diff --git a/Godeps b/Godeps
index 654a345eb..0802675ba 100644
--- a/Godeps
+++ b/Godeps
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ github.com/naoina/go-stringutil 6b638e95a32d0c1131db0e7fe83775cbea4a0d0b
 github.com/nats-io/go-nats ea9585611a4ab58a205b9b125ebd74c389a6b898
 github.com/nats-io/nats ea9585611a4ab58a205b9b125ebd74c389a6b898
 github.com/nats-io/nuid 289cccf02c178dc782430d534e3c1f5b72af807f
-github.com/nsqio/go-nsq a53d495e81424aaf7a7665a9d32a97715c40e953
+github.com/nsqio/go-nsq eee57a3ac4174c55924125bb15eeeda8cffb6e6f
 github.com/opencontainers/runc 89ab7f2ccc1e45ddf6485eaa802c35dcf321dfc8
 github.com/opentracing-contrib/go-observer a52f2342449246d5bcc273e65cbdcfa5f7d6c63c
 github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go 06f47b42c792fef2796e9681353e1d908c417827
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index c636efe56..f89d54b96 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -2595,8 +2595,12 @@
 
 # # Read NSQ topic for metrics.
 # [[inputs.nsq_consumer]]
-#   ## An string representing the NSQD TCP Endpoint
-#   server = "localhost:4150"
+#   ## Server option still works but is deprecated, we just prepend it to the nsqd array.
+#   # server = "localhost:4150"
+#   ## An array representing the NSQD TCP HTTP Endpoints
+#   nsqd = ["localhost:4150"]
+#   ## An array representing the NSQLookupd HTTP Endpoints
+#   nsqlookupd = ["localhost:4161"]
 #   topic = "telegraf"
 #   channel = "consumer"
 #   max_in_flight = 100
@@ -2764,4 +2768,3 @@
 # [[inputs.zipkin]]
 #   # path = "/api/v1/spans" # URL path for span data
 #   # port = 9411            # Port on which Telegraf listens
-
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/README.md b/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/README.md
index d207d8de1..5ac156eec 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 # NSQ Consumer Input Plugin
 
 The [NSQ](http://nsq.io/) consumer plugin polls a specified NSQD
-topic and adds messages to InfluxDB. This plugin allows a message to be in any of the supported `data_format` types. 
+topic and adds messages to InfluxDB. This plugin allows a message to be in any of the supported `data_format` types.
 
 ## Configuration
 
 ```toml
 # Read metrics from NSQD topic(s)
 [[inputs.nsq_consumer]]
-  ## An array of NSQD HTTP API endpoints
-  server = "localhost:4150"
+  ## Server option still works but is deprecated, we just prepend it to the nsqd array.
+  # server = "localhost:4150"
+  ## An array representing the NSQD TCP HTTP Endpoints
+  nsqd = ["localhost:4150"]
+  ## An array representing the NSQLookupd HTTP Endpoints
+  nsqlookupd = ["localhost:4161"]
   topic = "telegraf"
   channel = "consumer"
   max_in_flight = 100
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer.go
index b93c4c68e..0823b3ac9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer.go
@@ -6,12 +6,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers"
-	"github.com/nsqio/go-nsq"
+	nsq "github.com/nsqio/go-nsq"
 )
 
 //NSQConsumer represents the configuration of the plugin
 type NSQConsumer struct {
 	Server      string
+	Nsqd        []string
+	Nsqlookupd  []string
 	Topic       string
 	Channel     string
 	MaxInFlight int
@@ -21,8 +23,12 @@ type NSQConsumer struct {
 }
 
 var sampleConfig = `
-  ## An string representing the NSQD TCP Endpoint
-  server = "localhost:4150"
+  ## Server option still works but is deprecated, we just prepend it to the nsqd array.
+  # server = "localhost:4150"
+  ## An array representing the NSQD TCP HTTP Endpoints
+  nsqd = ["localhost:4150"]
+  ## An array representing the NSQLookupd HTTP Endpoints
+  nsqlookupd = ["localhost:4161"]
   topic = "telegraf"
   channel = "consumer"
   max_in_flight = 100
@@ -71,7 +77,11 @@ func (n *NSQConsumer) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		message.Finish()
 		return nil
 	}), n.MaxInFlight)
-	n.consumer.ConnectToNSQD(n.Server)
+
+	if len(n.Nsqlookupd) > 0 {
+		n.consumer.ConnectToNSQLookupds(n.Nsqlookupd)
+	}
+	n.consumer.ConnectToNSQDs(append(n.Nsqd, n.Server))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer_test.go b/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer_test.go
index 9342e13ac..a6d8c27e5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nsq_consumer/nsq_consumer_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func TestReadsMetricsFromNSQ(t *testing.T) {
 		Topic:       "telegraf",
 		Channel:     "consume",
 		MaxInFlight: 1,
+		Nsqd:        []string{"127.0.0.1:4155"},
 	}
 
 	p, _ := parsers.NewInfluxParser()