diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5853ac28..ab0f74448 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ changed to just run docker commands in the Makefile. See `make docker-run` and
 - HAProxy plugin tag has changed from `host` to `server`
 
 ### Features
+- [#357](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/357): Libvirt plugin. Thanks @neckhair!
 - [#325](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/325): NSQ output. Thanks @jrxFive!
 - [#318](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/318): Prometheus output. Thanks @oldmantaiter!
 - [#338](https://github.com/influxdb/telegraf/pull/338): Restart Telegraf on package upgrade. Thanks @linsomniac!
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69378adbb..d6b2adebc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ Telegraf currently has support for collecting metrics from:
 * jolokia (remote JMX with JSON over HTTP)
 * kafka_consumer
 * leofs
+* libvirt
 * lustre2
 * memcached
 * mongodb
diff --git a/plugins/all/all.go b/plugins/all/all.go
index 977b980b8..c4fcab7f0 100644
--- a/plugins/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/all/all.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/jolokia"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/kafka_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/leofs"
+	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/libvirt"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/lustre2"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/memcached"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/mongodb"
diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/README.md b/plugins/libvirt/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c1a2e24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# Telegraf Plugin: libvirt
+
+#### Description
+
+The libvirt plugin collects libvirt statistics.
+
+To test this plugin set the following configuration:
+
+```toml
+[libvirt]
+  uri = "test:///default"
+```
+
+This mocks a libvirt deamon with one running domain. The URI for a connection to a local qemu would be
+`qemu:///system`.
+
+## Resources
+
+* http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/UbuntuKVMWalkthrough
+* http://godoc.org/github.com/alexzorin/libvirt-go
+
+## Measurements:
+
+Meta:
+- units: int64
+- tags: `domain=vader`
+
+Measurements names:
+- libvirt_cpu_time
+- libvirt_max_mem
+- libvirt_memory
+- libvirt_nr_virt_cpu
diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/libvirt.go b/plugins/libvirt/libvirt.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5d6a8d91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/libvirt.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package libvirt
+
+import (
+	lv "github.com/alexzorin/libvirt-go"
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
+)
+
+const sampleConfig = `
+  # specify a libvirt connection uri
+  uri = "qemu:///system"
+`
+
+type Libvirt struct {
+	Uri string
+}
+
+func (l *Libvirt) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func (l *Libvirt) Description() string {
+	return "Read domain infos from a libvirt deamon"
+}
+
+func (l *Libvirt) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
+	connection, err := lv.NewVirConnectionReadOnly(l.Uri)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer connection.CloseConnection()
+
+	domains, err := connection.ListDomains()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for _, domainId := range domains {
+		domain, err := connection.LookupDomainById(domainId)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		domainName, _ := domain.GetName()
+		tags := map[string]string{"domain": domainName}
+		l.gatherDomain(acc, domain, tags)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m *Libvirt) gatherDomain(acc plugins.Accumulator, domain lv.VirDomain, tags map[string]string) error {
+	domainInfo, err := domain.GetInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	acc.Add("cpu_time", domainInfo.GetCpuTime(), tags)
+	acc.Add("max_mem", domainInfo.GetMaxMem(), tags)
+	acc.Add("memory", domainInfo.GetMemory(), tags)
+	acc.Add("nr_virt_cpu", domainInfo.GetNrVirtCpu(), tags)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	plugins.Add("libvirt", func() plugins.Plugin {
+		return &Libvirt{}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/libvirt/libvirt_test.go b/plugins/libvirt/libvirt_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4cc06d665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/libvirt/libvirt_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package libvirt
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestLibvirt(t *testing.T) {
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+
+	l := &Libvirt{Uri: "test:///default"}
+	l.Gather(&acc)
+
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasUIntValue("cpu_time"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasUIntValue("memory"))
+	assert.True(t, acc.HasUIntValue("max_mem"))
+
+	expectedTags := map[string]string{"domain": "test"}
+	expectedNumberOfCpus := uint16(2)
+	assert.NoError(t, acc.ValidateTaggedValue("nr_virt_cpu", expectedNumberOfCpus, expectedTags))
+}