diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
index ab2fde601f5c8..8e3e934bbdc55 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/process.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ type Process interface {
 	RlimitUsage(bool) ([]process.RlimitStat, error)
 	Username() (string, error)
 	CreateTime() (int64, error)
+	Ppid() (int32, error)
 }
 
 type PIDFinder interface {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
index 772fe77ae4f13..a27ea2c938d69 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat.go
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ func (p *Procstat) addMetric(proc Process, acc telegraf.Accumulator, t time.Time
 		}
 	}
 
+	ppid, err := proc.Ppid()
+	if err == nil {
+		fields[prefix+"ppid"] = ppid
+	}
+
 	acc.AddFields("procstat", fields, proc.Tags(), t)
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go
index c86ac53b385a0..4f1c15f40150e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/procstat/procstat_test.go
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ func (p *testProc) RlimitUsage(_ bool) ([]process.RlimitStat, error) {
 	return []process.RlimitStat{}, nil
 }
 
+func (p *testProc) Ppid() (int32, error) {
+	return 0, nil
+}
+
 var pid = PID(42)
 var exe = "foo"