() {
         groupBy: [{type: 'time'}, {type: 'fill', params: ['0']}],
       }, templateSrv, {});
       var queryText = query.render();
-      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT "value" FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($interval) fill(0)');
+      expect(queryText).to.be('SELECT "value" FROM "cpu" WHERE $timeFilter GROUP BY time($__interval) fill(0)');
     });
   });