diff --git a/plugins/all/all.go b/plugins/all/all.go
index 595fdcaf4..737ee0ec3 100644
--- a/plugins/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/all/all.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/memcached"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/mongodb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/mysql"
+	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/nginx"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/postgresql"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/prometheus"
 	_ "github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins/rabbitmq"
diff --git a/plugins/nginx/nginx.go b/plugins/nginx/nginx.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75b17232b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nginx/nginx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+package nginx
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/plugins"
+)
+
+type Nginx struct {
+	Urls []string
+}
+
+var sampleConfig = `
+# An array of Nginx stub_status URI to gather stats.
+urls = ["localhost/status"]`
+
+func (n *Nginx) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func (n *Nginx) Description() string {
+	return "Read Nginx's basic status information (ngx_http_stub_status_module)"
+}
+
+func (n *Nginx) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var outerr error
+
+	for _, u := range n.Urls {
+		addr, err := url.Parse(u)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse address '%s': %s", u, err)
+		}
+
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(addr *url.URL) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			outerr = n.gatherUrl(addr, acc)
+		}(addr)
+	}
+
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	return outerr
+}
+
+var tr = &http.Transport{
+	ResponseHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(3 * time.Second),
+}
+
+var client = &http.Client{Transport: tr}
+
+func (n *Nginx) gatherUrl(addr *url.URL, acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
+	resp, err := client.Get(addr.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error making HTTP request to %s: %s", addr.String(), err)
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s returned HTTP status %s", addr.String(), resp.Status)
+	}
+	r := bufio.NewReader(resp.Body)
+
+	// Active connections
+	_, err = r.ReadString(':')
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	line, err := r.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	active, err := strconv.ParseUint(strings.TrimSpace(line), 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Server accepts handled requests
+	_, err = r.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	line, err = r.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	data := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(line), " ", 3)
+	accepts, err := strconv.ParseUint(data[0], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	handled, err := strconv.ParseUint(data[1], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	requests, err := strconv.ParseUint(data[2], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Reading/Writing/Waiting
+	line, err = r.ReadString('\n')
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	data = strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(line), " ", 6)
+	reading, err := strconv.ParseUint(data[1], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	writing, err := strconv.ParseUint(data[3], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	waiting, err := strconv.ParseUint(data[5], 10, 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(addr.Host)
+	tags := map[string]string{"server": host}
+	acc.Add("active", active, tags)
+	acc.Add("accepts", accepts, tags)
+	acc.Add("handled", handled, tags)
+	acc.Add("requests", requests, tags)
+	acc.Add("reading", reading, tags)
+	acc.Add("writing", writing, tags)
+	acc.Add("waiting", waiting, tags)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func init() {
+	plugins.Add("nginx", func() plugins.Plugin {
+		return &Nginx{}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/nginx/nginx_test.go b/plugins/nginx/nginx_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6184f9b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nginx/nginx_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package nginx
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdb/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+const sampleResponse = `
+Active connections: 585 
+server accepts handled requests
+ 85340 85340 35085 
+Reading: 4 Writing: 135 Waiting: 446 
+`
+
+func TestNginxGeneratesMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		var rsp string
+
+		if r.URL.Path == "/stub_status" {
+			rsp = sampleResponse
+		} else {
+			panic("Cannot handle request")
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, rsp)
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	n := &Nginx{
+		Urls: []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s/stub_status", ts.URL)},
+	}
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+
+	err := n.Gather(&acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	metrics := []struct {
+		name  string
+		value uint64
+	}{
+		{"active", 585},
+		{"accepts", 85340},
+		{"handled", 85340},
+		{"requests", 35085},
+		{"reading", 4},
+		{"writing", 135},
+		{"waiting", 446},
+	}
+	addr, err := url.Parse(ts.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(addr.Host)
+	tags := map[string]string{"server": host}
+
+	for _, m := range metrics {
+		assert.NoError(t, acc.ValidateTaggedValue(m.name, m.value, tags))
+	}
+}