diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
index 2dc5de1f4..79d506e9a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
@@ -307,7 +307,11 @@ func gatherContainerStats(
 	for i, percpu := range stat.CPUStats.CPUUsage.PercpuUsage {
 		percputags := copyTags(tags)
 		percputags["cpu"] = fmt.Sprintf("cpu%d", i)
-		acc.AddFields("docker_container_cpu", map[string]interface{}{"usage_total": percpu}, percputags, now)
+		fields := map[string]interface{}{
+			"usage_total":  percpu,
+			"container_id": id,
+		}
+		acc.AddFields("docker_container_cpu", fields, percputags, now)
 	}
 
 	for network, netstats := range stat.Networks {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go
index 17f0ada6c..1574009b8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -111,13 +111,15 @@ func TestDockerGatherContainerStats(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cputags["cpu"] = "cpu0"
 	cpu0fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"usage_total": uint64(1),
+		"usage_total":  uint64(1),
+		"container_id": "123456789",
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "docker_container_cpu", cpu0fields, cputags)
 
 	cputags["cpu"] = "cpu1"
 	cpu1fields := map[string]interface{}{
-		"usage_total": uint64(1002),
+		"usage_total":  uint64(1002),
+		"container_id": "123456789",
 	}
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "docker_container_cpu", cpu1fields, cputags)
 }
@@ -372,7 +374,8 @@ func TestDockerGatherInfo(t *testing.T) {
 	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t,
 		"docker_container_cpu",
 		map[string]interface{}{
-			"usage_total": uint64(1231652),
+			"usage_total":  uint64(1231652),
+			"container_id": "b7dfbb9478a6ae55e237d4d74f8bbb753f0817192b5081334dc78476296e2173",
 		},
 		map[string]string{
 			"container_name":  "etcd2",