diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/meta_query.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/meta_query.ts
index 5ba0154ec01..4f915ef2fef 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/meta_query.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/postgres/meta_query.ts
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ table_schema IN (
         break;
       }
       case 'value': {
-        query += " AND data_type IN ('bigint','integer','double precision','real')";
+        query += " AND data_type IN ('bigint','integer','double precision','real','numeric')";
         query += ' AND column_name <> ' + this.quoteIdentAsLiteral(this.target.timeColumn);
         break;
       }