diff --git a/plugins/outputs/all/all.go b/plugins/outputs/all/all.go
index 18fb1c925..004fe5344 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/all/all.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package all
 import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/amon"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/amqp"
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/appdynamics"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/cloudwatch"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/datadog"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/file"
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e55eb0a07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Appdynamics Output Plugin
+
+This plugin writes to [Appdynamics Machine Agent](http://localhost:8293)
+via raw TCP.
+
+## Configuration:
+
+```toml
+  ## controller information tor connect and retrieve tier-id value
+  controllerTierURL = "https://foo.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/rest/applications/bar/tiers/baz?output=JSON"
+  controllerUserName = "apiuser"
+  controllerPassword = "apipass"
+  ## Machine agent custom metrics listener url format string
+  ## |Component:%d| gets transformed into |Component:id| during initialization - where 'id' is a tier-id for
+  ## this controller application/tier combination
+  agentURL = "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|"
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d811785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+package influxdb
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
+)
+
+var sampleConfig = `
+  ## controller information tor connect and retrieve tier-id value
+  controllerTierURL = "https://foo.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/rest/applications/bar/tiers/baz?output=JSON"
+  controllerUserName = "apiuser@account.com"
+  controllerPassword = "apipassword"
+  ## Machine agent custom metrics listener url format string
+  ## |Component:%d| gets transformed into |Component:id| during initialization - where 'id' is a tier-id for
+  ## this controller application/tier combination
+  agentURL = "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|"
+`
+
+type Appdynamics struct {
+	// Controller values for retrieving tier-id from the controller
+	ControllerTierURL     string
+	ControllerUserName    string
+	ControllerPassword    string
+
+	// Machine agent URL format string
+	AgentURL string
+
+	// Tier id value retrieved from the controller for this application/tier
+	tierId int64
+}
+
+// Close - There is nothing to close here, but need to comply with output interface
+func (a *Appdynamics) Close() error{
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Connect - initialize appdynamics plugin by retrieving tier-id value from the appdynamics controller
+// for this application/tier combination and updating (reformatting) agent url string with tier-id value
+func (a *Appdynamics) Connect() (err error) {
+	a.tierId, err = a.getTierId()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Printf("Agent Tier ID: %d\n", a.tierId)
+	a.AgentURL = fmt.Sprintf(a.AgentURL, a.tierId)
+	fmt.Printf("Agent URL: %s\n", a.AgentURL)
+	return err
+}
+
+// Description - describing what this is
+func (a *Appdynamics) Description() string {
+	return "Configuration for Appdynamics controller/listener to send metrics to"
+}
+
+// getTierId - retrieve tier id value for this application/tier combination from the appdynamics controller
+func (a *Appdynamics) getTierId() (int64, error) {
+	client := &http.Client{}
+
+	/* Auth */
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", a.ControllerTierURL, nil)
+	req.SetBasicAuth(a.ControllerUserName, a.ControllerPassword)
+
+	res, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	defer res.Body.Close()
+
+	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	var tiers []struct {
+		Id int64 `json:"id"`
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &tiers)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if len(tiers) != 1 {
+		fmt.Println("Invalid reply: ", tiers)
+	}
+
+	return tiers[0].Id, nil
+}
+
+// Write - post telegraf metrics to appdynamics machine agent listener using
+// http.Get per https://docs.appdynamics.com/display/PRO40/Standalone+Machine+Agent+HTTP+Listener
+func (a *Appdynamics) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+	for _, metric := range metrics {
+		if metric.Fields()["value"] == nil {
+			log.Println("WARNING: missing value:", metric)
+		} else {
+			var appdType string
+			switch metric.Tags()["metric_type"] {
+			case "gauge":
+				appdType = "average"
+			default:
+				appdType = "sum"
+			}
+			url := a.AgentURL + metric.Name() + fmt.Sprintf("&value=%v&type=%s", metric.Fields()["value"], appdType)
+			fmt.Printf("Calling %s ...\n", url)
+			_, err := http.Get(url)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println("ERROR: " + err.Error())
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *Appdynamics) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func init() {
+	outputs.Add("appdynamics", func() telegraf.Output {
+		return &Appdynamics{}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90ef9384e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/outputs/appdynamics/appdynamics_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package influxdb
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+// TestAppdynamicsError - attemp to initialize Appdynamics with invalid controller user name value
+func TestAppdynamicsError(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Appdynamics{
+		ControllerTierURL:     "https://foo.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/rest/applications/bar/tiers/baz?output=JSON",
+		ControllerUserName:    "apiuser@foo.bar.com",
+		ControllerPassword:    "pass123",
+		AgentURL:              "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|",
+	}
+	assert.Error(t, a.Connect())
+}
+
+// TestAppdynamicsOK - successfully initialize Appdynamics and process metrics calls
+func TestAppdynamicsOK(t *testing.T) {
+	// channel to collect received calls
+	ch := make(chan string, 1)
+
+	h := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		s := r.URL.String()
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, "Hi there, I love %s!", s)
+		ch <- r.URL.RawQuery
+	}
+	http.HandleFunc("/", h)
+	go http.ListenAndServe(":8293", nil)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+
+	a := Appdynamics{
+		ControllerTierURL:     "https://foo.saas.appdynamics.com/controller/rest/applications/bar/tiers/baz?output=JSON",
+		ControllerUserName:    "apiuser@foo.bar",
+		ControllerPassword:    "pass123",
+		AgentURL:              "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:%d|Custom+Metrics|",
+	}
+	// this error is expected since we are not connecting to actual controller
+	assert.Error(t, a.Connect())
+	// reset agent url value with '123' tier id
+	a.AgentURL = fmt.Sprintf(a.AgentURL, 123)
+	assert.Equal(t, a.AgentURL, "http://localhost:8293/machineagent/metrics?name=Server|Component:123|Custom+Metrics|")
+
+	// counter type - appd-type: sum
+	m, _ := telegraf.NewMetric(
+		"foo",
+		map[string]string{"metrcic_type": "counter"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(1.23)},
+		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	)
+	metrics := []telegraf.Metric{m}
+	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))
+	call := <-ch
+	assert.Equal(t, "name=Server|Component:123|Custom+Metrics|foo&value=1.23&type=sum", call)
+
+	// gauge type - appd-type: average
+	m, _ = telegraf.NewMetric(
+		"foo",
+		map[string]string{"metric_type": "gauge"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(4.56)},
+		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	)
+	metrics = []telegraf.Metric{m}
+	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))
+	call = <-ch
+	assert.Equal(t, "name=Server|Component:123|Custom+Metrics|foo&value=4.56&type=average", call)
+
+	// other type - defaults to appd-type: sum
+	m, _ = telegraf.NewMetric(
+		"foo",
+		map[string]string{"metric_type": "bar"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"value": float64(7.89)},
+		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	)
+	metrics = []telegraf.Metric{m}
+	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))
+	call = <-ch
+	assert.Equal(t, "name=Server|Component:123|Custom+Metrics|foo&value=7.89&type=sum", call)
+
+	// invalid: missing value
+	m, _ = telegraf.NewMetric(
+		"foo",
+		map[string]string{"metric_type": "bar"},
+		map[string]interface{}{"values": float64(7.89)},
+		time.Date(2010, time.November, 10, 23, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	)
+	metrics = []telegraf.Metric{m}
+	assert.NoError(t, a.Write(metrics))
+	select {
+	case call = <-ch:
+		t.Error("No messages expected, but got: ", call)
+	default:
+	}
+}