diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7051f6d02b..8ef8365b1f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -198,5 +198,6 @@
 ### Bugfixes
 
 - [Issue #195](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/195). Allow the bind address to be configurable, Thanks @schmurfy.
+- [Issue #200](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/issues/200). Selecting `time` or `sequence_number` silently fail
 
 ### Deprecated
diff --git a/src/integration/server_test.go b/src/integration/server_test.go
index c0d35ede59..3ebcbb5216 100644
--- a/src/integration/server_test.go
+++ b/src/integration/server_test.go
@@ -322,6 +322,24 @@ func (self *ServerSuite) TestListSeries(c *C) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (self *ServerSuite) TestSelectingTimeColumn(c *C) {
+	self.serverProcesses[0].Post("/db?u=root&p=root", `{"name": "test_rep", "replicationFactor": 2}`, c)
+	self.serverProcesses[0].Post("/db/test_rep/users?u=root&p=root", `{"name": "paul", "password": "pass"}`, c)
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	data := `[{
+		"name": "selecting_time_column",
+		"columns": ["val1"],
+		"points": [[1]]
+		}]`
+	self.serverProcesses[0].Post("/db/test_rep/series?u=paul&p=pass", data, c)
+	for _, s := range self.serverProcesses {
+		collection := s.Query("test_rep", "select val1, time from selecting_time_column", false, c)
+		s := collection.GetSeries("selecting_time_column", c)
+		c.Assert(s.Columns, HasLen, 3)
+		c.Assert(s.Points, HasLen, 1)
+	}
+}
+
 func (self *ServerSuite) TestDropDatabase(c *C) {
 	self.serverProcesses[0].Post("/db?u=root&p=root", `{"name": "drop_db", "replicationFactor": 3}`, c)
 	self.serverProcesses[0].Post("/db/drop_db/users?u=root&p=root", `{"name": "paul", "password": "pass"}`, c)
diff --git a/src/parser/parser_test.go b/src/parser/parser_test.go
index 3e0896ac06..096d8e3285 100644
--- a/src/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/src/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func (self *QueryParserSuite) TestParseDeleteQuery(c *C) {
 }
 
 func (self *QueryParserSuite) TestParseWithUnderscore(c *C) {
-	queryString := "select _value from foo"
+	queryString := "select _value, time, sequence_number from foo"
 	query, err := ParseSelectQuery(queryString)
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
diff --git a/src/parser/query_api.go b/src/parser/query_api.go
index 6d82929e05..f1f3275379 100644
--- a/src/parser/query_api.go
+++ b/src/parser/query_api.go
@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ func (self *SelectQuery) GetReferencedColumns() map[*Value][]string {
 
 	notPrefixedColumns := []string{}
 	for _, value := range self.GetColumnNames() {
+		if value.Name == "time" || value.Name == "sequence_number" {
+			continue
+		}
 		notPrefixedColumns = append(notPrefixedColumns, getReferencedColumnsFromValue(value, mapping)...)
 	}