diff --git a/metric/metric.go b/metric/metric.go
index 8a18c0f2c..24a8bddc0 100644
--- a/metric/metric.go
+++ b/metric/metric.go
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ func (m *metric) Fields() map[string]interface{} {
 		case '"':
 			// string field
 			fieldMap[unescape(string(m.fields[i:][0:i1]), "fieldkey")] = unescape(string(m.fields[i:][i2+1:i3-1]), "fieldval")
-		case '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
+		case '-', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9':
 			// number field
 			switch m.fields[i:][i3-1] {
 			case 'i':
diff --git a/metric/parse_test.go b/metric/parse_test.go
index 8b7a8ff4d..40bcf60b8 100644
--- a/metric/parse_test.go
+++ b/metric/parse_test.go
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east idle=99,busy=1i,b=true,s="string"
 cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east idle=99,busy=1i,b=true,s="string"
 `
 
+const negMetrics = `weather,host=local temp=-99i,temp_float=-99.4 1465839830100400200
+`
+
 // some metrics are invalid
 const someInvalid = `cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
 cpu,host=foo,datacenter=us-east usage_idle=99,usage_busy=1
@@ -85,6 +88,26 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseNegNumbers(t *testing.T) {
+	metrics, err := Parse([]byte(negMetrics))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"temp":       int64(-99),
+			"temp_float": float64(-99.4),
+		},
+		metrics[0].Fields(),
+	)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]string{
+			"host": "local",
+		},
+		metrics[0].Tags(),
+	)
+}
+
 func TestParseErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	metrics, err := Parse([]byte(someInvalid))
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer/mqtt_consumer_test.go b/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer/mqtt_consumer_test.go
index 7b8e0b834..2f5276191 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer/mqtt_consumer_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer/mqtt_consumer_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	testMsg         = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 value=23422.0 1422568543702900257\n"
+	testMsgNeg      = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 value=-23422.0 1422568543702900257\n"
 	testMsgGraphite = "cpu.load.short.graphite 23422 1454780029"
 	testMsgJSON     = "{\"a\": 5, \"b\": {\"c\": 6}}\n"
 	invalidMsg      = "cpu_load_short,host=server01 1422568543702900257\n"
@@ -76,13 +77,28 @@ func TestPersistentClientIDFail(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
-// Test that the parser parses NATS messages into metrics
 func TestRunParser(t *testing.T) {
 	n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 	n.acc = &acc
 	defer close(n.done)
 
+	n.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
+	go n.receiver()
+	in <- mqttMsg(testMsgNeg)
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 250)
+
+	if a := acc.NFields(); a != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("got %v, expected %v", a, 1)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRunParserNegativeNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	n, in := newTestMQTTConsumer()
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	n.acc = &acc
+	defer close(n.done)
+
 	n.parser, _ = parsers.NewInfluxParser()
 	go n.receiver()
 	in <- mqttMsg(testMsg)
diff --git a/plugins/parsers/influx/parser_test.go b/plugins/parsers/influx/parser_test.go
index 58531ff90..6b2ba8d56 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/influx/parser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/influx/parser_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ var (
 
 const (
 	validInflux          = "cpu_load_short,cpu=cpu0 value=10 1257894000000000000\n"
+	negativeFloat        = "cpu_load_short,cpu=cpu0 value=-13.4 1257894000000000000\n"
 	validInfluxNewline   = "\ncpu_load_short,cpu=cpu0 value=10 1257894000000000000\n"
 	validInfluxNoNewline = "cpu_load_short,cpu=cpu0 value=10 1257894000000000000"
 	invalidInflux        = "I don't think this is line protocol\n"
@@ -82,6 +83,18 @@ func TestParseValidInflux(t *testing.T) {
 		"cpu": "cpu0",
 	}, metrics[0].Tags())
 	assert.Equal(t, exptime, metrics[0].Time().UnixNano())
+
+	metrics, err = parser.Parse([]byte(negativeFloat))
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, metrics, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "cpu_load_short", metrics[0].Name())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]interface{}{
+		"value": float64(-13.4),
+	}, metrics[0].Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{
+		"cpu": "cpu0",
+	}, metrics[0].Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, exptime, metrics[0].Time().UnixNano())
 }
 
 func TestParseLineValidInflux(t *testing.T) {