diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f40abf279..99302b629 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Features
 
+- [#1606](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1606): Remove carraige returns from exec plugin output on Windows
 - [#1674](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1674): elasticsearch input: configurable timeout.
 - [#1607](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1607): Massage metric names in Instrumental output plugin
 - [#1572](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1572): mesos improvements.
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
index 060a4f308..f2fc60e5c 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -114,9 +115,36 @@ func (c CommandRunner) Run(
 		}
 	}
 
+	out = removeCarriageReturns(out)
 	return out.Bytes(), nil
 }
 
+// removeCarriageReturns removes all carriage returns from the input if the
+// OS is Windows. It does not return any errors.
+func removeCarriageReturns(b bytes.Buffer) bytes.Buffer {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		var buf bytes.Buffer
+		for {
+			byt, er := b.ReadBytes(0x0D)
+			end := len(byt)
+			if nil == er {
+				end -= 1
+			}
+			if nil != byt {
+				buf.Write(byt[:end])
+			} else {
+				break
+			}
+			if nil != er {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		b = buf
+	}
+	return b
+
+}
+
 func (e *Exec) ProcessCommand(command string, acc telegraf.Accumulator, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	defer wg.Done()
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go
index cd9c9eaef..ac527a12f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/exec/exec_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package exec
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
@@ -46,6 +48,29 @@ cpu,cpu=cpu5,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
 cpu,cpu=cpu6,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
 `
 
+type CarriageReturnTest struct {
+	input  []byte
+	output []byte
+}
+
+var crTests = []CarriageReturnTest{
+	{[]byte{0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x31, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69,
+		0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x32, 0x0d, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65,
+		0x20, 0x33},
+		[]byte{0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x31, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e,
+			0x65, 0x20, 0x32, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x33}},
+	{[]byte{0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x31, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e,
+		0x65, 0x20, 0x32, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x33},
+		[]byte{0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x31, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e,
+			0x65, 0x20, 0x32, 0x0a, 0x4c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x33}},
+	{[]byte{0x54, 0x68, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x61, 0x6c,
+		0x6c, 0x20, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x62, 0x69, 0x67, 0x20,
+		0x6c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65},
+		[]byte{0x54, 0x68, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x69, 0x73, 0x20, 0x61, 0x6c,
+			0x6c, 0x20, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x20, 0x62, 0x69, 0x67, 0x20,
+			0x6c, 0x69, 0x6e, 0x65}},
+}
+
 type runnerMock struct {
 	out []byte
 	err error
@@ -217,3 +242,21 @@ func TestExecCommandWithoutGlobAndPath(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "metric", fields)
 }
+
+func TestRemoveCarriageReturns(t *testing.T) {
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		// Test that all carriage returns are removed
+		for _, test := range crTests {
+			b := bytes.NewBuffer(test.input)
+			out := removeCarriageReturns(*b)
+			assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(test.output, out.Bytes()))
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Test that the buffer is returned unaltered
+		for _, test := range crTests {
+			b := bytes.NewBuffer(test.input)
+			out := removeCarriageReturns(*b)
+			assert.True(t, bytes.Equal(test.input, out.Bytes()))
+		}
+	}
+}