diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9aab18fcd..3a1698214 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ be deprecated eventually.
 - [#2596](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2596): fix timestamp parsing on prometheus plugin
 - [#2610](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2610): Fix deadlock when output cannot write
 - [#2410](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2410): Fix connection leak in postgresql.
+- [#2628](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2628): Set default measurement name for snmp input.
 
 ## v1.2.1 [2017-02-01]
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp.go b/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp.go
index 5394e57db..2aef729b3 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/snmp/snmp.go
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ func Errorf(err error, msg string, format ...interface{}) error {
 func init() {
 	inputs.Add("snmp", func() telegraf.Input {
 		return &Snmp{
+			Name:           "snmp",
 			Retries:        3,
 			MaxRepetitions: 10,
 			Timeout:        internal.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},