diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/disk_test.go b/plugins/inputs/system/disk_test.go
index 8aeca5523..938ca1b06 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/disk_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/disk_test.go
@@ -117,6 +117,140 @@ func TestDiskUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 2*expectedAllDiskMetrics+7, acc.NFields())
 }
 
+func TestDiskUsageHostMountPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name            string
+		partitionStats  []disk.PartitionStat
+		usageStats      []*disk.UsageStat
+		hostMountPrefix string
+		expectedTags    map[string]string
+		expectedFields  map[string]interface{}
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no host mount prefix",
+			partitionStats: []disk.PartitionStat{
+				{
+					Device:     "/dev/sda",
+					Mountpoint: "/",
+					Fstype:     "ext4",
+					Opts:       "ro",
+				},
+			},
+			usageStats: []*disk.UsageStat{
+				&disk.UsageStat{
+					Path:  "/",
+					Total: 42,
+				},
+			},
+			expectedTags: map[string]string{
+				"path":   "/",
+				"device": "sda",
+				"fstype": "ext4",
+				"mode":   "ro",
+			},
+			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
+				"total":        uint64(42),
+				"used":         uint64(0),
+				"free":         uint64(0),
+				"inodes_total": uint64(0),
+				"inodes_free":  uint64(0),
+				"inodes_used":  uint64(0),
+				"used_percent": float64(0),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "host mount prefix",
+			partitionStats: []disk.PartitionStat{
+				{
+					Device:     "/dev/sda",
+					Mountpoint: "/hostfs/var",
+					Fstype:     "ext4",
+					Opts:       "ro",
+				},
+			},
+			usageStats: []*disk.UsageStat{
+				&disk.UsageStat{
+					Path:  "/hostfs/var",
+					Total: 42,
+				},
+			},
+			hostMountPrefix: "/hostfs",
+			expectedTags: map[string]string{
+				"path":   "/var",
+				"device": "sda",
+				"fstype": "ext4",
+				"mode":   "ro",
+			},
+			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
+				"total":        uint64(42),
+				"used":         uint64(0),
+				"free":         uint64(0),
+				"inodes_total": uint64(0),
+				"inodes_free":  uint64(0),
+				"inodes_used":  uint64(0),
+				"used_percent": float64(0),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "host mount prefix exact match",
+			partitionStats: []disk.PartitionStat{
+				{
+					Device:     "/dev/sda",
+					Mountpoint: "/hostfs",
+					Fstype:     "ext4",
+					Opts:       "ro",
+				},
+			},
+			usageStats: []*disk.UsageStat{
+				&disk.UsageStat{
+					Path:  "/hostfs",
+					Total: 42,
+				},
+			},
+			hostMountPrefix: "/hostfs",
+			expectedTags: map[string]string{
+				"path":   "/",
+				"device": "sda",
+				"fstype": "ext4",
+				"mode":   "ro",
+			},
+			expectedFields: map[string]interface{}{
+				"total":        uint64(42),
+				"used":         uint64(0),
+				"free":         uint64(0),
+				"inodes_total": uint64(0),
+				"inodes_free":  uint64(0),
+				"inodes_used":  uint64(0),
+				"used_percent": float64(0),
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			mck := &mock.Mock{}
+			mps := MockPSDisk{&systemPS{&mockDiskUsage{mck}}, mck}
+			defer mps.AssertExpectations(t)
+
+			var acc testutil.Accumulator
+			var err error
+
+			mps.On("Partitions", true).Return(tt.partitionStats, nil)
+
+			for _, v := range tt.usageStats {
+				mps.On("PSDiskUsage", v.Path).Return(v, nil)
+			}
+
+			mps.On("OSGetenv", "HOST_MOUNT_PREFIX").Return(tt.hostMountPrefix)
+
+			err = (&DiskStats{ps: mps}).Gather(&acc)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "disk", tt.expectedFields, tt.expectedTags)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDiskStats(t *testing.T) {
 	var mps MockPS
 	defer mps.AssertExpectations(t)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/system/ps.go b/plugins/inputs/system/ps.go
index 02239e6e6..81161ae68 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/system/ps.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/system/ps.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package system
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ func (s *systemPS) DiskUsage(
 			continue
 		}
 
-		du.Path = strings.TrimPrefix(p.Mountpoint, hostMountPrefix)
+		du.Path = filepath.Join("/", strings.TrimPrefix(p.Mountpoint, hostMountPrefix))
 		du.Fstype = p.Fstype
 		usage = append(usage, du)
 		partitions = append(partitions, &p)