diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed7ff2a2e..1357e6d90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ in their config file.
 - [#2045](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2045): Graylog output should set short_message field.
 - [#1904](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1904): Hddtemp always put the value in the field temperature.
 - [#1693](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/1693): Properly collect nested jolokia struct data.
+- [#1917](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1917): fix puppetagent inputs plugin to support string for config variable.
 
 ## v1.1.2 [2016-12-12]
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/last_run_summary.yaml b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/last_run_summary.yaml
index 1f5dea3ce..be2f01746 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/last_run_summary.yaml
+++ b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/last_run_summary.yaml
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@
     last_run: 1444936531
     cron: 0.000584
   version:
-    config: 1444936521
-    puppet: "3.7.5"
\ No newline at end of file
+    config: "environment:d6018ce"
+    puppet: "3.7.5"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go
index f66aa989f..c8a265bb8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent.go
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ type time struct {
 }
 
 type version struct {
-	Config int64  `yaml:"config"`
-	Puppet string `yaml:"puppet"`
+	ConfigString string `yaml:"config"`
+	Puppet       string `yaml:"puppet"`
 }
 
 // SampleConfig returns sample configuration message
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent_test.go b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent_test.go
index d1470bc27..b1c447887 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/puppetagent/puppetagent_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestGather(t *testing.T) {
 		"resources_outofsync":       int64(0),
 		"changes_total":             int64(0),
 		"time_lastrun":              int64(1444936531),
-		"version_config":            int64(1444936521),
+		"version_configstring":      "environment:d6018ce",
 		"time_user":                 float64(0.004331),
 		"time_schedule":             float64(0.001123),
 		"time_filebucket":           float64(0.000353),