diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openldap/README.md b/plugins/inputs/openldap/README.md
index e55d16509..44e751f5e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/openldap/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openldap/README.md
@@ -25,50 +25,62 @@ To use this plugin you must enable the [monitoring](https://www.openldap.org/dev
   # dn/password to bind with. If bind_dn is empty, an anonymous bind is performed.
   bind_dn = ""
   bind_password = ""
+  
+  # reverse metric names so they sort more naturally
+  # Defaults to false if unset, but is set to true when generating a new config
+  reverse_metric_names = true
 ```
 
 ### Measurements & Fields:
 
-All **monitorCounter**, **monitorOpInitiated**, and **monitorOpCompleted** attributes are gathered based on this LDAP query:
+All **monitorCounter**, **monitoredInfo**, **monitorOpInitiated**, and **monitorOpCompleted** attributes are gathered based on this LDAP query:
 
-```(|(objectClass=monitorCounterObject)(objectClass=monitorOperation))```
+```(|(objectClass=monitorCounterObject)(objectClass=monitorOperation)(objectClass=monitoredObject))```
 
-Metric names are based on their entry DN.
+Metric names are based on their entry DN with the cn=Monitor base removed. If `reverse_metric_names` is not set, metrics are based on their DN. If `reverse_metric_names` is set to `true`, the names are reversed. This is recommended as it allows the names to sort more naturally.
 
-Metrics for the **monitorOp*** attributes have **_initiated** and **_completed** added to the base name.
+Metrics for the **monitorOp*** attributes have **_initiated** and **_completed** added to the base name as appropriate.
 
 An OpenLDAP 2.4 server will provide these metrics:
 
 - openldap
-	- max_file_descriptors_connections
-	- current_connections
-	- total_connections
-	- abandon_operations_completed
-	- abandon_operations_initiated
-	- add_operations_completed
-	- add_operations_initiated
-	- bind_operations_completed
-	- bind_operations_initiated
-	- compare_operations_completed
-	- compare_operations_initiated
-	- delete_operations_completed
-	- delete_operations_initiated
-	- extended_operations_completed
-	- extended_operations_initiated
-	- modify_operations_completed
-	- modify_operations_initiated
-	- modrdn_operations_completed
-	- modrdn_operations_initiated
-	- search_operations_completed
-	- search_operations_initiated
-	- unbind_operations_completed
-	- unbind_operations_initiated
-	- bytes_statistics
-	- entries_statistics
-	- pdu_statistics
-	- referrals_statistics
-	- read_waiters
-	- write_waiters
+	- connections_current
+	- connections_max_file_descriptors
+	- connections_total
+	- operations_abandon_completed
+	- operations_abandon_initiated
+	- operations_add_completed
+	- operations_add_initiated
+	- operations_bind_completed
+	- operations_bind_initiated
+	- operations_compare_completed
+	- operations_compare_initiated
+	- operations_delete_completed
+	- operations_delete_initiated
+	- operations_extended_completed
+	- operations_extended_initiated
+	- operations_modify_completed
+	- operations_modify_initiated
+	- operations_modrdn_completed
+	- operations_modrdn_initiated
+	- operations_search_completed
+	- operations_search_initiated
+	- operations_unbind_completed
+	- operations_unbind_initiated
+	- statistics_bytes
+	- statistics_entries
+	- statistics_pdu
+	- statistics_referrals
+	- threads_active
+	- threads_backload
+	- threads_max
+	- threads_max_pending
+	- threads_open
+	- threads_pending
+	- threads_starting
+	- time_uptime
+	- waiters_read
+	- waiters_write
 
 ### Tags:
 
@@ -80,5 +92,5 @@ An OpenLDAP 2.4 server will provide these metrics:
 ```
 $ telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter openldap -test --debug
 * Plugin: inputs.openldap, Collection 1
-> openldap,server=localhost,port=389,host=zirzla search_operations_completed=2i,delete_operations_completed=0i,read_waiters=1i,total_connections=1004i,bind_operations_completed=3i,unbind_operations_completed=3i,referrals_statistics=0i,current_connections=1i,bind_operations_initiated=3i,compare_operations_completed=0i,add_operations_completed=2i,delete_operations_initiated=0i,unbind_operations_initiated=3i,search_operations_initiated=3i,add_operations_initiated=2i,max_file_descriptors_connections=4096i,abandon_operations_initiated=0i,write_waiters=0i,modrdn_operations_completed=0i,abandon_operations_completed=0i,pdu_statistics=23i,modify_operations_initiated=0i,bytes_statistics=1660i,entries_statistics=17i,compare_operations_initiated=0i,modrdn_operations_initiated=0i,extended_operations_completed=0i,modify_operations_completed=0i,extended_operations_initiated=0i 1499990455000000000
+> openldap,server=localhost,port=389,host=niska.ait.psu.edu operations_bind_initiated=10i,operations_unbind_initiated=6i,operations_modrdn_completed=0i,operations_delete_initiated=0i,operations_add_completed=2i,operations_delete_completed=0i,operations_abandon_completed=0i,statistics_entries=1516i,threads_open=2i,threads_active=1i,waiters_read=1i,operations_modify_completed=0i,operations_extended_initiated=4i,threads_pending=0i,operations_search_initiated=36i,operations_compare_initiated=0i,connections_max_file_descriptors=4096i,operations_modify_initiated=0i,operations_modrdn_initiated=0i,threads_max=16i,time_uptime=6017i,connections_total=1037i,connections_current=1i,operations_add_initiated=2i,statistics_bytes=162071i,operations_unbind_completed=6i,operations_abandon_initiated=0i,statistics_pdu=1566i,threads_max_pending=0i,threads_backload=1i,waiters_write=0i,operations_bind_completed=10i,operations_search_completed=35i,operations_compare_completed=0i,operations_extended_completed=4i,statistics_referrals=0i,threads_starting=0i 1516912070000000000
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap.go b/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap.go
index a70cfd13a..e413ecbed 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type Openldap struct {
 	SslCa              string
 	BindDn             string
 	BindPassword       string
+	ReverseMetricNames bool
 }
 
 const sampleConfig string = `
@@ -40,13 +41,18 @@ const sampleConfig string = `
   # dn/password to bind with. If bind_dn is empty, an anonymous bind is performed.
   bind_dn = ""
   bind_password = ""
+
+  # Reverse metric names so they sort more naturally. Recommended.
+  # This defaults to false if unset, but is set to true when generating a new config
+  reverse_metric_names = true
 `
 
 var searchBase = "cn=Monitor"
-var searchFilter = "(|(objectClass=monitorCounterObject)(objectClass=monitorOperation))"
-var searchAttrs = []string{"monitorCounter", "monitorOpInitiated", "monitorOpCompleted"}
+var searchFilter = "(|(objectClass=monitorCounterObject)(objectClass=monitorOperation)(objectClass=monitoredObject))"
+var searchAttrs = []string{"monitorCounter", "monitorOpInitiated", "monitorOpCompleted", "monitoredInfo"}
 var attrTranslate = map[string]string{
 	"monitorCounter":     "",
+	"monitoredInfo":      "",
 	"monitorOpInitiated": "_initiated",
 	"monitorOpCompleted": "_completed",
 }
@@ -69,6 +75,7 @@ func NewOpenldap() *Openldap {
 		SslCa:              "",
 		BindDn:             "",
 		BindPassword:       "",
+		ReverseMetricNames: false,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -149,7 +156,7 @@ func gatherSearchResult(sr *ldap.SearchResult, o *Openldap, acc telegraf.Accumul
 		"port":   strconv.Itoa(o.Port),
 	}
 	for _, entry := range sr.Entries {
-		metricName := dnToMetric(entry.DN, searchBase)
+		metricName := dnToMetric(entry.DN, o)
 		for _, attr := range entry.Attributes {
 			if len(attr.Values[0]) >= 1 {
 				if v, err := strconv.ParseInt(attr.Values[0], 10, 64); err == nil {
@@ -162,15 +169,30 @@ func gatherSearchResult(sr *ldap.SearchResult, o *Openldap, acc telegraf.Accumul
 	return
 }
 
-// Convert a DN to metric name, eg cn=Read,cn=Waiters,cn=Monitor to read_waiters
-func dnToMetric(dn, searchBase string) string {
-	metricName := strings.Trim(dn, " ")
-	metricName = strings.Replace(metricName, " ", "_", -1)
-	metricName = strings.ToLower(metricName)
-	metricName = strings.TrimPrefix(metricName, "cn=")
-	metricName = strings.Replace(metricName, strings.ToLower(searchBase), "", -1)
-	metricName = strings.Replace(metricName, "cn=", "_", -1)
-	return strings.Replace(metricName, ",", "", -1)
+// Convert a DN to metric name, eg cn=Read,cn=Waiters,cn=Monitor becomes waiters_read
+// Assumes the last part of the DN is cn=Monitor and we want to drop it
+func dnToMetric(dn string, o *Openldap) string {
+	if o.ReverseMetricNames {
+		var metricParts []string
+
+		dn = strings.Trim(dn, " ")
+		dn = strings.Replace(dn, " ", "_", -1)
+		dn = strings.Replace(dn, "cn=", "", -1)
+		dn = strings.ToLower(dn)
+		metricParts = strings.Split(dn, ",")
+		for i, j := 0, len(metricParts)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+			metricParts[i], metricParts[j] = metricParts[j], metricParts[i]
+		}
+		return strings.Join(metricParts[1:], "_")
+	} else {
+		metricName := strings.Trim(dn, " ")
+		metricName = strings.Replace(metricName, " ", "_", -1)
+		metricName = strings.ToLower(metricName)
+		metricName = strings.TrimPrefix(metricName, "cn=")
+		metricName = strings.Replace(metricName, strings.ToLower("cn=Monitor"), "", -1)
+		metricName = strings.Replace(metricName, "cn=", "_", -1)
+		return strings.Replace(metricName, ",", "", -1)
+	}
 }
 
 func init() {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap_test.go b/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap_test.go
index 489ef8636..b33354ece 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/openldap/openldap_test.go
@@ -148,3 +148,24 @@ func commonTests(t *testing.T, o *Openldap, acc *testutil.Accumulator) {
 	assert.Equal(t, strconv.Itoa(o.Port), acc.TagValue("openldap", "port"), "Has a tag value of port=o.Port")
 	assert.True(t, acc.HasInt64Field("openldap", "total_connections"), "Has an integer field called total_connections")
 }
+
+func TestOpenldapReverseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	if testing.Short() {
+		t.Skip("Skipping integration test in short mode")
+	}
+
+	o := &Openldap{
+		Host:               testutil.GetLocalHost(),
+		Port:               389,
+		Ssl:                "",
+		InsecureSkipVerify: true,
+		BindDn:             "cn=manager,cn=config",
+		BindPassword:       "secret",
+		ReverseMetricNames: true,
+	}
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	err := o.Gather(&acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasInt64Field("openldap", "connections_total"), "Has an integer field called connections_total")
+}