diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index dbf142c2f..f51e973df 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@
   # mount_points = ["/"]
 
   ## Ignore mount points by filesystem type.
-  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
+  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs", "overlay", "aufs", "squashfs"]
 
 
 # Read metrics about disk IO by device
diff --git a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
index ed5ce1fba..54b7ee0e1 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf_windows.conf
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
 #
 #   ## Ignore some mountpoints by filesystem type. For example (dev)tmpfs (usually
 #   ## present on /run, /var/run, /dev/shm or /dev).
-#   # ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs"]
+#   # ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs", "overlay", "aufs", "squashfs"]
 
 
 # # Read metrics about disk IO by device
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/DISK_README.md b/plugins/inputs/system/DISK_README.md
index b647f8128..fa84264be 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/DISK_README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/DISK_README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Df_(Unix) for more details.
   # mount_points = ["/"]
 
   ## Ignore mount points by filesystem type.
-  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
+  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs", "overlay", "aufs", "squashfs"]
 ```
 
 #### Docker container
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/disk.go b/plugins/inputs/system/disk.go
index 864b28477..172261560 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/disk.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/disk.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var diskSampleConfig = `
   # mount_points = ["/"]
 
   ## Ignore mount points by filesystem type.
-  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs"]
+  ignore_fs = ["tmpfs", "devtmpfs", "devfs", "overlay", "aufs", "squashfs"]
 `
 
 func (_ *DiskStats) SampleConfig() string {