diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
index 48dc98f50..e89da4401 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks.go
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ func (wb *Webhooks) AvailableWebhooks() []Webhook {
 		f := s.Field(i)
 
 		if wbPlugin, ok := f.Interface().(Webhook); ok {
-			webhooks = append(webhooks, wbPlugin)
+			if !reflect.ValueOf(wbPlugin).IsNil() {
+				webhooks = append(webhooks, wbPlugin)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85d359e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/webhooks/webhooks_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package webhooks
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/github"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/webhooks/rollbar"
+)
+
+func TestAvailableWebhooks(t *testing.T) {
+	wb := NewWebhooks()
+	expected := make([]Webhook, 0)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wb.AvailableWebhooks(), expected) {
+		t.Errorf("expected to %v.\nGot %v", expected, wb.AvailableWebhooks())
+	}
+
+	wb.Github = &github.GithubWebhook{Path: "/github"}
+	expected = append(expected, wb.Github)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wb.AvailableWebhooks(), expected) {
+		t.Errorf("expected to be %v.\nGot %v", expected, wb.AvailableWebhooks())
+	}
+
+	wb.Rollbar = &rollbar.RollbarWebhook{Path: "/rollbar"}
+	expected = append(expected, wb.Rollbar)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wb.AvailableWebhooks(), expected) {
+		t.Errorf("expected to be %v.\nGot %v", expected, wb.AvailableWebhooks())
+	}
+}