diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts
index 21bdbf70913..1582b077797 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mssql/datasource.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export class MssqlDatasource {
           ...query,
           datasource: this.name,
           rawSql: this.templateSrv.replace(query.rawSql, scopedVars, this.interpolateVariable),
+          rawQuery: true,
         };
         return expandedQuery;
       });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
index 2bb39ebf0e1..063c1642bcf 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/mysql/datasource.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export class MysqlDatasource {
           ...query,
           datasource: this.name,
           rawSql: this.templateSrv.replace(query.rawSql, scopedVars, this.interpolateVariable),
+          rawQuery: true,
         };
         return expandedQuery;
       });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
index c4a3723722b..0536301361f 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/datasource.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export class PostgresDatasource {
           ...query,
           datasource: this.name,
           rawSql: this.templateSrv.replace(query.rawSql, scopedVars, this.interpolateVariable),
+          rawQuery: true,
         };
         return expandedQuery;
       });