diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 571272b32..ec203c1f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ For documentation on the latest development code see the [documentation index][d
 * [date](/plugins/processors/date)
 * [dedup](/plugins/processors/dedup)
 * [enum](/plugins/processors/enum)
+* [filepath](/plugins/processors/filepath)
 * [override](/plugins/processors/override)
 * [parser](/plugins/processors/parser)
 * [pivot](/plugins/processors/pivot)
diff --git a/plugins/processors/all/all.go b/plugins/processors/all/all.go
index ab6746c62..5ff977324 100644
--- a/plugins/processors/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/processors/all/all.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/date"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/dedup"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/enum"
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/filepath"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/override"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/parser"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors/pivot"
diff --git a/plugins/processors/filepath/README.md b/plugins/processors/filepath/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4473ff62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/processors/filepath/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+# Filepath Processor Plugin
+
+The `filepath` processor plugin maps certain go functions from [path/filepath](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/)
+onto tag and field values. Values can be modified in place or stored in another key.
+
+Implemented functions are:
+
+* [Base](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Base) (accessible through `[[processors.filepath.basename]]`)
+* [Rel](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Rel) (accessible through `[[processors.filepath.rel]]`)
+* [Dir](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Dir) (accessible through `[[processors.filepath.dir]]`)
+* [Clean](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#Clean) (accessible through `[[processors.filepath.clean]]`)
+* [ToSlash](https://golang.org/pkg/path/filepath/#ToSlash) (accessible through `[[processors.filepath.toslash]]`)
+
+ On top of that, the plugin provides an extra function to retrieve the final path component without its extension. This
+ function is accessible through the `[[processors.filepath.stem]]` configuration item.
+
+Please note that, in this implementation, these functions are processed in the order that they appear above( except for
+`stem` that is applied in the first place).
+
+Specify the `tag` and/or `field` that you want processed in each section and optionally a `dest` if you want the result
+stored in a new tag or field.
+
+If you plan to apply multiple transformations to the same `tag`/`field`, bear in mind the processing order stated above.
+
+## Configuration
+
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path and convert it to its last element, storing the result in a new tag
+  # [[processors.filepath.basename]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+  #   dest = "basepath"
+
+  ## Treat the field value as a path and keep all but the last element of path, typically the path's directory
+  # [[processors.filepath.dirname]]
+  #   field = "path"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, converting it to its the last element without its suffix
+  # [[processors.filepath.stem]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, converting it to the shortest path name equivalent
+  ## to path by purely lexical processing
+  # [[processors.filepath.clean]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, converting it to a relative path that is lexically
+  ## equivalent to the source path when joined to 'base_path'
+  # [[processors.filepath.rel]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+  #   base_path = "/var/log"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, replacing each separator character in path with a '/' character. Has only
+  ## effect on Windows
+  # [[processors.filepath.toslash]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+```
+
+## Considerations
+
+### Clean
+
+Even though `clean` is provided a standalone function, it is also invoked when using the `rel` and `dirname` functions,
+so there is no need to use it along with them.
+
+That is:
+
+ ```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+   [[processors.filepath.dir]]
+     tag = "path"
+   [[processors.filepath.clean]]
+     tag = "path"
+ ```
+
+Is equivalent to:
+
+ ```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+   [[processors.filepath.dir]]
+     tag = "path"
+ ```
+
+### ToSlash
+
+The effects of this function are only noticeable on Windows platforms, because of the underlying golang implementation.
+
+## Examples
+
+### Basename
+ 
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  [[processors.filepath.basename]]
+    tag = "path"
+```
+
+```diff
+- my_metric,path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
++ my_metric,path="ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
+```
+
+### Dirname
+
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  [[processors.filepath.dirname]]
+    field = "path"
+    dest = "folder"
+```
+
+```diff
+- my_metric path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log",duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
++ my_metric path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log",folder="/var/log/batch",duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
+```
+
+### Stem
+
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  [[processors.filepath.stem]]
+    tag = "path"
+```
+
+```diff
+- my_metric,path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
++ my_metric,path="ajob" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
+```
+
+### Clean
+
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  [[processors.filepath.clean]]
+    tag = "path"
+```
+
+```diff
+- my_metric,path="/var/log/dummy/../batch//ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
++ my_metric,path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
+```
+
+### Rel
+
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  [[processors.filepath.rel]]
+    tag = "path"
+    base_path = "/var/log"
+```
+
+```diff
+- my_metric,path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
++ my_metric,path="batch/ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
+```
+
+### ToSlash
+
+```toml
+[[processors.filepath]]
+  [[processors.filepath.rel]]
+    tag = "path"
+```
+
+```diff
+- my_metric,path="\var\log\batch\ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
++ my_metric,path="/var/log/batch/ajob.log" duration_seconds=134 1587920425000000000
+```
+
+### Processing paths from tail plugin
+
+This plugin can be used together with the
+[tail input plugn](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/master/plugins/inputs/tail) to make modifications
+to the `path` tag injected for every file.
+
+Scenario:
+
+* A log file `/var/log/myjobs/mysql_backup.log`, containing logs for a job execution. Whenever the job ends, a line is
+written to the log file following this format: `2020-04-05 11:45:21 total time execution: 70 seconds`
+* We want to generate a measurement that captures the duration of the script as a field and includes the `path` as a
+tag
+    * We are interested in the filename without its extensions, since it might be enough information for plotting our
+    execution times in a dashboard
+    * Just in case, we don't want to override the original path (if for some reason we end up having duplicates we might
+    want this information)
+
+For this purpose, we will use the `tail` input plugin, the `grok` parser plugin and the `filepath` processor.
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.tail]]
+  files = ["/var/log/myjobs/**.log"]
+  data_format = "grok"
+  grok_patterns = ['%{TIMESTAMP_ISO8601:timestamp:ts-"2006-01-02 15:04:05"} total time execution: %{NUMBER:duration_seconds:int}']
+  name_override = "myjobs"
+
+[[processors.filepath]]
+   [[processors.filepath.stem]]
+     tag = "path"
+     dest = "stempath"
+
+```
+
+The resulting output for a job taking 70 seconds for the mentioned log file would look like:
+
+```text
+myjobs_duration_seconds,host="my-host",path="/var/log/myjobs/mysql_backup.log",stempath="mysql_backup" 70 1587920425000000000
+```
diff --git a/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath.go b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70013de17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+package filepath
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/processors"
+)
+
+type Options struct {
+	BaseName []BaseOpts `toml:"basename"`
+	DirName  []BaseOpts `toml:"dirname"`
+	Stem     []BaseOpts
+	Clean    []BaseOpts
+	Rel      []RelOpts
+	ToSlash  []BaseOpts `toml:"toslash"`
+}
+
+type ProcessorFunc func(s string) string
+
+// BaseOpts contains options applicable to every function
+type BaseOpts struct {
+	Field string
+	Tag   string
+	Dest  string
+}
+
+type RelOpts struct {
+	BaseOpts
+	BasePath string
+}
+
+const sampleConfig = `
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path and convert it to its last element, storing the result in a new tag 
+  # [[processors.filepath.basename]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+  #   dest = "basepath"
+
+  ## Treat the field value as a path and keep all but the last element of path, typically the path's directory 
+  # [[processors.filepath.dirname]]
+  #   field = "path"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, converting it to its the last element without its suffix
+  # [[processors.filepath.stem]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, converting it to the shortest path name equivalent
+  ## to path by purely lexical processing 
+  # [[processors.filepath.clean]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, converting it to a relative path that is lexically
+  ## equivalent to the source path when joined to 'base_path' 
+  # [[processors.filepath.rel]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+  #   base_path = "/var/log"
+
+  ## Treat the tag value as a path, replacing each separator character in path with a '/' character. Has only
+  ## effect on Windows
+  # [[processors.filepath.toslash]]
+  #   tag = "path"
+`
+
+func (o *Options) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func (o *Options) Description() string {
+	return "Performs file path manipulations on tags and fields"
+}
+
+// applyFunc applies the specified function to the metric
+func (o *Options) applyFunc(bo BaseOpts, fn ProcessorFunc, metric telegraf.Metric) {
+	if bo.Tag != "" {
+		if v, ok := metric.GetTag(bo.Tag); ok {
+			targetTag := bo.Tag
+
+			if bo.Dest != "" {
+				targetTag = bo.Dest
+			}
+			metric.AddTag(targetTag, fn(v))
+		}
+	}
+
+	if bo.Field != "" {
+		if v, ok := metric.GetField(bo.Field); ok {
+			targetField := bo.Field
+
+			if bo.Dest != "" {
+				targetField = bo.Dest
+			}
+
+			// Only string fields are considered
+			if v, ok := v.(string); ok {
+				metric.AddField(targetField, fn(v))
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func stemFilePath(path string) string {
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(path), filepath.Ext(path))
+}
+
+// processMetric processes fields and tag values for a given metric applying the selected transformations
+func (o *Options) processMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) {
+	// Stem
+	for _, v := range o.Stem {
+		o.applyFunc(v, stemFilePath, metric)
+	}
+	// Basename
+	for _, v := range o.BaseName {
+		o.applyFunc(v, filepath.Base, metric)
+	}
+	// Rel
+	for _, v := range o.Rel {
+		o.applyFunc(v.BaseOpts, func(s string) string {
+			relPath, _ := filepath.Rel(v.BasePath, s)
+			return relPath
+		}, metric)
+	}
+	// Dirname
+	for _, v := range o.DirName {
+		o.applyFunc(v, filepath.Dir, metric)
+	}
+	// Clean
+	for _, v := range o.Clean {
+		o.applyFunc(v, filepath.Clean, metric)
+	}
+	// ToSlash
+	for _, v := range o.ToSlash {
+		o.applyFunc(v, filepath.ToSlash, metric)
+	}
+}
+
+func (o *Options) Apply(in ...telegraf.Metric) []telegraf.Metric {
+	for _, m := range in {
+		o.processMetric(m)
+	}
+
+	return in
+}
+
+func init() {
+	processors.Add("filepath", func() telegraf.Processor {
+		return &Options{}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_test.go b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a305c4c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package filepath
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+)
+
+var samplePath = "/my/test//c/../path/file.log"
+
+func TestOptions_Apply(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testCase{
+		{
+			name:         "Smoke Test",
+			o:            newOptions("/my/test/"),
+			inputMetrics: getSmokeTestInputMetrics(samplePath),
+			expectedMetrics: []telegraf.Metric{
+				testutil.MustMetric(
+					smokeMetricName,
+					map[string]string{
+						"baseTag":  "file.log",
+						"dirTag":   "/my/test/path",
+						"stemTag":  "file",
+						"cleanTag": "/my/test/path/file.log",
+						"relTag":   "path/file.log",
+						"slashTag": "/my/test//c/../path/file.log",
+					},
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"baseField":  "file.log",
+						"dirField":   "/my/test/path",
+						"stemField":  "file",
+						"cleanField": "/my/test/path/file.log",
+						"relField":   "path/file.log",
+						"slashField": "/my/test//c/../path/file.log",
+					},
+					time.Now()),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Test Dest Option",
+			o: &Options{
+				BaseName: []BaseOpts{
+					{
+						Field: "sourcePath",
+						Tag:   "sourcePath",
+						Dest:  "basePath",
+					},
+				}},
+			inputMetrics: []telegraf.Metric{
+				testutil.MustMetric(
+					"testMetric",
+					map[string]string{"sourcePath": samplePath},
+					map[string]interface{}{"sourcePath": samplePath},
+					time.Now()),
+			},
+			expectedMetrics: []telegraf.Metric{
+				testutil.MustMetric(
+					"testMetric",
+					map[string]string{"sourcePath": samplePath, "basePath": "file.log"},
+					map[string]interface{}{"sourcePath": samplePath, "basePath": "file.log"},
+					time.Now()),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	runTestOptionsApply(t, tests)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_test_helpers.go b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_test_helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..571730b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_test_helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package filepath
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+)
+
+const smokeMetricName = "testmetric"
+
+type testCase struct {
+	name            string
+	o               *Options
+	inputMetrics    []telegraf.Metric
+	expectedMetrics []telegraf.Metric
+}
+
+func newOptions(basePath string) *Options {
+	return &Options{
+		BaseName: []BaseOpts{
+			{
+				Field: "baseField",
+				Tag:   "baseTag",
+			},
+		},
+		DirName: []BaseOpts{
+			{
+				Field: "dirField",
+				Tag:   "dirTag",
+			},
+		},
+		Stem: []BaseOpts{
+			{
+				Field: "stemField",
+				Tag:   "stemTag",
+			},
+		},
+		Clean: []BaseOpts{
+			{
+				Field: "cleanField",
+				Tag:   "cleanTag",
+			},
+		},
+		Rel: []RelOpts{
+			{
+				BaseOpts: BaseOpts{
+					Field: "relField",
+					Tag:   "relTag",
+				},
+				BasePath: basePath,
+			},
+		},
+		ToSlash: []BaseOpts{
+			{
+				Field: "slashField",
+				Tag:   "slashTag",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func getSampleMetricTags(path string) map[string]string {
+	return map[string]string{
+		"baseTag":  path,
+		"dirTag":   path,
+		"stemTag":  path,
+		"cleanTag": path,
+		"relTag":   path,
+		"slashTag": path,
+	}
+}
+
+func getSampleMetricFields(path string) map[string]interface{} {
+	return map[string]interface{}{
+		"baseField":  path,
+		"dirField":   path,
+		"stemField":  path,
+		"cleanField": path,
+		"relField":   path,
+		"slashField": path,
+	}
+}
+
+func getSmokeTestInputMetrics(path string) []telegraf.Metric {
+	return []telegraf.Metric{
+		testutil.MustMetric(smokeMetricName, getSampleMetricTags(path), getSampleMetricFields(path),
+			time.Now()),
+	}
+}
+
+func runTestOptionsApply(t *testing.T, tests []testCase) {
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := tt.o.Apply(tt.inputMetrics...)
+			testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, tt.expectedMetrics, got, testutil.SortMetrics(), testutil.IgnoreTime())
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_windows_test.go b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..daca33d18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/processors/filepath/filepath_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package filepath
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+)
+
+var samplePath = "c:\\my\\test\\\\c\\..\\path\\file.log"
+
+func TestOptions_Apply(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []testCase{
+		{
+			name:         "Smoke Test",
+			o:            newOptions("c:\\my\\test\\"),
+			inputMetrics: getSmokeTestInputMetrics(samplePath),
+			expectedMetrics: []telegraf.Metric{
+				testutil.MustMetric(
+					smokeMetricName,
+					map[string]string{
+						"baseTag":  "file.log",
+						"dirTag":   "c:\\my\\test\\path",
+						"stemTag":  "file",
+						"cleanTag": "c:\\my\\test\\path\\file.log",
+						"relTag":   "path\\file.log",
+						"slashTag": "c:/my/test//c/../path/file.log",
+					},
+					map[string]interface{}{
+						"baseField":  "file.log",
+						"dirField":   "c:\\my\\test\\path",
+						"stemField":  "file",
+						"cleanField": "c:\\my\\test\\path\\file.log",
+						"relField":   "path\\file.log",
+						"slashField": "c:/my/test//c/../path/file.log",
+					},
+					time.Now()),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	runTestOptionsApply(t, tests)
+}