diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index e36b76d9bb8bf..98eafd39d9994 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -892,15 +892,16 @@
   version = "v1.0.0"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:4142d94383572e74b42352273652c62afec5b23f325222ed09198f46009022d1"
+  digest = "1:6f218995d6a74636cfcab45ce03005371e682b4b9bee0e5eb0ccfd83ef85364f"
   name = "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
   packages = [
     "prometheus",
+    "prometheus/internal",
     "prometheus/promhttp",
   ]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "c5b7fccd204277076155f10851dad72b76a49317"
-  version = "v0.8.0"
+  revision = "505eaef017263e299324067d40ca2c48f6a2cf50"
+  version = "v0.9.2"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index 02b499007c1ca..d1cbd081d47b0 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/prometheus/client_golang"
-  version = "0.8.0"
+  version = "0.9.2"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/prometheus/client_model"
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/README.md b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/README.md
index d4de4894ad823..c06fdbaf187bd 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/README.md
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ This plugin starts a [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) Client, it exposes all
   ## If set, enable TLS with the given certificate.
   # tls_cert = "/etc/ssl/telegraf.crt"
   # tls_key = "/etc/ssl/telegraf.key"
+
+  ## Export metric collection time.
+  # export_timestamp = false
 ```
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
index 0192d935fcec5..ef81034cd63db 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/prometheus_client/prometheus_client.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"os"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -38,6 +37,8 @@ type Sample struct {
 	// Histograms and Summaries need a count and a sum
 	Count uint64
 	Sum   float64
+	// Metric timestamp
+	Timestamp time.Time
 	// Expiration is the deadline that this Sample is valid until.
 	Expiration time.Time
 }
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ type PrometheusClient struct {
 	Path               string            `toml:"path"`
 	CollectorsExclude  []string          `toml:"collectors_exclude"`
 	StringAsLabel      bool              `toml:"string_as_label"`
+	ExportTimestamp    bool              `toml:"export_timestamp"`
 
 	server *http.Server
 
@@ -103,6 +105,9 @@ var sampleConfig = `
   ## If set, enable TLS with the given certificate.
   # tls_cert = "/etc/ssl/telegraf.crt"
   # tls_key = "/etc/ssl/telegraf.key"
+
+  ## Export metric collection time.
+  # export_timestamp = false
 `
 
 func (p *PrometheusClient) auth(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
@@ -159,7 +164,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Connect() error {
 		case "gocollector":
 			registry.Register(prometheus.NewGoCollector())
 		case "process":
-			registry.Register(prometheus.NewProcessCollector(os.Getpid(), ""))
+			registry.Register(prometheus.NewProcessCollector(prometheus.ProcessCollectorOpts{}))
 		default:
 			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized collector %s", collector)
 		}
@@ -282,6 +287,9 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 					name, labels, err.Error())
 			}
 
+			if p.ExportTimestamp {
+				metric = prometheus.NewMetricWithTimestamp(sample.Timestamp, metric)
+			}
 			ch <- metric
 		}
 	}
@@ -398,6 +406,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 				SummaryValue: summaryvalue,
 				Count:        count,
 				Sum:          sum,
+				Timestamp:    point.Time(),
 				Expiration:   now.Add(p.ExpirationInterval.Duration),
 			}
 			mname = sanitize(point.Name())
@@ -439,6 +448,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 				HistogramValue: histogramvalue,
 				Count:          count,
 				Sum:            sum,
+				Timestamp:      point.Time(),
 				Expiration:     now.Add(p.ExpirationInterval.Duration),
 			}
 			mname = sanitize(point.Name())
@@ -463,6 +473,7 @@ func (p *PrometheusClient) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 				sample := &Sample{
 					Labels:     labels,
 					Value:      value,
+					Timestamp:  point.Time(),
 					Expiration: now.Add(p.ExpirationInterval.Duration),
 				}
 
@@ -500,6 +511,7 @@ func init() {
 		return &PrometheusClient{
 			ExpirationInterval: internal.Duration{Duration: time.Second * 60},
 			StringAsLabel:      true,
+			ExportTimestamp:    true,
 			fam:                make(map[string]*MetricFamily),
 			now:                time.Now,
 		}