diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http/README.md b/plugins/inputs/http/README.md
index 2c22aaa42..2c0441364 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ The HTTP input plugin collects metrics from one or more HTTP(S) endpoints.  The
     "http://localhost/metrics"
   ]
 
+  ## HTTP method
+  # method = "GET"
+
   ## Optional HTTP headers
   # headers = {"X-Special-Header" = "Special-Value"}
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http/http.go b/plugins/inputs/http/http.go
index 5bf895ca5..bdbb5f6fa 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http/http.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http/http.go
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type HTTP struct {
-	URLs []string `toml:"urls"`
+	URLs   []string `toml:"urls"`
+	Method string
 
 	Headers map[string]string
 
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ var sampleConfig = `
     "http://localhost/metrics"
   ]
 
+  ## HTTP method
+  # method = "GET"
+
   ## Optional HTTP headers
   # headers = {"X-Special-Header" = "Special-Value"}
 
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ func (h *HTTP) gatherURL(
 	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
 	url string,
 ) error {
-	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
+	request, err := http.NewRequest(h.Method, url, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -193,6 +197,7 @@ func init() {
 	inputs.Add("http", func() telegraf.Input {
 		return &HTTP{
 			Timeout: internal.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 5},
+			Method:  "GET",
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go b/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go
index 843015990..486edabc9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/http/http_test.go
@@ -90,6 +90,29 @@ func TestInvalidStatusCode(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, acc.GatherError(plugin.Gather))
 }
 
+func TestMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method == "POST" {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer fakeServer.Close()
+
+	plugin := &plugin.HTTP{
+		URLs:   []string{fakeServer.URL},
+		Method: "POST",
+	}
+
+	metricName := "metricName"
+	p, _ := parsers.NewJSONParser(metricName, nil, nil)
+	plugin.SetParser(p)
+
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	require.NoError(t, acc.GatherError(plugin.Gather))
+}
+
 func TestParserNotSet(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		if r.URL.Path == "/endpoint" {