diff --git a/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible.go b/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible.go
index 710e537c3..75bc6b936 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/postgresql_extensible/postgresql_extensible.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 
 type Postgresql struct {
 	Address          string
+	Outputaddress    string
 	Databases        []string
 	OrderedColumns   []string
 	AllColumns       []string
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## databases are gathered.
   ## databases = ["app_production", "testing"]
   #
+  # outputaddress = "db01"
+  ## A custom name for the database that will be used as the "server" tag in the
+  ## measurement output. If not specified, a default one generated from
+  ## the connection address is used.
+  #
   ## Define the toml config where the sql queries are stored
   ## New queries can be added, if the withdbname is set to true and there is no
   ## databases defined in the 'databases field', the sql query is ended by a
@@ -200,6 +206,9 @@ type scanner interface {
 var KVMatcher, _ = regexp.Compile("(password|sslcert|sslkey|sslmode|sslrootcert)=\\S+ ?")
 
 func (p *Postgresql) SanitizedAddress() (_ string, err error) {
+	if p.Outputaddress != "" {
+		return p.Outputaddress, nil
+	}
 	var canonicalizedAddress string
 	if strings.HasPrefix(p.Address, "postgres://") || strings.HasPrefix(p.Address, "postgresql://") {
 		canonicalizedAddress, err = pq.ParseURL(p.Address)