diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js
index 43fb484e9ce..62ee43b5448 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/influxSeries.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function (_) {
         }
 
         if (self.alias) {
-          seriesName = self._getSeriesName(series);
+          seriesName = self._getSeriesName(series, j);
         } else if (series.tags) {
           seriesName = seriesName + ' {' + tags.join(', ') + '}';
         }
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@ function (_) {
     return output;
   };
 
-  p._getSeriesName = function(series) {
+  p._getSeriesName = function(series, index) {
     var regex = /\$(\w+)|\[\[([\s\S]+?)\]\]/g;
 
     return this.alias.replace(regex, function(match, g1, g2) {
       var group = g1 || g2;
 
       if (group === 'm' || group === 'measurement') { return series.name; }
+      if (group === 'col') { return series.columns[index]; }
       if (group.indexOf('tag_') !== 0) { return match; }
 
       var tag = group.replace('tag_', '');
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html
index 7df30e1fb0a..72d55ef08c2 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/partials/query.editor.html
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@
 			<ul>
 				<li>$m = replaced with measurement name</li>
 				<li>$measurement = replaced with measurement name</li>
+				<li>$col = replaced with column name</li>
 				<li>$tag_hostname = replaced with the value of the hostname tag</li>
 				<li>You can also use [[tag_hostname]] pattern replacement syntax</li>
 			</ul>