diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
index 5611a0a9e..db7b0c207 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ type PrometheusClient struct {
 	tlsint.ServerConfig
 
 	server *http.Server
+	url    string
 
 	sync.Mutex
 	// fam is the non-expired MetricFamily by Prometheus metric name.
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## If set, enable TLS with the given certificate.
   # tls_cert = "/etc/ssl/telegraf.crt"
   # tls_key = "/etc/ssl/telegraf.key"
-  
+
   ## Set one or more allowed client CA certificate file names to
   ## enable mutually authenticated TLS connections
   # tls_allowed_cacerts = ["/etc/telegraf/clientca.pem"]
@@ -213,6 +215,8 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Connect() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	p.url = createURL(tlsConfig, listener, p.Path)
+
 	go func() {
 		err := p.server.Serve(listener)
 		if err != nil && err != http.ErrServerClosed {
@@ -224,11 +228,31 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Connect() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Address returns the address the plugin is listening on.  If not listening
+// an empty string is returned.
+func (p *PrometheusClient) URL() string {
+	return p.url
+}
+
+func createURL(tlsConfig *tls.Config, listener net.Listener, path string) string {
+	u := url.URL{
+		Scheme: "http",
+		Host:   listener.Addr().String(),
+		Path:   path,
+	}
+
+	if tlsConfig != nil {
+		u.Scheme = "https"
+	}
+	return u.String()
+}
+
 func (p *PrometheusClient) Close() error {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*5)
 	defer cancel()
 	err := p.server.Shutdown(ctx)
 	prometheus.Unregister(p)
+	p.url = ""
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client_tls_test.go b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client_tls_test.go
index d7484d61f..bcf6b4381 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client_tls_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client_tls_test.go
@@ -3,25 +3,26 @@ package prometheus_client_test
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/influxdata/toml"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"net/http"
-	"testing"
 )
 
 var pki = testutil.NewPKI("../../../testutil/pki")
 
 var configWithTLS = fmt.Sprintf(`
- listen = "127.0.0.1:9090"
+ listen = "127.0.0.1:0"
  tls_allowed_cacerts = ["%s"]
  tls_cert = "%s"
  tls_key = "%s"
 `, pki.TLSServerConfig().TLSAllowedCACerts[0], pki.TLSServerConfig().TLSCert, pki.TLSServerConfig().TLSKey)
 
 var configWithoutTLS = `
-  listen = "127.0.0.1:9090"
+  listen = "127.0.0.1:0"
 `
 
 type PrometheusClientTestContext struct {
@@ -33,11 +34,10 @@ type PrometheusClientTestContext struct {
 func TestWorksWithoutTLS(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := buildTestContext(t, []byte(configWithoutTLS))
 	err := tc.Output.Connect()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer tc.Output.Close()
 
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	response, err := tc.Client.Get("http://localhost:9090/metrics")
+	response, err := tc.Client.Get(tc.Output.URL())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -47,24 +47,21 @@ func TestWorksWithoutTLS(t *testing.T) {
 func TestWorksWithTLS(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := buildTestContext(t, []byte(configWithTLS))
 	err := tc.Output.Connect()
-	defer tc.Output.Close()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer tc.Output.Close()
 
-	response, err := tc.Client.Get("https://localhost:9090/metrics")
+	response, err := tc.Client.Get(tc.Output.URL())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, response.StatusCode, http.StatusOK)
 
-	response, err = tc.Client.Get("http://localhost:9090/metrics")
-	require.Error(t, err)
-
 	tr := &http.Transport{
 		TLSClientConfig: &tls.Config{InsecureSkipVerify: true},
 	}
 
 	client := &http.Client{Transport: tr}
-	response, err = client.Get("https://localhost:9090/metrics")
+	response, err = client.Get(tc.Output.URL())
 
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }