diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
index 8f8a3ad0b..73fca9253 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch_test.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
 		Namespace: "AWS/ELB",
 		Delay:     internalDuration,
 		Period:    internalDuration,
+		RateLimit: 10,
 	}
 
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator