diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/data.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/data.ts
index 9eb75ea4030..678efc40f00 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/data.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/types/data.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ export interface Column {
 }
 
 export interface TableData extends QueryResultBase {
+  name?: string;
   columns: Column[];
   rows: any[][];
 }
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/processSeriesData.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/processSeriesData.ts
index f07baeaaf6e..1ba31e3bbde 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/processSeriesData.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/utils/processSeriesData.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ function convertTableToSeriesData(table: TableData): SeriesData {
     rows: table.rows,
     refId: table.refId,
     meta: table.meta,
+    name: table.name,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/datasource.ts
index 52f6080bbd5..1d8ff8cda26 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/testdata/datasource.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export class TestDataDatasource implements DataSourceApi<TestDataQuery> {
           for (const t of results.tables || []) {
             const table = t as TableData;
             table.refId = query.refId;
+            table.name = query.alias;
             data.push(table);
           }