diff --git a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js
index 0cfebd0248..f690a032b1 100644
--- a/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js
+++ b/packages/strapi-utils/lib/models.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 
 // Following this discussion https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18082/validate-decimal-numbers-in-javascript-isnumeric this function is the best implem to determine if a value is a valid number candidate
 const isNumeric = (value) => {
-  return !isNaN(parseFloat(value)) && isFinite(value);
+  return !_.isObject(value) && !isNaN(parseFloat(value)) && isFinite(value);
 };
 
 /* eslint-disable prefer-template */
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ module.exports = {
         // Remove the filter keyword at the end
         let splitKey = key.split('_').slice(0,-1);
         splitKey = splitKey.join('_');
-        
+
         if (modelAttributes[splitKey]) {
           fieldType = modelAttributes[splitKey]['type'];
         }
diff --git a/packages/strapi/lib/core/configurations.js b/packages/strapi/lib/core/configurations.js
index 0e046de1bc..98bb8a5ef1 100755
--- a/packages/strapi/lib/core/configurations.js
+++ b/packages/strapi/lib/core/configurations.js
@@ -382,6 +382,31 @@ const enableHookNestedDependencies = function (name, flattenHooksConfig, force =
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Allow dynamic config values through
+ * the native ES6 template string function.
+ */
+const regex = /\$\{[^()]*\}/g;
+const excludeConfigPaths = ['info.scripts'];
+const templateConfigurations = function (obj, configPath = '') {
+  // Allow values which looks like such as
+  // an ES6 literal string without parenthesis inside (aka function call).
+  // Exclude config with conflicting syntax (e.g. npm scripts).
+  return Object.keys(obj).reduce((acc, key) => {
+    if (isPlainObject(obj[key]) && !isString(obj[key])) {
+      acc[key] = templateConfigurations(obj[key], `${configPath}.${key}`);
+    } else if (isString(obj[key])
+      && !excludeConfigPaths.includes(configPath.substr(1))
+      && obj[key].match(regex) !== null) {
+      acc[key] = eval('`' + obj[key] + '`'); // eslint-disable-line prefer-template
+    } else {
+      acc[key] = obj[key];
+    }
+
+    return acc;
+  }, {});
+};
+    
 const isAdminInDevMode = function () {
   try {
     fs.accessSync(path.resolve(this.config.appPath, 'admin', 'admin', 'build', 'index.html'), fs.constants.R_OK | fs.constants.W_OK);