diff --git a/Godeps b/Godeps
index c659227ca..8fb336d08 100644
--- a/Godeps
+++ b/Godeps
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ github.com/miekg/dns 99f84ae56e75126dd77e5de4fae2ea034a468ca1
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure d0303fe809921458f417bcf828397a65db30a7e4
 github.com/multiplay/go-ts3 07477f49b8dfa3ada231afc7b7b17617d42afe8e
 github.com/naoina/go-stringutil 6b638e95a32d0c1131db0e7fe83775cbea4a0d0b
+github.com/nats-io/gnatsd 393bbb7c031433e68707c8810fda0bfcfbe6ab9b
 github.com/nats-io/go-nats ea9585611a4ab58a205b9b125ebd74c389a6b898
 github.com/nats-io/nats ea9585611a4ab58a205b9b125ebd74c389a6b898
 github.com/nats-io/nuid 289cccf02c178dc782430d534e3c1f5b72af807f
diff --git a/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md b/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
index 92acc3270..cdf991c5a 100644
--- a/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
+++ b/docs/LICENSE_OF_DEPENDENCIES.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ following works:
 - github.com/miekg/dns [BSD](https://github.com/miekg/dns/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/naoina/go-stringutil [MIT](https://github.com/naoina/go-stringutil/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/naoina/toml [MIT](https://github.com/naoina/toml/blob/master/LICENSE)
+- github.com/nats-io/gnatsd [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/gnatsd/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nats-io/go-nats [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/go-nats/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nats-io/nats [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/nats/blob/master/LICENSE)
 - github.com/nats-io/nuid [MIT](https://github.com/nats-io/nuid/blob/master/LICENSE)
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/all/all.go b/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
index aaf5b6ae7..fa78b3ff0 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/all/all.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mongodb"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mqtt_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/mysql"
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nats"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nats_consumer"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/net_response"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs/nginx"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nats/README.md b/plugins/inputs/nats/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cd9ee7ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nats/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# NATS Monitoring Input Plugin
+
+The [NATS](http://www.nats.io/about/) monitoring plugin reads from
+specified NATS instance and submits metrics to InfluxDB. 
+
+## Configuration
+
+```toml
+[[inputs.nats]]
+  ## The address of the monitoring end-point of the NATS server
+  server = "http://localhost:8222"
+```
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nats/nats.go b/plugins/inputs/nats/nats.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5099bd9fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nats/nats.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package nats
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"path"
+	"time"
+
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
+
+	gnatsd "github.com/nats-io/gnatsd/server"
+)
+
+type Nats struct {
+	Server          string
+	ResponseTimeout internal.Duration
+
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+var sampleConfig = `
+  ## The address of the monitoring endpoint of the NATS server
+  server = "http://localhost:1337"
+
+  ## Maximum time to receive response
+  # response_timeout = "5s"
+`
+
+func (n *Nats) SampleConfig() string {
+	return sampleConfig
+}
+
+func (n *Nats) Description() string {
+	return "Provides metrics about the state of a NATS server"
+}
+
+func (n *Nats) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
+	url, err := url.Parse(n.Server)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	url.Path = path.Join(url.Path, "varz")
+
+	if n.client == nil {
+		n.client = n.createHTTPClient()
+	}
+	resp, err := n.client.Get(url.String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	stats := new(gnatsd.Varz)
+	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(bytes), &stats)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	acc.AddFields("nats",
+		map[string]interface{}{
+			"in_msgs":           stats.InMsgs,
+			"out_msgs":          stats.OutMsgs,
+			"in_bytes":          stats.InBytes,
+			"out_bytes":         stats.OutBytes,
+			"uptime":            stats.Now.Sub(stats.Start).Nanoseconds(),
+			"cores":             stats.Cores,
+			"cpu":               stats.CPU,
+			"mem":               stats.Mem,
+			"connections":       stats.Connections,
+			"total_connections": stats.TotalConnections,
+			"subscriptions":     stats.Subscriptions,
+			"slow_consumers":    stats.SlowConsumers,
+			"routes":            stats.Routes,
+			"remotes":           stats.Remotes,
+		},
+		map[string]string{"server": n.Server},
+		time.Now())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (n *Nats) createHTTPClient() *http.Client {
+	transport := &http.Transport{
+		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+	}
+	timeout := n.ResponseTimeout.Duration
+	if timeout == time.Duration(0) {
+		timeout = 5 * time.Second
+	}
+	return &http.Client{
+		Transport: transport,
+		Timeout:   timeout,
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	inputs.Add("nats", func() telegraf.Input {
+		return &Nats{
+			Server: "http://localhost:8222",
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/nats/nats_test.go b/plugins/inputs/nats/nats_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7dd28006b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/inputs/nats/nats_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package nats
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+var sampleVarz = `
+{
+  "server_id": "n2afhLHLl64Gcaj7S7jaNa",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "go": "go1.8",
+  "host": "0.0.0.0",
+  "auth_required": false,
+  "ssl_required": false,
+  "tls_required": false,
+  "tls_verify": false,
+  "addr": "0.0.0.0",
+  "max_connections": 65536,
+  "ping_interval": 120000000000,
+  "ping_max": 2,
+  "http_host": "0.0.0.0",
+  "http_port": 1337,
+  "https_port": 0,
+  "auth_timeout": 1,
+  "max_control_line": 1024,
+  "cluster": {
+    "addr": "0.0.0.0",
+    "cluster_port": 0,
+    "auth_timeout": 1
+  },
+  "tls_timeout": 0.5,
+  "port": 4222,
+  "max_payload": 1048576,
+  "start": "1861-04-12T10:15:26.841483489-05:00",
+  "now": "2011-10-05T15:24:23.722084098-07:00",
+  "uptime": "150y5md237h8m57s",
+  "mem": 15581184,
+  "cores": 48,
+  "cpu": 9,
+  "connections": 5,
+  "total_connections": 109,
+  "routes": 1,
+  "remotes": 2,
+  "in_msgs": 74148556,
+  "out_msgs": 68863261,
+  "in_bytes": 946267004717,
+  "out_bytes": 948110960598,
+  "slow_consumers": 2,
+  "subscriptions": 4,
+  "http_req_stats": {
+    "/": 1,
+    "/connz": 100847,
+    "/routez": 0,
+    "/subsz": 1,
+    "/varz": 205785
+  },
+  "config_load_time": "2017-07-24T10:15:26.841483489-05:00"
+}
+`
+
+func TestMetricsCorrect(t *testing.T) {
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+
+	srv := newTestNatsServer()
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	n := &Nats{Server: srv.URL}
+	err := n.Gather(&acc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	fields := map[string]interface{}{
+		"in_msgs":           int64(74148556),
+		"out_msgs":          int64(68863261),
+		"in_bytes":          int64(946267004717),
+		"out_bytes":         int64(948110960598),
+		"uptime":            int64(4748742536880600609),
+		"cores":             48,
+		"cpu":               float64(9),
+		"mem":               int64(15581184),
+		"connections":       int(5),
+		"total_connections": uint64(109),
+		"subscriptions":     uint32(4),
+		"slow_consumers":    int64(2),
+		"routes":            int(1),
+		"remotes":           int(2),
+	}
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"server": srv.URL,
+	}
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "nats", fields, tags)
+}
+
+func newTestNatsServer() *httptest.Server {
+	return httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		var rsp string
+
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/varz":
+			rsp = sampleVarz
+		default:
+			panic("Cannot handle request")
+		}
+
+		fmt.Fprintln(w, rsp)
+	}))
+}