diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 4382e0cbe..36027834b 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -1460,6 +1460,18 @@ func getParserConfig(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*parsers.Config, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["csv_column_types"]; ok {
+		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
+			if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
+				for _, elem := range ary.Value {
+					if str, ok := elem.(*ast.String); ok {
+						c.CSVColumnTypes = append(c.CSVColumnTypes, str.Value)
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	if node, ok := tbl.Fields["csv_tag_columns"]; ok {
 		if kv, ok := node.(*ast.KeyValue); ok {
 			if ary, ok := kv.Value.(*ast.Array); ok {
@@ -1588,6 +1600,7 @@ func getParserConfig(name string, tbl *ast.Table) (*parsers.Config, error) {
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "grok_custom_pattern_files")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "grok_timezone")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "csv_column_names")
+	delete(tbl.Fields, "csv_column_types")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "csv_comment")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "csv_delimiter")
 	delete(tbl.Fields, "csv_field_columns")
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/csv/README.md b/plugins/parsers/csv/README.md
index 532980991..e4cfbfc37 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/csv/README.md
+++ b/plugins/parsers/csv/README.md
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ values.
   ## If `csv_header_row_count` is set to 0, this config must be used
   csv_column_names = []
 
+  ## For assigning explicit data types to columns.
+  ## Supported types: "int", "float", "bool", "string".
+  ## If this is not specified, type conversion will be done on the types above.
+  csv_column_types = []
+
   ## Indicates the number of rows to skip before looking for header information.
   csv_skip_rows = 0
 
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
index 8e0b8b47e..f18068eb7 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type Parser struct {
 	Comment           string
 	TrimSpace         bool
 	ColumnNames       []string
+	ColumnTypes       []string
 	TagColumns        []string
 	MeasurementColumn string
 	TimestampColumn   string
@@ -148,6 +149,40 @@ outer:
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Try explicit conversion only when column types is defined.
+			if len(p.ColumnTypes) > 0 {
+				// Throw error if current column count exceeds defined types.
+				if i >= len(p.ColumnTypes) {
+					return nil, fmt.Errorf("column type: column count exceeded")
+				}
+
+				var val interface{}
+				var err error
+
+				switch p.ColumnTypes[i] {
+				case "int":
+					val, err = strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("column type: parse int error %s", err)
+					}
+				case "float":
+					val, err = strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("column type: parse float error %s", err)
+					}
+				case "bool":
+					val, err = strconv.ParseBool(value)
+					if err != nil {
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("column type: parse bool error %s", err)
+					}
+				default:
+					val = value
+				}
+
+				recordFields[fieldName] = val
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// attempt type conversions
 			if iValue, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64); err == nil {
 				recordFields[fieldName] = iValue
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go
index e3668d3ac..eff6f953f 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser_test.go
@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@ func TestValueConversion(t *testing.T) {
 
 	//deep equal fields
 	require.Equal(t, expectedMetric.Fields(), returnedMetric.Fields())
+
+	// Test explicit type conversion.
+	p.ColumnTypes = []string{"float", "int", "bool", "string"}
+
+	metrics, err = p.Parse([]byte(testCSV))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	returnedMetric, err2 = metric.New(metrics[0].Name(), metrics[0].Tags(), metrics[0].Fields(), time.Unix(0, 0))
+	require.NoError(t, err2)
+
+	//deep equal fields
+	require.Equal(t, expectedMetric.Fields(), returnedMetric.Fields())
 }
 
 func TestSkipComment(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/registry.go b/plugins/parsers/registry.go
index 8f972fb1b..c3e4b1cbf 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/registry.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	//csv configuration
 	CSVColumnNames       []string `toml:"csv_column_names"`
+	CSVColumnTypes       []string `toml:"csv_column_types"`
 	CSVComment           string   `toml:"csv_comment"`
 	CSVDelimiter         string   `toml:"csv_delimiter"`
 	CSVHeaderRowCount    int      `toml:"csv_header_row_count"`
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ func NewParser(config *Config) (Parser, error) {
 			config.CSVComment,
 			config.CSVTrimSpace,
 			config.CSVColumnNames,
+			config.CSVColumnTypes,
 			config.CSVTagColumns,
 			config.CSVMeasurementColumn,
 			config.CSVTimestampColumn,
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ func newCSVParser(metricName string,
 	comment string,
 	trimSpace bool,
 	columnNames []string,
+	columnTypes []string,
 	tagColumns []string,
 	nameColumn string,
 	timestampColumn string,
@@ -240,6 +243,10 @@ func newCSVParser(metricName string,
 		}
 	}
 
+	if len(columnNames) > 0 && len(columnTypes) > 0 && len(columnNames) != len(columnTypes) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("csv_column_names field count doesn't match with csv_column_types")
+	}
+
 	parser := &csv.Parser{
 		MetricName:        metricName,
 		HeaderRowCount:    headerRowCount,
@@ -249,6 +256,7 @@ func newCSVParser(metricName string,
 		Comment:           comment,
 		TrimSpace:         trimSpace,
 		ColumnNames:       columnNames,
+		ColumnTypes:       columnTypes,
 		TagColumns:        tagColumns,
 		MeasurementColumn: nameColumn,
 		TimestampColumn:   timestampColumn,