diff --git a/src/libsysprof-analyze/sysprof-document-counter-value.c b/src/libsysprof-analyze/sysprof-document-counter-value.c
index 56dcf701..9287010e 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-analyze/sysprof-document-counter-value.c
+++ b/src/libsysprof-analyze/sysprof-document-counter-value.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enum {
   PROP_TIME_OFFSET,
   PROP_VALUE_DOUBLE,
   PROP_VALUE_INT64,
+  PROP_VALUE_STRING,
   N_PROPS
 };
 
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ sysprof_document_counter_value_get_property (GObject    *object,
       g_value_set_int64 (value, sysprof_document_counter_value_get_value_int64 (self));
       break;
 
+    case PROP_VALUE_STRING:
+      g_value_take_string (value, sysprof_document_counter_value_format (self));
+      break;
+
     default:
       G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, prop_id, pspec);
     }
@@ -112,6 +117,11 @@ sysprof_document_counter_value_class_init (SysprofDocumentCounterValueClass *kla
                         G_MININT64, G_MAXINT64, 0,
                         (G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
 
+  properties[PROP_VALUE_STRING] =
+    g_param_spec_string ("value-string", NULL, NULL,
+                         NULL,
+                         (G_PARAM_READABLE | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+
   g_object_class_install_properties (object_class, N_PROPS, properties);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sysprof/sysprof-cpu-section.ui b/src/sysprof/sysprof-cpu-section.ui
index f5b0e1b8..3351986b 100644
--- a/src/sysprof/sysprof-cpu-section.ui
+++ b/src/sysprof/sysprof-cpu-section.ui
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
       <object class="GtkLabel">
         <property name="xalign">0</property>
         <binding name="label">
-          <lookup name="value-double" type="SysprofDocumentCounterValue">
+          <lookup name="value-string" type="SysprofDocumentCounterValue">
             <lookup name="item">GtkListItem</lookup>
           </lookup>
         </binding>