diff --git a/ui/src/app/widget/lib/widget-utils.js b/ui/src/app/widget/lib/widget-utils.js
index 58316d1c34..6ddeba503d 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/widget/lib/widget-utils.js
+++ b/ui/src/app/widget/lib/widget-utils.js
@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ export function toLabelValueMap(data, datasources) {
     var dataMap = {};
     var dsDataMap = [];
     for (var d=0;d<datasources.length;d++) {
-        dsDataMap[d] = {};
+        dsDataMap[d] = {
+            $datasource: datasources[d]
+        };
     }
     for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
         var dataKey = data[i].dataKey;