diff --git a/plugins/inputs/riak/riak.go b/plugins/inputs/riak/riak.go
index 56231176b..19bf7df04 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/riak/riak.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/riak/riak.go
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ type riakStats struct {
 	VnodeIndexWritesTotal    int64  `json:"vnode_index_writes_total"`
 	VnodePuts                int64  `json:"vnode_puts"`
 	VnodePutsTotal           int64  `json:"vnode_puts_total"`
+	ReadRepairs              int64  `json:"read_repairs"`
+	ReadRepairsTotal         int64  `json:"read_repairs_total"`
 }
 
 // A sample configuration to only gather stats from localhost, default port.
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ func (r *Riak) gatherServer(s string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		"vnode_index_writes_total":     stats.VnodeIndexWritesTotal,
 		"vnode_puts":                   stats.VnodePuts,
 		"vnode_puts_total":             stats.VnodePutsTotal,
+		"read_repairs":                 stats.ReadRepairs,
+		"read_repairs_total":           stats.ReadRepairsTotal,
 	}
 
 	// Accumulate the tags and values
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/riak/riak_test.go b/plugins/inputs/riak/riak_test.go
index 49da4e7ea..09f9a961f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/riak/riak_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/riak/riak_test.go
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ func TestRiak(t *testing.T) {
 		"node_put_fsm_time_99":         int64(84422),
 		"node_put_fsm_time_mean":       int64(10832),
 		"node_put_fsm_time_median":     int64(4085),
+		"read_repairs":                 int64(2),
+		"read_repairs_total":           int64(7918375),
 		"node_puts":                    int64(1155),
 		"node_puts_total":              int64(444895769),
 		"pbc_active":                   int64(360),