diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/README.md b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/README.md
index a2d13e6e163b5..37fa1e828892c 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Requires `project` to specify where Stackdriver metrics will be delivered to.
 
 Metrics are grouped by the `namespace` variable and metric key - eg: `custom.googleapis.com/telegraf/system/load5`
 
+[Resource type](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/resources) is configured by the `resource_type` variable (default `global`).
+
 ### Configuration
 
 ```toml
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver.go b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver.go
index a1c9e20dad56a..ce0b70bef53b8 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ import (
 
 // Stackdriver is the Google Stackdriver config info.
 type Stackdriver struct {
-	Project   string
-	Namespace string
+	Project      string
+	Namespace    string
+	ResourceType string `toml:"resource_type"`
 
 	client *monitoring.MetricClient
 }
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ func (s *Stackdriver) Connect() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Namespace is a required field for stackdriver output")
 	}
 
+	if s.ResourceType == "" {
+		s.ResourceType = "global"
+	}
+
 	if s.client == nil {
 		ctx := context.Background()
 		client, err := monitoring.NewMetricClient(ctx)
@@ -137,7 +142,7 @@ func (s *Stackdriver) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 					},
 					MetricKind: metricKind,
 					Resource: &monitoredrespb.MonitoredResource{
-						Type: "global",
+						Type: s.ResourceType,
 						Labels: map[string]string{
 							"project_id": s.Project,
 						},
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
index d9aab38fdf8ba..55558e8426f3d 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/stackdriver/stackdriver_test.go
@@ -97,6 +97,36 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	err = s.Write(testutil.MockMetrics())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	request := mockMetric.reqs[0].(*monitoringpb.CreateTimeSeriesRequest)
+	require.Equal(t, request.TimeSeries[0].Resource.Type, "global")
+}
+
+func TestWriteResourceType(t *testing.T) {
+	expectedResponse := &emptypb.Empty{}
+	mockMetric.err = nil
+	mockMetric.reqs = nil
+	mockMetric.resps = append(mockMetric.resps[:0], expectedResponse)
+
+	c, err := monitoring.NewMetricClient(context.Background(), clientOpt)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	s := &Stackdriver{
+		Project:      fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s", "[PROJECT]"),
+		Namespace:    "test",
+		ResourceType: "foo",
+		client:       c,
+	}
+
+	err = s.Connect()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	err = s.Write(testutil.MockMetrics())
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	request := mockMetric.reqs[0].(*monitoringpb.CreateTimeSeriesRequest)
+	require.Equal(t, request.TimeSeries[0].Resource.Type, "foo")
 }
 
 func TestWriteAscendingTime(t *testing.T) {