diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9d66084e2..306a3dd87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.0.0-beta2 [unreleased]
+
+### Release Notes
+
+### Features
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- [#656](https://github.com/influxdata/kapacitor/pull/656): Fix issues where an expression could not be passed as a function parameter in TICKscript.
+
 ## v1.0.0-beta2 [2016-06-17]
 
 ### Release Notes
diff --git a/tick/ast/parser.go b/tick/ast/parser.go
index 05d67433a..247f0c587 100644
--- a/tick/ast/parser.go
+++ b/tick/ast/parser.go
@@ -359,15 +359,7 @@ func (p *parser) parameters() (args []Node) {
 }
 
 func (p *parser) parameter() (n Node) {
-	switch p.peek().typ {
-	case TokenIdent:
-		n = p.expression()
-	case TokenLambda:
-		n = p.lambda()
-	default:
-		n = p.primary()
-	}
-	return
+	return p.expression()
 }
 
 //parse a string list
diff --git a/tick/ast/parser_test.go b/tick/ast/parser_test.go
index 9a9c850cf..8527922d5 100644
--- a/tick/ast/parser_test.go
+++ b/tick/ast/parser_test.go
@@ -676,6 +676,80 @@ func TestParseStatements(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			script: `f('first ' + string(5m) + 'third')`,
+			Root: &ProgramNode{
+				position: position{
+					pos:  0,
+					line: 1,
+					char: 1,
+				},
+				Nodes: []Node{
+					&FunctionNode{
+						position: position{
+							pos:  0,
+							line: 1,
+							char: 1,
+						},
+						Type: GlobalFunc,
+						Func: "f",
+						Args: []Node{
+							&BinaryNode{
+								position: position{
+									pos:  24,
+									line: 1,
+									char: 25,
+								},
+								Operator: TokenPlus,
+								Left: &BinaryNode{
+									position: position{
+										pos:  11,
+										line: 1,
+										char: 12,
+									},
+									Operator: TokenPlus,
+									Left: &StringNode{
+										position: position{
+											pos:  2,
+											line: 1,
+											char: 3,
+										},
+										Literal: "first ",
+									},
+									Right: &FunctionNode{
+										position: position{
+											pos:  13,
+											line: 1,
+											char: 14,
+										},
+										Type: GlobalFunc,
+										Func: "string",
+										Args: []Node{
+											&DurationNode{
+												position: position{
+													pos:  20,
+													line: 1,
+													char: 21,
+												},
+												Dur: 5 * time.Minute,
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+								Right: &StringNode{
+									position: position{
+										pos:  26,
+										line: 1,
+										char: 27,
+									},
+									Literal: "third",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			script: `var x = 5
 var y = x * 2`,
diff --git a/tick/eval_test.go b/tick/eval_test.go
index 5227fca9a..32f594bbf 100644
--- a/tick/eval_test.go
+++ b/tick/eval_test.go
@@ -848,6 +848,25 @@ f("asdf")
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEvaluate_Func_Expression_Parameter(t *testing.T) {
+	script := `
+f('asdf' + string(10) + 'qwerty')
+`
+
+	f := func(got string) (interface{}, error) {
+		if exp := "asdf10qwerty"; got != exp {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected arg to function: got %s exp %s", got, exp)
+		}
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	scope := stateful.NewScope()
+	scope.Set("f", f)
+
+	if _, err := tick.Evaluate(script, scope, nil, false); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
+
 //------------------------------------
 // Types for TestReflectionDescriber
 //