diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5423c123d..5c00b66ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - [#1340](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1340): statsd: do not log every dropped metric.
 - [#1368](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1368): Add precision rounding to all metrics on collection.
 - [#1390](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1390): Add support for Tengine
+- [#1320](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1320): Logparser input plugin for parsing grok-style log patterns.
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/Godeps b/Godeps
index 2ac95a904..f47a57806 100644
--- a/Godeps
+++ b/Godeps
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ github.com/shirou/gopsutil 586bb697f3ec9f8ec08ffefe18f521a64534037c
 github.com/soniah/gosnmp b1b4f885b12c5dcbd021c5cee1c904110de6db7d
 github.com/streadway/amqp b4f3ceab0337f013208d31348b578d83c0064744
 github.com/stretchr/testify 1f4a1643a57e798696635ea4c126e9127adb7d3c
+github.com/vjeantet/grok 83bfdfdfd1a8146795b28e547a8e3c8b28a466c2
 github.com/wvanbergen/kafka 46f9a1cf3f670edec492029fadded9c2d9e18866
 github.com/wvanbergen/kazoo-go 0f768712ae6f76454f987c3356177e138df258f8
 github.com/zensqlmonitor/go-mssqldb ffe5510c6fa5e15e6d983210ab501c815b56b363
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index 45856fb77..47f49f683 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -1516,6 +1516,35 @@
 #   data_format = "influx"
 
 
+# # Stream and parse log file(s).
+# [[inputs.logparser]]
+#   ## Log files to parse.
+#   ## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
+#   ## ** as a "super asterisk". ie:
+#   ##   /var/log/**.log     -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
+#   ##   /var/log/*/*.log    -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
+#   ##   /var/log/apache.log -> only tail the apache log file
+#   files = ["/var/log/influxdb/influxdb.log"]
+#   ## Read file from beginning.
+#   from_beginning = false
+#
+#   ## Parse logstash-style "grok" patterns:
+#   ##   Telegraf built-in parsing patterns: https://goo.gl/dkay10
+#   [inputs.logparser.grok]
+#     ## This is a list of patterns to check the given log file(s) for.
+#     ## Note that adding patterns here increases processing time. The most
+#     ## efficient configuration is to have one pattern per logparser.
+#     ## Other common built-in patterns are:
+#     ##   %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}   (plain apache & nginx access logs)
+#     ##   %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} (access logs + referrer & agent)
+#     patterns = ["%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"]
+#     ## Full path(s) to custom pattern files.
+#     custom_pattern_files = []
+#     ## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line.
+#     custom_patterns = '''
+#     '''
+
+
 # # Read metrics from MQTT topic(s)
 # [[inputs.mqtt_consumer]]
 #   servers = ["localhost:1883"]
diff --git a/filter/filter.go b/filter/filter.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85eed17ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter/filter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package filter
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
+)
+
+type Filter interface {
+	Match(string) bool
+}
+
+// CompileFilter takes a list of string filters and returns a Filter interface
+// for matching a given string against the filter list. The filter list
+// supports glob matching too, ie:
+//
+//   f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem", "net*"})
+//   f.Match("cpu")     // true
+//   f.Match("network") // true
+//   f.Match("memory")  // false
+//
+func CompileFilter(filters []string) (Filter, error) {
+	// return if there is nothing to compile
+	if len(filters) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// check if we can compile a non-glob filter
+	noGlob := true
+	for _, filter := range filters {
+		if hasMeta(filter) {
+			noGlob = false
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	switch {
+	case noGlob:
+		// return non-globbing filter if not needed.
+		return compileFilterNoGlob(filters), nil
+	case len(filters) == 1:
+		return glob.Compile(filters[0])
+	default:
+		return glob.Compile("{" + strings.Join(filters, ",") + "}")
+	}
+}
+
+// hasMeta reports whether path contains any magic glob characters.
+func hasMeta(s string) bool {
+	return strings.IndexAny(s, "*?[") >= 0
+}
+
+type filter struct {
+	m map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+func (f *filter) Match(s string) bool {
+	_, ok := f.m[s]
+	return ok
+}
+
+type filtersingle struct {
+	s string
+}
+
+func (f *filtersingle) Match(s string) bool {
+	return f.s == s
+}
+
+func compileFilterNoGlob(filters []string) Filter {
+	if len(filters) == 1 {
+		return &filtersingle{s: filters[0]}
+	}
+	out := filter{m: make(map[string]struct{})}
+	for _, filter := range filters {
+		out.m[filter] = struct{}{}
+	}
+	return &out
+}
diff --git a/filter/filter_test.go b/filter/filter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85072e2ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter/filter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package filter
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestCompileFilter(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := CompileFilter([]string{})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, f)
+
+	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
+	assert.False(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
+	assert.False(t, f.Match("mem"))
+
+	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu*"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
+	assert.False(t, f.Match("mem"))
+
+	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
+	assert.False(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("mem"))
+
+	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem", "net*"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
+	assert.False(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("mem"))
+	assert.True(t, f.Match("network"))
+}
+
+var benchbool bool
+
+func BenchmarkFilterSingleNoGlobFalse(b *testing.B) {
+	f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"cpu"})
+	var tmp bool
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		tmp = f.Match("network")
+	}
+	benchbool = tmp
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFilterSingleNoGlobTrue(b *testing.B) {
+	f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"cpu"})
+	var tmp bool
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		tmp = f.Match("cpu")
+	}
+	benchbool = tmp
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFilter(b *testing.B) {
+	f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem", "net*"})
+	var tmp bool
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		tmp = f.Match("network")
+	}
+	benchbool = tmp
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFilterNoGlob(b *testing.B) {
+	f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem", "net"})
+	var tmp bool
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		tmp = f.Match("net")
+	}
+	benchbool = tmp
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFilter2(b *testing.B) {
+	f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"aa", "bb", "c", "ad", "ar", "at", "aq",
+		"aw", "az", "axxx", "ab", "cpu", "mem", "net*"})
+	var tmp bool
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		tmp = f.Match("network")
+	}
+	benchbool = tmp
+}
+
+func BenchmarkFilter2NoGlob(b *testing.B) {
+	f, _ := CompileFilter([]string{"aa", "bb", "c", "ad", "ar", "at", "aq",
+		"aw", "az", "axxx", "ab", "cpu", "mem", "net"})
+	var tmp bool
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		tmp = f.Match("net")
+	}
+	benchbool = tmp
+}
diff --git a/internal/internal.go b/internal/internal.go
index 27a24f021..4c90d11b9 100644
--- a/internal/internal.go
+++ b/internal/internal.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 	"unicode"
-
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
 )
 
 const alphanum string = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
@@ -209,27 +207,6 @@ func WaitTimeout(c *exec.Cmd, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	}
 }
 
-// CompileFilter takes a list of glob "filters", ie:
-//   ["MAIN.*", "CPU.*", "NET"]
-// and compiles them into a glob object. This glob object can
-// then be used to match keys to the filter.
-func CompileFilter(filters []string) (glob.Glob, error) {
-	var out glob.Glob
-
-	// return if there is nothing to compile
-	if len(filters) == 0 {
-		return out, nil
-	}
-
-	var err error
-	if len(filters) == 1 {
-		out, err = glob.Compile(filters[0])
-	} else {
-		out, err = glob.Compile("{" + strings.Join(filters, ",") + "}")
-	}
-	return out, err
-}
-
 // RandomSleep will sleep for a random amount of time up to max.
 // If the shutdown channel is closed, it will return before it has finished
 // sleeping.
diff --git a/internal/internal_test.go b/internal/internal_test.go
index 31bb5ec61..213e94d3d 100644
--- a/internal/internal_test.go
+++ b/internal/internal_test.go
@@ -107,37 +107,6 @@ func TestRunError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
-func TestCompileFilter(t *testing.T) {
-	f, err := CompileFilter([]string{})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Nil(t, f)
-
-	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu"})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
-	assert.False(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
-	assert.False(t, f.Match("mem"))
-
-	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu*"})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
-	assert.False(t, f.Match("mem"))
-
-	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem"})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
-	assert.False(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("mem"))
-
-	f, err = CompileFilter([]string{"cpu", "mem", "net*"})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("cpu"))
-	assert.False(t, f.Match("cpu0"))
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("mem"))
-	assert.True(t, f.Match("network"))
-}
-
 func TestRandomSleep(t *testing.T) {
 	// test that zero max returns immediately
 	s := time.Now()
diff --git a/internal/models/filter.go b/internal/models/filter.go
index 71d71c23e..ac24ec667 100644
--- a/internal/models/filter.go
+++ b/internal/models/filter.go
@@ -3,80 +3,78 @@ package internal_models
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
-
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/filter"
 )
 
 // TagFilter is the name of a tag, and the values on which to filter
 type TagFilter struct {
 	Name   string
 	Filter []string
-	filter glob.Glob
+	filter filter.Filter
 }
 
 // Filter containing drop/pass and tagdrop/tagpass rules
 type Filter struct {
 	NameDrop []string
-	nameDrop glob.Glob
+	nameDrop filter.Filter
 	NamePass []string
-	namePass glob.Glob
+	namePass filter.Filter
 
 	FieldDrop []string
-	fieldDrop glob.Glob
+	fieldDrop filter.Filter
 	FieldPass []string
-	fieldPass glob.Glob
+	fieldPass filter.Filter
 
 	TagDrop []TagFilter
 	TagPass []TagFilter
 
 	TagExclude []string
-	tagExclude glob.Glob
+	tagExclude filter.Filter
 	TagInclude []string
-	tagInclude glob.Glob
+	tagInclude filter.Filter
 
 	IsActive bool
 }
 
-// Compile all Filter lists into glob.Glob objects.
+// Compile all Filter lists into filter.Filter objects.
 func (f *Filter) CompileFilter() error {
 	var err error
-	f.nameDrop, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.NameDrop)
+	f.nameDrop, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.NameDrop)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'namedrop', %s", err)
 	}
-	f.namePass, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.NamePass)
+	f.namePass, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.NamePass)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'namepass', %s", err)
 	}
 
-	f.fieldDrop, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.FieldDrop)
+	f.fieldDrop, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.FieldDrop)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'fielddrop', %s", err)
 	}
-	f.fieldPass, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.FieldPass)
+	f.fieldPass, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.FieldPass)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'fieldpass', %s", err)
 	}
 
-	f.tagExclude, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.TagExclude)
+	f.tagExclude, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.TagExclude)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'tagexclude', %s", err)
 	}
-	f.tagInclude, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.TagInclude)
+	f.tagInclude, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.TagInclude)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'taginclude', %s", err)
 	}
 
 	for i, _ := range f.TagDrop {
-		f.TagDrop[i].filter, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.TagDrop[i].Filter)
+		f.TagDrop[i].filter, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.TagDrop[i].Filter)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'tagdrop', %s", err)
 		}
 	}
 	for i, _ := range f.TagPass {
-		f.TagPass[i].filter, err = internal.CompileFilter(f.TagPass[i].Filter)
+		f.TagPass[i].filter, err = filter.CompileFilter(f.TagPass[i].Filter)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Error compiling 'tagpass', %s", err)
 		}
diff --git a/internal/models/filter_test.go b/internal/models/filter_test.go
index a37416095..454f10c45 100644
--- a/internal/models/filter_test.go
+++ b/internal/models/filter_test.go
@@ -253,51 +253,6 @@ func TestFilter_TagDrop(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestFilter_CompileFilterError(t *testing.T) {
-	f := Filter{
-		NameDrop: []string{"", ""},
-	}
-	assert.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	f = Filter{
-		NamePass: []string{"", ""},
-	}
-	assert.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	f = Filter{
-		FieldDrop: []string{"", ""},
-	}
-	assert.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	f = Filter{
-		FieldPass: []string{"", ""},
-	}
-	assert.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	f = Filter{
-		TagExclude: []string{"", ""},
-	}
-	assert.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	f = Filter{
-		TagInclude: []string{"", ""},
-	}
-	assert.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	filters := []TagFilter{
-		TagFilter{
-			Name:   "cpu",
-			Filter: []string{"{foobar}"},
-		}}
-	f = Filter{
-		TagDrop: filters,
-	}
-	require.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-	filters = []TagFilter{
-		TagFilter{
-			Name:   "cpu",
-			Filter: []string{"{foobar}"},
-		}}
-	f = Filter{
-		TagPass: filters,
-	}
-	require.Error(t, f.CompileFilter())
-}
-
 func TestFilter_ShouldMetricsPass(t *testing.T) {
 	m := testutil.TestMetric(1, "testmetric")
 	f := Filter{
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/all/all.go b/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
index 1a386d97c..1d8472469 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/jolokia"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/leofs"
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/logparser"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/lustre2"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mailchimp"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/memcached"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/README.md b/plugins/inputs/logparser/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ff50bddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# logparser Input Plugin
+
+The logparser plugin streams and parses the given logfiles. Currently it only
+has the capability of parsing "grok" patterns from logfiles, which also supports
+regex patterns.
+
+### Configuration:
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.logparser]]
+  ## Log files to parse.
+  ## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
+  ## ** as a "super asterisk". ie:
+  ##   /var/log/**.log     -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
+  ##   /var/log/*/*.log    -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
+  ##   /var/log/apache.log -> only tail the apache log file
+  files = ["/var/log/influxdb/influxdb.log"]
+  ## Read file from beginning.
+  from_beginning = false
+
+  ## Parse logstash-style "grok" patterns:
+  ##   Telegraf builtin parsing patterns: https://goo.gl/dkay10
+  [inputs.logparser.grok]
+    ## This is a list of patterns to check the given log file(s) for.
+    ## Note that adding patterns here increases processing time. The most
+    ## efficient configuration is to have one file & pattern per logparser.
+    patterns = ["%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"]
+    ## Full path(s) to custom pattern files.
+    custom_pattern_files = []
+    ## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line.
+    custom_patterns = '''
+    '''
+```
+
+## Grok Parser
+
+The grok parser uses a slightly modified version of logstash "grok" patterns,
+with the format `%{<capture_syntax>[:<semantic_name>][:<modifier>]}`
+
+
+Telegraf has many of it's own
+[built-in patterns](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns),
+as well as supporting
+[logstash's builtin patterns](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-patterns-core/blob/master/patterns/grok-patterns).
+
+
+The best way to get acquainted with grok patterns is to read the logstash docs,
+which are available here:
+  https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-grok.html
+
+
+If you need help building patterns to match your logs,
+you will find the http://grokdebug.herokuapp.com application quite useful!
+
+
+By default all named captures are converted into string fields.
+Modifiers can be used to convert captures to other types or tags.
+Timestamp modifiers can be used to convert captures to the timestamp of the
+ parsed metric.
+
+
+- Available modifiers:
+  - string   (default if nothing is specified)
+  - int
+  - float
+  - duration (ie, 5.23ms gets converted to int nanoseconds)
+  - tag      (converts the field into a tag)
+  - drop     (drops the field completely)
+- Timestamp modifiers:
+  - ts-ansic         ("Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006")
+  - ts-unix          ("Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 MST 2006")
+  - ts-ruby          ("Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 -0700 2006")
+  - ts-rfc822        ("02 Jan 06 15:04 MST")
+  - ts-rfc822z       ("02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700")
+  - ts-rfc850        ("Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST")
+  - ts-rfc1123       ("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST")
+  - ts-rfc1123z      ("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700")
+  - ts-rfc3339       ("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00")
+  - ts-rfc3339nano   ("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00")
+  - ts-httpd         ("02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700")
+  - ts-epoch         (seconds since unix epoch)
+  - ts-epochnano     (nanoseconds since unix epoch)
+  - ts-"CUSTOM"
+
+
+CUSTOM time layouts must be within quotes and be the representation of the
+"reference time", which is `Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006`
+See https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Parse for more details.
+
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a463c0f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok.go
@@ -0,0 +1,373 @@
+package grok
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/vjeantet/grok"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+)
+
+var timeFormats = map[string]string{
+	"ts-ansic":       "Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006",
+	"ts-unix":        "Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 MST 2006",
+	"ts-ruby":        "Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 -0700 2006",
+	"ts-rfc822":      "02 Jan 06 15:04 MST",
+	"ts-rfc822z":     "02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700", // RFC822 with numeric zone
+	"ts-rfc850":      "Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST",
+	"ts-rfc1123":     "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST",
+	"ts-rfc1123z":    "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700", // RFC1123 with numeric zone
+	"ts-rfc3339":     "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00",
+	"ts-rfc3339nano": "2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00",
+	"ts-httpd":       "02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700",
+	"ts-epoch":       "EPOCH",
+	"ts-epochnano":   "EPOCH_NANO",
+}
+
+const (
+	INT      = "int"
+	TAG      = "tag"
+	FLOAT    = "float"
+	STRING   = "string"
+	DURATION = "duration"
+	DROP     = "drop"
+)
+
+var (
+	// matches named captures that contain a type.
+	//   ie,
+	//     %{NUMBER:bytes:int}
+	//     %{IPORHOST:clientip:tag}
+	//     %{HTTPDATE:ts1:ts-http}
+	//     %{HTTPDATE:ts2:ts-"02 Jan 06 15:04"}
+	typedRe = regexp.MustCompile(`%{\w+:(\w+):(ts-".+"|t?s?-?\w+)}`)
+	// matches a plain pattern name. ie, %{NUMBER}
+	patternOnlyRe = regexp.MustCompile(`%{(\w+)}`)
+)
+
+type Parser struct {
+	Patterns           []string
+	CustomPatterns     string
+	CustomPatternFiles []string
+
+	// typeMap is a map of patterns -> capture name -> modifier,
+	//   ie, {
+	//          "%{TESTLOG}":
+	//             {
+	//                "bytes": "int",
+	//                "clientip": "tag"
+	//             }
+	//       }
+	typeMap map[string]map[string]string
+	// tsMap is a map of patterns -> capture name -> timestamp layout.
+	//   ie, {
+	//          "%{TESTLOG}":
+	//             {
+	//                "httptime": "02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700"
+	//             }
+	//       }
+	tsMap map[string]map[string]string
+	// patterns is a map of all of the parsed patterns from CustomPatterns
+	// and CustomPatternFiles.
+	//   ie, {
+	//          "DURATION":      "%{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s"
+	//          "RESPONSE_CODE": "%{NUMBER:rc:tag}"
+	//       }
+	patterns map[string]string
+
+	g        *grok.Grok
+	tsModder *tsModder
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) Compile() error {
+	p.typeMap = make(map[string]map[string]string)
+	p.tsMap = make(map[string]map[string]string)
+	p.patterns = make(map[string]string)
+	p.tsModder = &tsModder{}
+	var err error
+	p.g, err = grok.NewWithConfig(&grok.Config{NamedCapturesOnly: true})
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	p.CustomPatterns = DEFAULT_PATTERNS + p.CustomPatterns
+
+	if len(p.CustomPatterns) != 0 {
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(strings.NewReader(p.CustomPatterns))
+		p.addCustomPatterns(scanner)
+	}
+
+	for _, filename := range p.CustomPatternFiles {
+		file, err := os.Open(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(bufio.NewReader(file))
+		p.addCustomPatterns(scanner)
+	}
+
+	return p.compileCustomPatterns()
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error) {
+	var err error
+	var values map[string]string
+	// the matching pattern string
+	var patternName string
+	for _, pattern := range p.Patterns {
+		if values, err = p.g.Parse(pattern, line); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if len(values) != 0 {
+			patternName = pattern
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(values) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	fields := make(map[string]interface{})
+	tags := make(map[string]string)
+	timestamp := time.Now()
+	for k, v := range values {
+		if k == "" || v == "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var t string
+		// check if pattern has some modifiers
+		if types, ok := p.typeMap[patternName]; ok {
+			t = types[k]
+		}
+		// if we didn't find a modifier, check if we have a timestamp layout
+		if t == "" {
+			if ts, ok := p.tsMap[patternName]; ok {
+				// check if the modifier is a timestamp layout
+				if layout, ok := ts[k]; ok {
+					t = layout
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		// if we didn't find a type OR timestamp modifier, assume string
+		if t == "" {
+			t = STRING
+		}
+
+		switch t {
+		case INT:
+			iv, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR parsing %s to int: %s", v, err)
+			} else {
+				fields[k] = iv
+			}
+		case FLOAT:
+			fv, err := strconv.ParseFloat(v, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR parsing %s to float: %s", v, err)
+			} else {
+				fields[k] = fv
+			}
+		case DURATION:
+			d, err := time.ParseDuration(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR parsing %s to duration: %s", v, err)
+			} else {
+				fields[k] = int64(d)
+			}
+		case TAG:
+			tags[k] = v
+		case STRING:
+			fields[k] = strings.Trim(v, `"`)
+		case "EPOCH":
+			iv, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR parsing %s to int: %s", v, err)
+			} else {
+				timestamp = time.Unix(iv, 0)
+			}
+		case "EPOCH_NANO":
+			iv, err := strconv.ParseInt(v, 10, 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("ERROR parsing %s to int: %s", v, err)
+			} else {
+				timestamp = time.Unix(0, iv)
+			}
+		case DROP:
+		// goodbye!
+		default:
+			ts, err := time.Parse(t, v)
+			if err == nil {
+				timestamp = ts
+			} else {
+				log.Printf("ERROR parsing %s to time layout [%s]: %s", v, t, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return telegraf.NewMetric("logparser_grok", tags, fields, p.tsModder.tsMod(timestamp))
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) addCustomPatterns(scanner *bufio.Scanner) {
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := strings.TrimSpace(scanner.Text())
+		if len(line) > 0 && line[0] != '#' {
+			names := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
+			p.patterns[names[0]] = names[1]
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (p *Parser) compileCustomPatterns() error {
+	var err error
+	// check if the pattern contains a subpattern that is already defined
+	// replace it with the subpattern for modifier inheritance.
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		for name, pattern := range p.patterns {
+			subNames := patternOnlyRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(pattern, -1)
+			for _, subName := range subNames {
+				if subPattern, ok := p.patterns[subName[1]]; ok {
+					pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, subName[0], subPattern, 1)
+				}
+			}
+			p.patterns[name] = pattern
+		}
+	}
+
+	// check if pattern contains modifiers. Parse them out if it does.
+	for name, pattern := range p.patterns {
+		if typedRe.MatchString(pattern) {
+			// this pattern has modifiers, so parse out the modifiers
+			pattern, err = p.parseTypedCaptures(name, pattern)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			p.patterns[name] = pattern
+		}
+	}
+
+	return p.g.AddPatternsFromMap(p.patterns)
+}
+
+// parseTypedCaptures parses the capture types, and then deletes the type from
+// the line so that it is a valid "grok" pattern again.
+//   ie,
+//     %{NUMBER:bytes:int}      => %{NUMBER:bytes}      (stores %{NUMBER}->bytes->int)
+//     %{IPORHOST:clientip:tag} => %{IPORHOST:clientip} (stores %{IPORHOST}->clientip->tag)
+func (p *Parser) parseTypedCaptures(name, pattern string) (string, error) {
+	matches := typedRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(pattern, -1)
+
+	// grab the name of the capture pattern
+	patternName := "%{" + name + "}"
+	// create type map for this pattern
+	p.typeMap[patternName] = make(map[string]string)
+	p.tsMap[patternName] = make(map[string]string)
+
+	// boolean to verify that each pattern only has a single ts- data type.
+	hasTimestamp := false
+	for _, match := range matches {
+		// regex capture 1 is the name of the capture
+		// regex capture 2 is the type of the capture
+		if strings.HasPrefix(match[2], "ts-") {
+			if hasTimestamp {
+				return pattern, fmt.Errorf("logparser pattern compile error: "+
+					"Each pattern is allowed only one named "+
+					"timestamp data type. pattern: %s", pattern)
+			}
+			if f, ok := timeFormats[match[2]]; ok {
+				p.tsMap[patternName][match[1]] = f
+			} else {
+				p.tsMap[patternName][match[1]] = strings.TrimSuffix(strings.TrimPrefix(match[2], `ts-"`), `"`)
+			}
+			hasTimestamp = true
+		} else {
+			p.typeMap[patternName][match[1]] = match[2]
+		}
+
+		// the modifier is not a valid part of a "grok" pattern, so remove it
+		// from the pattern.
+		pattern = strings.Replace(pattern, ":"+match[2]+"}", "}", 1)
+	}
+
+	return pattern, nil
+}
+
+// tsModder is a struct for incrementing identical timestamps of log lines
+// so that we don't push identical metrics that will get overwritten.
+type tsModder struct {
+	dupe     time.Time
+	last     time.Time
+	incr     time.Duration
+	incrn    time.Duration
+	rollover time.Duration
+}
+
+// tsMod increments the given timestamp one unit more from the previous
+// duplicate timestamp.
+// the increment unit is determined as the next smallest time unit below the
+// most significant time unit of ts.
+//   ie, if the input is at ms precision, it will increment it 1µs.
+func (t *tsModder) tsMod(ts time.Time) time.Time {
+	defer func() { t.last = ts }()
+	// don't mod the time if we don't need to
+	if t.last.IsZero() || ts.IsZero() {
+		t.incrn = 0
+		t.rollover = 0
+		return ts
+	}
+	if !ts.Equal(t.last) && !ts.Equal(t.dupe) {
+		t.incr = 0
+		t.incrn = 0
+		t.rollover = 0
+		return ts
+	}
+
+	if ts.Equal(t.last) {
+		t.dupe = ts
+	}
+
+	if ts.Equal(t.dupe) && t.incr == time.Duration(0) {
+		tsNano := ts.UnixNano()
+
+		d := int64(10)
+		counter := 1
+		for {
+			a := tsNano % d
+			if a > 0 {
+				break
+			}
+			d = d * 10
+			counter++
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case counter <= 6:
+			t.incr = time.Nanosecond
+		case counter <= 9:
+			t.incr = time.Microsecond
+		case counter > 9:
+			t.incr = time.Millisecond
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.incrn++
+	if t.incrn == 999 && t.incr > time.Nanosecond {
+		t.rollover = t.incr * t.incrn
+		t.incrn = 1
+		t.incr = t.incr / 1000
+		if t.incr < time.Nanosecond {
+			t.incr = time.Nanosecond
+		}
+	}
+	return ts.Add(t.incr*t.incrn + t.rollover)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02f69f67a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/grok_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,508 @@
+package grok
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+var benchM telegraf.Metric
+
+func Benchmark_ParseLine_CommonLogFormat(b *testing.B) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}"},
+	}
+	p.Compile()
+
+	var m telegraf.Metric
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326`)
+	}
+	benchM = m
+}
+
+func Benchmark_ParseLine_CombinedLogFormat(b *testing.B) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT}"},
+	}
+	p.Compile()
+
+	var m telegraf.Metric
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "Mozilla"`)
+	}
+	benchM = m
+}
+
+func Benchmark_ParseLine_InfluxLog(b *testing.B) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"},
+	}
+	p.Compile()
+
+	var m telegraf.Metric
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`[httpd] 192.168.1.1 - - [14/Jun/2016:11:33:29 +0100] "POST /write?consistency=any&db=telegraf&precision=ns&rp= HTTP/1.1" 204 0 "-" "InfluxDBClient" 6f61bc44-321b-11e6-8050-000000000000 2513`)
+	}
+	benchM = m
+}
+
+func Benchmark_ParseLine_InfluxLog_NoMatch(b *testing.B) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"},
+	}
+	p.Compile()
+
+	var m telegraf.Metric
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`[retention] 2016/06/14 14:38:24 retention policy shard deletion check commencing`)
+	}
+	benchM = m
+}
+
+func Benchmark_ParseLine_CustomPattern(b *testing.B) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+			RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
+			RESPONSE_TIME %{DURATION:response_time:duration}
+			TEST_LOG_A %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{RESPONSE_CODE} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{RESPONSE_TIME}
+		`,
+	}
+	p.Compile()
+
+	var m telegraf.Metric
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		m, _ = p.ParseLine(`[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101`)
+	}
+	benchM = m
+}
+
+func TestBuiltinInfluxdbHttpd(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	// Parse an influxdb POST request
+	m, err := p.ParseLine(`[httpd] ::1 - - [14/Jun/2016:11:33:29 +0100] "POST /write?consistency=any&db=telegraf&precision=ns&rp= HTTP/1.1" 204 0 "-" "InfluxDBClient" 6f61bc44-321b-11e6-8050-000000000000 2513`)
+	require.NotNil(t, m)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"resp_bytes":       int64(0),
+			"auth":             "-",
+			"client_ip":        "::1",
+			"resp_code":        int64(204),
+			"http_version":     float64(1.1),
+			"ident":            "-",
+			"referrer":         "-",
+			"request":          "/write?consistency=any&db=telegraf&precision=ns&rp=",
+			"response_time_us": int64(2513),
+			"agent":            "InfluxDBClient",
+		},
+		m.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "POST"}, m.Tags())
+
+	// Parse an influxdb GET request
+	m, err = p.ParseLine(`[httpd] ::1 - - [14/Jun/2016:12:10:02 +0100] "GET /query?db=telegraf&q=SELECT+bytes%2Cresponse_time_us+FROM+logparser_grok+WHERE+http_method+%3D+%27GET%27+AND+response_time_us+%3E+0+AND+time+%3E+now%28%29+-+1h HTTP/1.1" 200 578 "http://localhost:8083/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.84 Safari/537.36" 8a3806f1-3220-11e6-8006-000000000000 988`)
+	require.NotNil(t, m)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"resp_bytes":       int64(578),
+			"auth":             "-",
+			"client_ip":        "::1",
+			"resp_code":        int64(200),
+			"http_version":     float64(1.1),
+			"ident":            "-",
+			"referrer":         "http://localhost:8083/",
+			"request":          "/query?db=telegraf&q=SELECT+bytes%2Cresponse_time_us+FROM+logparser_grok+WHERE+http_method+%3D+%27GET%27+AND+response_time_us+%3E+0+AND+time+%3E+now%28%29+-+1h",
+			"response_time_us": int64(988),
+			"agent":            "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_5) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.84 Safari/537.36",
+		},
+		m.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET"}, m.Tags())
+}
+
+// common log format
+// 127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326
+func TestBuiltinCommonLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	// Parse an influxdb POST request
+	m, err := p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326`)
+	require.NotNil(t, m)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"resp_bytes":   int64(2326),
+			"auth":         "frank",
+			"client_ip":    "127.0.0.1",
+			"resp_code":    int64(200),
+			"http_version": float64(1.0),
+			"ident":        "user-identifier",
+			"request":      "/apache_pb.gif",
+		},
+		m.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET"}, m.Tags())
+}
+
+// combined log format
+// 127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "Mozilla"
+func TestBuiltinCombinedLogFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT}"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	// Parse an influxdb POST request
+	m, err := p.ParseLine(`127.0.0.1 user-identifier frank [10/Oct/2000:13:55:36 -0700] "GET /apache_pb.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 2326 "-" "Mozilla"`)
+	require.NotNil(t, m)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"resp_bytes":   int64(2326),
+			"auth":         "frank",
+			"client_ip":    "127.0.0.1",
+			"resp_code":    int64(200),
+			"http_version": float64(1.0),
+			"ident":        "user-identifier",
+			"request":      "/apache_pb.gif",
+			"referrer":     "-",
+			"agent":        "Mozilla",
+		},
+		m.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"verb": "GET"}, m.Tags())
+}
+
+func TestCompileStringAndParse(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+			RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
+			RESPONSE_TIME %{DURATION:response_time:duration}
+			TEST_LOG_A %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{RESPONSE_CODE} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{RESPONSE_TIME}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
+			"myfloat":       float64(1.25),
+			"response_time": int64(5432),
+		},
+		metricA.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"response_code": "200"}, metricA.Tags())
+}
+
+func TestParseEpochNano(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{MYAPP}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			MYAPP %{POSINT:ts:ts-epochnano} response_time=%{POSINT:response_time:int} mymetric=%{NUMBER:metric:float}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`1466004605359052000 response_time=20821 mymetric=10890.645`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"response_time": int64(20821),
+			"metric":        float64(10890.645),
+		},
+		metricA.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metricA.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, time.Unix(0, 1466004605359052000), metricA.Time())
+}
+
+func TestParseEpoch(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{MYAPP}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			MYAPP %{POSINT:ts:ts-epoch} response_time=%{POSINT:response_time:int} mymetric=%{NUMBER:metric:float}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`1466004605 response_time=20821 mymetric=10890.645`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"response_time": int64(20821),
+			"metric":        float64(10890.645),
+		},
+		metricA.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metricA.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t, time.Unix(1466004605, 0), metricA.Time())
+}
+
+func TestParseEpochErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{MYAPP}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			MYAPP %{WORD:ts:ts-epoch} response_time=%{POSINT:response_time:int} mymetric=%{NUMBER:metric:float}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	_, err := p.ParseLine(`foobar response_time=20821 mymetric=10890.645`)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	p = &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{MYAPP}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			MYAPP %{WORD:ts:ts-epochnano} response_time=%{POSINT:response_time:int} mymetric=%{NUMBER:metric:float}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	_, err = p.ParseLine(`foobar response_time=20821 mymetric=10890.645`)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestCompileFileAndParse(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns:           []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatternFiles: []string{"./testdata/test-patterns"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
+			"myfloat":       float64(1.25),
+			"response_time": int64(5432),
+			"myint":         int64(101),
+		},
+		metricA.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{"response_code": "200"}, metricA.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		time.Date(2016, time.June, 4, 12, 41, 45, 0, time.FixedZone("foo", 60*60)).Nanosecond(),
+		metricA.Time().Nanosecond())
+
+	metricB, err := p.ParseLine(`[04/06/2016--12:41:45] 1.25 mystring dropme nomodifier`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricB)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"myfloat":    1.25,
+			"mystring":   "mystring",
+			"nomodifier": "nomodifier",
+		},
+		metricB.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metricB.Tags())
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		time.Date(2016, time.June, 4, 12, 41, 45, 0, time.FixedZone("foo", 60*60)).Nanosecond(),
+		metricB.Time().Nanosecond())
+}
+
+func TestCompileNoModifiersAndParse(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_C}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+			TEST_LOG_C %{NUMBER:myfloat} %{NUMBER} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{DURATION:rt}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs`)
+	require.NotNil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"clientip": "192.168.1.1",
+			"myfloat":  "1.25",
+			"rt":       "5.432µs",
+		},
+		metricA.Fields())
+	assert.Equal(t, map[string]string{}, metricA.Tags())
+}
+
+func TestCompileNoNamesAndParse(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_C}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+			TEST_LOG_C %{NUMBER} %{NUMBER} %{IPORHOST} %{DURATION}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs`)
+	require.Nil(t, metricA)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestParseNoMatch(t *testing.T) {
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns:           []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatternFiles: []string{"./testdata/test-patterns"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	metricA, err := p.ParseLine(`[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] notnumber 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101`)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Nil(t, metricA)
+}
+
+func TestCompileErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	// Compile fails because there are multiple timestamps:
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts1:ts-httpd} %{HTTPDATE:ts2:ts-httpd} %{NUMBER:mynum:int}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.Error(t, p.Compile())
+
+	// Compile fails because file doesn't exist:
+	p = &Parser{
+		Patterns:           []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatternFiles: []string{"/tmp/foo/bar/baz"},
+	}
+	assert.Error(t, p.Compile())
+}
+
+func TestParseErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	// Parse fails because the pattern doesn't exist
+	p := &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd} %{WORD:myword:int} %{}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+	_, err := p.ParseLine(`[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] notnumber 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101`)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	// Parse fails because myword is not an int
+	p = &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd} %{WORD:myword:int}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+	_, err = p.ParseLine(`04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100 notnumber`)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	// Parse fails because myword is not a float
+	p = &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd} %{WORD:myword:float}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+	_, err = p.ParseLine(`04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100 notnumber`)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	// Parse fails because myword is not a duration
+	p = &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd} %{WORD:myword:duration}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+	_, err = p.ParseLine(`04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100 notnumber`)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	// Parse fails because the time layout is wrong.
+	p = &Parser{
+		Patterns: []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}"},
+		CustomPatterns: `
+			TEST_LOG_A %{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-unix} %{WORD:myword:duration}
+		`,
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+	_, err = p.ParseLine(`04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100 notnumber`)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestTsModder(t *testing.T) {
+	tsm := &tsModder{}
+
+	reftime := time.Date(2006, time.December, 1, 1, 1, 1, int(time.Millisecond), time.UTC)
+	modt := tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime, modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Microsecond*1), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Microsecond*2), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Microsecond*3), modt)
+
+	reftime = time.Date(2006, time.December, 1, 1, 1, 1, int(time.Microsecond), time.UTC)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime, modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*1), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*2), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*3), modt)
+
+	reftime = time.Date(2006, time.December, 1, 1, 1, 1, int(time.Microsecond)*999, time.UTC)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime, modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*1), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*2), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*3), modt)
+
+	reftime = time.Date(2006, time.December, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, time.UTC)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime, modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Millisecond*1), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Millisecond*2), modt)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Millisecond*3), modt)
+
+	reftime = time.Time{}
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime, modt)
+}
+
+func TestTsModder_Rollover(t *testing.T) {
+	tsm := &tsModder{}
+
+	reftime := time.Date(2006, time.December, 1, 1, 1, 1, int(time.Millisecond), time.UTC)
+	modt := tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	for i := 1; i < 1000; i++ {
+		modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Microsecond*999+time.Nanosecond), modt)
+
+	reftime = time.Date(2006, time.December, 1, 1, 1, 1, int(time.Microsecond), time.UTC)
+	modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	for i := 1; i < 1001; i++ {
+		modt = tsm.tsMod(reftime)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, reftime.Add(time.Nanosecond*1000), modt)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0622c61ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/influx_patterns.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package grok
+
+// THIS SHOULD BE KEPT IN-SYNC WITH patterns/influx-patterns
+const DEFAULT_PATTERNS = `
+# Captures are a slightly modified version of logstash "grok" patterns, with
+#  the format %{<capture syntax>[:<semantic name>][:<modifier>]}
+# By default all named captures are converted into string fields.
+# Modifiers can be used to convert captures to other types or tags.
+# Timestamp modifiers can be used to convert captures to the timestamp of the
+#  parsed metric.
+
+# View logstash grok pattern docs here:
+#   https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-grok.html
+# All default logstash patterns are supported, these can be viewed here:
+#   https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-patterns-core/blob/master/patterns/grok-patterns
+
+# Available modifiers:
+#   string   (default if nothing is specified)
+#   int
+#   float
+#   duration (ie, 5.23ms gets converted to int nanoseconds)
+#   tag      (converts the field into a tag)
+#   drop     (drops the field completely)
+# Timestamp modifiers:
+#   ts-ansic         ("Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006")
+#   ts-unix          ("Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 MST 2006")
+#   ts-ruby          ("Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 -0700 2006")
+#   ts-rfc822        ("02 Jan 06 15:04 MST")
+#   ts-rfc822z       ("02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700")
+#   ts-rfc850        ("Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST")
+#   ts-rfc1123       ("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST")
+#   ts-rfc1123z      ("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700")
+#   ts-rfc3339       ("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00")
+#   ts-rfc3339nano   ("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00")
+#   ts-httpd         ("02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700")
+#   ts-epoch         (seconds since unix epoch)
+#   ts-epochnano     (nanoseconds since unix epoch)
+#   ts-"CUSTOM"
+# CUSTOM time layouts must be within quotes and be the representation of the
+# "reference time", which is Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006
+# See https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Parse for more details.
+
+# Example log file pattern, example log looks like this:
+#   [04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs
+# Breakdown of the DURATION pattern below:
+#   NUMBER  is a builtin logstash grok pattern matching float & int numbers.
+#   [nuµm]? is a regex specifying 0 or 1 of the characters within brackets.
+#   s       is also regex, this pattern must end in "s".
+# so DURATION will match something like '5.324ms' or '6.1µs' or '10s'
+DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
+RESPONSE_TIME %{DURATION:response_time_ns:duration}
+EXAMPLE_LOG \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{RESPONSE_CODE} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{RESPONSE_TIME}
+
+# Wider-ranging username matching vs. logstash built-in %{USER}
+NGUSERNAME [a-zA-Z\.\@\-\+_%]+
+NGUSER %{NGUSERNAME}
+
+##
+## COMMON LOG PATTERNS
+##
+
+# InfluxDB log patterns
+CLIENT (?:%{IPORHOST}|%{HOSTPORT}|::1)
+INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG \[httpd\] %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} %{UUID:uuid:drop} %{NUMBER:response_time_us:int}
+
+# apache & nginx logs, this is also known as the "common log format"
+#   see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format
+COMMON_LOG_FORMAT %{CLIENT:client_ip} %{NGUSER:ident} %{NGUSER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] "(?:%{WORD:verb:tag} %{NOTSPACE:request}(?: HTTP/%{NUMBER:http_version:float})?|%{DATA})" %{NUMBER:resp_code:int} (?:%{NUMBER:resp_bytes:int}|-)
+
+# Combined log format is the same as the common log format but with the addition
+# of two quoted strings at the end for "referrer" and "agent"
+#   See Examples at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_log_config.html
+COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT} %{QS:referrer} %{QS:agent}
+
+# HTTPD log formats
+HTTPD20_ERRORLOG \[%{HTTPDERROR_DATE:timestamp}\] \[%{LOGLEVEL:loglevel:tag}\] (?:\[client %{IPORHOST:clientip}\] ){0,1}%{GREEDYDATA:errormsg}
+HTTPD24_ERRORLOG \[%{HTTPDERROR_DATE:timestamp}\] \[%{WORD:module}:%{LOGLEVEL:loglevel:tag}\] \[pid %{POSINT:pid:int}:tid %{NUMBER:tid:int}\]( \(%{POSINT:proxy_errorcode:int}\)%{DATA:proxy_errormessage}:)?( \[client %{IPORHOST:client}:%{POSINT:clientport}\])? %{DATA:errorcode}: %{GREEDYDATA:message}
+HTTPD_ERRORLOG %{HTTPD20_ERRORLOG}|%{HTTPD24_ERRORLOG}
+`
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4d375f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/patterns/influx-patterns
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# Captures are a slightly modified version of logstash "grok" patterns, with
+#  the format %{<capture syntax>[:<semantic name>][:<modifier>]}
+# By default all named captures are converted into string fields.
+# Modifiers can be used to convert captures to other types or tags.
+# Timestamp modifiers can be used to convert captures to the timestamp of the
+#  parsed metric.
+
+# View logstash grok pattern docs here:
+#   https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-filters-grok.html
+# All default logstash patterns are supported, these can be viewed here:
+#   https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-patterns-core/blob/master/patterns/grok-patterns
+
+# Available modifiers:
+#   string   (default if nothing is specified)
+#   int
+#   float
+#   duration (ie, 5.23ms gets converted to int nanoseconds)
+#   tag      (converts the field into a tag)
+#   drop     (drops the field completely)
+# Timestamp modifiers:
+#   ts-ansic         ("Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 2006")
+#   ts-unix          ("Mon Jan _2 15:04:05 MST 2006")
+#   ts-ruby          ("Mon Jan 02 15:04:05 -0700 2006")
+#   ts-rfc822        ("02 Jan 06 15:04 MST")
+#   ts-rfc822z       ("02 Jan 06 15:04 -0700")
+#   ts-rfc850        ("Monday, 02-Jan-06 15:04:05 MST")
+#   ts-rfc1123       ("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 MST")
+#   ts-rfc1123z      ("Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700")
+#   ts-rfc3339       ("2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00")
+#   ts-rfc3339nano   ("2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00")
+#   ts-httpd         ("02/Jan/2006:15:04:05 -0700")
+#   ts-epoch         (seconds since unix epoch)
+#   ts-epochnano     (nanoseconds since unix epoch)
+#   ts-"CUSTOM"
+# CUSTOM time layouts must be within quotes and be the representation of the
+# "reference time", which is Mon Jan 2 15:04:05 -0700 MST 2006
+# See https://golang.org/pkg/time/#Parse for more details.
+
+# Example log file pattern, example log looks like this:
+#   [04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs
+# Breakdown of the DURATION pattern below:
+#   NUMBER  is a builtin logstash grok pattern matching float & int numbers.
+#   [nuµm]? is a regex specifying 0 or 1 of the characters within brackets.
+#   s       is also regex, this pattern must end in "s".
+# so DURATION will match something like '5.324ms' or '6.1µs' or '10s'
+DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
+RESPONSE_TIME %{DURATION:response_time_ns:duration}
+EXAMPLE_LOG \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{RESPONSE_CODE} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{RESPONSE_TIME}
+
+# Wider-ranging username matching vs. logstash built-in %{USER}
+NGUSERNAME [a-zA-Z\.\@\-\+_%]+
+NGUSER %{NGUSERNAME}
+
+##
+## COMMON LOG PATTERNS
+##
+
+# InfluxDB log patterns
+CLIENT (?:%{IPORHOST}|%{HOSTPORT}|::1)
+INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG \[httpd\] %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} %{UUID:uuid:drop} %{NUMBER:response_time_us:int}
+
+# apache & nginx logs, this is also known as the "common log format"
+#   see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Log_Format
+COMMON_LOG_FORMAT %{CLIENT:client_ip} %{NGUSER:ident} %{NGUSER:auth} \[%{HTTPDATE:ts:ts-httpd}\] "(?:%{WORD:verb:tag} %{NOTSPACE:request}(?: HTTP/%{NUMBER:http_version:float})?|%{DATA})" %{NUMBER:resp_code:int} (?:%{NUMBER:resp_bytes:int}|-)
+
+# Combined log format is the same as the common log format but with the addition
+# of two quoted strings at the end for "referrer" and "agent"
+#   See Examples at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_log_config.html
+COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT} %{QS:referrer} %{QS:agent}
+
+# HTTPD log formats
+HTTPD20_ERRORLOG \[%{HTTPDERROR_DATE:timestamp}\] \[%{LOGLEVEL:loglevel:tag}\] (?:\[client %{IPORHOST:clientip}\] ){0,1}%{GREEDYDATA:errormsg}
+HTTPD24_ERRORLOG \[%{HTTPDERROR_DATE:timestamp}\] \[%{WORD:module}:%{LOGLEVEL:loglevel:tag}\] \[pid %{POSINT:pid:int}:tid %{NUMBER:tid:int}\]( \(%{POSINT:proxy_errorcode:int}\)%{DATA:proxy_errormessage}:)?( \[client %{IPORHOST:client}:%{POSINT:clientport}\])? %{DATA:errorcode}: %{GREEDYDATA:message}
+HTTPD_ERRORLOG %{HTTPD20_ERRORLOG}|%{HTTPD24_ERRORLOG}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test-patterns b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test-patterns
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba995fbd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test-patterns
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Test A log line:
+#   [04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101
+DURATION %{NUMBER}[nuµm]?s
+RESPONSE_CODE %{NUMBER:response_code:tag}
+RESPONSE_TIME %{DURATION:response_time:duration}
+TEST_LOG_A \[%{HTTPDATE:timestamp:ts-httpd}\] %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{RESPONSE_CODE} %{IPORHOST:clientip} %{RESPONSE_TIME} %{NUMBER:myint:int}
+
+# Test B log line:
+#   [04/06/2016--12:41:45] 1.25 mystring dropme nomodifier
+TEST_TIMESTAMP %{MONTHDAY}/%{MONTHNUM}/%{YEAR}--%{TIME}
+TEST_LOG_B \[%{TEST_TIMESTAMP:timestamp:ts-"02/01/2006--15:04:05"}\] %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{WORD:mystring:string} %{WORD:dropme:drop} %{WORD:nomodifier}
+
+TEST_TIMESTAMP %{MONTHDAY}/%{MONTHNUM}/%{YEAR}--%{TIME}
+TEST_LOG_BAD \[%{TEST_TIMESTAMP:timestamp:ts-"02/01/2006--15:04:05"}\] %{NUMBER:myfloat:float} %{WORD:mystring:int} %{WORD:dropme:drop} %{WORD:nomodifier}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test_a.log b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test_a.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a44d72fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test_a.log
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[04/Jun/2016:12:41:45 +0100] 1.25 200 192.168.1.1 5.432µs 101
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test_b.log b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test_b.log
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49e2983e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok/testdata/test_b.log
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+[04/06/2016--12:41:45] 1.25 mystring dropme nomodifier
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82003582f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+package logparser
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"reflect"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/hpcloud/tail"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal/globpath"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+
+	// Parsers
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok"
+)
+
+type LogParser interface {
+	ParseLine(line string) (telegraf.Metric, error)
+	Compile() error
+}
+
+type LogParserPlugin struct {
+	Files         []string
+	FromBeginning bool
+
+	tailers []*tail.Tail
+	lines   chan string
+	done    chan struct{}
+	wg      sync.WaitGroup
+	acc     telegraf.Accumulator
+	parsers []LogParser
+
+	sync.Mutex
+
+	GrokParser *grok.Parser `toml:"grok"`
+}
+
+const sampleConfig = `
+  ## Log files to parse.
+  ## These accept standard unix glob matching rules, but with the addition of
+  ## ** as a "super asterisk". ie:
+  ##   /var/log/**.log     -> recursively find all .log files in /var/log
+  ##   /var/log/*/*.log    -> find all .log files with a parent dir in /var/log
+  ##   /var/log/apache.log -> only tail the apache log file
+  files = ["/var/log/influxdb/influxdb.log"]
+  ## Read file from beginning.
+  from_beginning = false
+
+  ## Parse logstash-style "grok" patterns:
+  ##   Telegraf built-in parsing patterns: https://goo.gl/dkay10
+  [inputs.logparser.grok]
+    ## This is a list of patterns to check the given log file(s) for.
+    ## Note that adding patterns here increases processing time. The most
+    ## efficient configuration is to have one pattern per logparser.
+    ## Other common built-in patterns are:
+    ##   %{COMMON_LOG_FORMAT}   (plain apache & nginx access logs)
+    ##   %{COMBINED_LOG_FORMAT} (access logs + referrer & agent)
+    patterns = ["%{INFLUXDB_HTTPD_LOG}"]
+    ## Full path(s) to custom pattern files.
+    custom_pattern_files = []
+    ## Custom patterns can also be defined here. Put one pattern per line.
+    custom_patterns = '''
+    '''
+`
+
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) Description() string {
+	return "Stream and parse log file(s)."
+}
+
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) Start(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	l.Lock()
+	defer l.Unlock()
+
+	l.acc = acc
+	l.lines = make(chan string, 1000)
+	l.done = make(chan struct{})
+
+	// Looks for fields which implement LogParser interface
+	l.parsers = []LogParser{}
+	s := reflect.ValueOf(l).Elem()
+	for i := 0; i < s.NumField(); i++ {
+		f := s.Field(i)
+
+		if !f.CanInterface() {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if lpPlugin, ok := f.Interface().(LogParser); ok {
+			if reflect.ValueOf(lpPlugin).IsNil() {
+				continue
+			}
+			l.parsers = append(l.parsers, lpPlugin)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(l.parsers) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("ERROR: logparser input plugin: no parser defined.")
+	}
+
+	// compile log parser patterns:
+	for _, parser := range l.parsers {
+		if err := parser.Compile(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	var seek tail.SeekInfo
+	if !l.FromBeginning {
+		seek.Whence = 2
+		seek.Offset = 0
+	}
+
+	l.wg.Add(1)
+	go l.parser()
+
+	var errS string
+	// Create a "tailer" for each file
+	for _, filepath := range l.Files {
+		g, err := globpath.Compile(filepath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("ERROR Glob %s failed to compile, %s", filepath, err)
+		}
+		for file, _ := range g.Match() {
+			tailer, err := tail.TailFile(file,
+				tail.Config{
+					ReOpen:   true,
+					Follow:   true,
+					Location: &seek,
+				})
+			if err != nil {
+				errS += err.Error() + " "
+				continue
+			}
+			// create a goroutine for each "tailer"
+			l.wg.Add(1)
+			go l.receiver(tailer)
+			l.tailers = append(l.tailers, tailer)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if errS != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf(errS)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// receiver is launched as a goroutine to continuously watch a tailed logfile
+// for changes and send any log lines down the l.lines channel.
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) receiver(tailer *tail.Tail) {
+	defer l.wg.Done()
+
+	var line *tail.Line
+	for line = range tailer.Lines {
+		if line.Err != nil {
+			log.Printf("ERROR tailing file %s, Error: %s\n",
+				tailer.Filename, line.Err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-l.done:
+		case l.lines <- line.Text:
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// parser is launched as a goroutine to watch the l.lines channel.
+// when a line is available, parser parses it and adds the metric(s) to the
+// accumulator.
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) parser() {
+	defer l.wg.Done()
+
+	var m telegraf.Metric
+	var err error
+	var line string
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-l.done:
+			return
+		case line = <-l.lines:
+			if line == "" || line == "\n" {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, parser := range l.parsers {
+			m, err = parser.ParseLine(line)
+			if err == nil {
+				if m != nil {
+					l.acc.AddFields(m.Name(), m.Fields(), m.Tags(), m.Time())
+				}
+			} else {
+				log.Printf("Malformed log line in [%s], Error: %s\n", line, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *LogParserPlugin) Stop() {
+	l.Lock()
+	defer l.Unlock()
+
+	for _, t := range l.tailers {
+		err := t.Stop()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("ERROR stopping tail on file %s\n", t.Filename)
+		}
+		t.Cleanup()
+	}
+	close(l.done)
+	l.wg.Wait()
+}
+
+func init() {
+	inputs.Add("logparser", func() telegraf.Input {
+		return &LogParserPlugin{}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..095b627ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package logparser
+
+import (
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/logparser/grok"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestStartNoParsers(t *testing.T) {
+	logparser := &LogParserPlugin{
+		FromBeginning: true,
+		Files:         []string{"grok/testdata/*.log"},
+	}
+
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	assert.Error(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
+}
+
+func TestGrokParseLogFilesNonExistPattern(t *testing.T) {
+	thisdir := getCurrentDir()
+	p := &grok.Parser{
+		Patterns:           []string{"%{FOOBAR}"},
+		CustomPatternFiles: []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/test-patterns"},
+	}
+
+	logparser := &LogParserPlugin{
+		FromBeginning: true,
+		Files:         []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/*.log"},
+		GrokParser:    p,
+	}
+
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	assert.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 500)
+	logparser.Stop()
+}
+
+func TestGrokParseLogFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	thisdir := getCurrentDir()
+	p := &grok.Parser{
+		Patterns:           []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_B}"},
+		CustomPatternFiles: []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/test-patterns"},
+	}
+
+	logparser := &LogParserPlugin{
+		FromBeginning: true,
+		Files:         []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/*.log"},
+		GrokParser:    p,
+	}
+
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	assert.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 500)
+	logparser.Stop()
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "logparser_grok",
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
+			"myfloat":       float64(1.25),
+			"response_time": int64(5432),
+			"myint":         int64(101),
+		},
+		map[string]string{"response_code": "200"})
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "logparser_grok",
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"myfloat":    1.25,
+			"mystring":   "mystring",
+			"nomodifier": "nomodifier",
+		},
+		map[string]string{})
+}
+
+func TestGrokParseLogFilesOneBad(t *testing.T) {
+	thisdir := getCurrentDir()
+	p := &grok.Parser{
+		Patterns:           []string{"%{TEST_LOG_A}", "%{TEST_LOG_BAD}"},
+		CustomPatternFiles: []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/test-patterns"},
+	}
+	assert.NoError(t, p.Compile())
+
+	logparser := &LogParserPlugin{
+		FromBeginning: true,
+		Files:         []string{thisdir + "grok/testdata/*.log"},
+		GrokParser:    p,
+	}
+
+	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
+	assert.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
+
+	time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 500)
+	logparser.Stop()
+
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "logparser_grok",
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
+			"myfloat":       float64(1.25),
+			"response_time": int64(5432),
+			"myint":         int64(101),
+		},
+		map[string]string{"response_code": "200"})
+}
+
+func getCurrentDir() string {
+	_, filename, _, _ := runtime.Caller(1)
+	return strings.Replace(filename, "logparser_test.go", "", 1)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/varnish/varnish.go b/plugins/inputs/varnish/varnish.go
index 1a3e4c558..2b0e84514 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/varnish/varnish.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/varnish/varnish.go
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/gobwas/glob"
-
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/filter"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ type Varnish struct {
 	Stats  []string
 	Binary string
 
-	filter glob.Glob
+	filter filter.Filter
 	run    runner
 }
 
@@ -78,13 +77,13 @@ func (s *Varnish) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	if s.filter == nil {
 		var err error
 		if len(s.Stats) == 0 {
-			s.filter, err = internal.CompileFilter(defaultStats)
+			s.filter, err = filter.CompileFilter(defaultStats)
 		} else {
 			// legacy support, change "all" -> "*":
 			if s.Stats[0] == "all" {
 				s.Stats[0] = "*"
 			}
-			s.filter, err = internal.CompileFilter(s.Stats)
+			s.filter, err = filter.CompileFilter(s.Stats)
 		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return err