diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/__mocks__/Request.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/__mocks__/Request.ts
index 3366db848c1..dfcdfbeff0d 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/__mocks__/Request.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/__mocks__/Request.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const LogsRequestMock: DataQueryRequest<CloudWatchLogsQuery> = {
   requestId: '',
   interval: '',
   intervalMs: 0,
-  scopedVars: {},
+  scopedVars: { __interval: { value: '20s' } },
   timezone: '',
   app: '',
   startTime: 0,
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts
index fbb7910545b..79e379a79ad 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.test.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ describe('CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner', () => {
     expression: `fields @timestamp, @message | sort @timestamp desc | limit 1`,
   };
 
+  const logsScopedVarQuery: CloudWatchLogsQuery = {
+    queryMode: 'Logs',
+    logGroups: [{ arn: logGroupNamesVariable.name, name: logGroupNamesVariable.name }],
+    hide: false,
+    id: '',
+    region: '$' + regionVariable.name,
+    refId: 'A',
+    expression: `stats count(*) by queryType, bin($__interval)`,
+  };
+
   describe('handleLogQueries', () => {
     it('should map log queries to start query requests correctly', async () => {
       const { runner } = setupMockedLogsQueryRunner({
@@ -229,7 +239,9 @@ describe('CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner', () => {
         },
       });
       const spy = jest.spyOn(runner, 'makeLogActionRequest');
-      await lastValueFrom(runner.handleLogQueries([legacyLogGroupNamesQuery, logGroupNamesQuery], LogsRequestMock));
+      await lastValueFrom(
+        runner.handleLogQueries([legacyLogGroupNamesQuery, logGroupNamesQuery, logsScopedVarQuery], LogsRequestMock)
+      );
       const startQueryRequests: StartQueryRequest[] = [
         {
           queryString: `fields @timestamp, @message | sort @timestamp desc | limit ${limitVariable.current.value}`,
@@ -251,6 +263,13 @@ describe('CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner', () => {
           refId: legacyLogGroupNamesQuery.refId,
           region: regionVariable.current.value as string,
         },
+        {
+          queryString: `stats count(*) by queryType, bin(20s)`,
+          logGroupNames: [],
+          logGroups: [...(logGroupNamesVariable.current.value as string[]).map((v) => ({ arn: v, name: v }))],
+          refId: legacyLogGroupNamesQuery.refId,
+          region: regionVariable.current.value as string,
+        },
       ];
       expect(spy).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, 'StartQuery', startQueryRequests);
     });
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.ts
index 3b09feec20b..108a620aa09 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/cloudwatch/query-runner/CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export class CloudWatchLogsQueryRunner extends CloudWatchRequest {
       return {
         refId: target.refId,
         region: this.templateSrv.replace(this.getActualRegion(target.region)),
-        queryString: this.templateSrv.replace(target.expression || ''),
+        queryString: this.templateSrv.replace(target.expression || '', options.scopedVars),
         logGroups,
         logGroupNames,
       };