diff --git a/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/README.md b/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/README.md
index 24ed32f49..7f9915cf9 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/README.md
@@ -21,8 +21,16 @@ JSON is probably the easiest to integrate with downstream components.
   ## The full connection string to the Event Hub (required)
   ## The shared access key must have "Send" permissions on the target Event Hub.
   connection_string = "Endpoint=sb://namespace.servicebus.windows.net/;SharedAccessKeyName=RootManageSharedAccessKey;SharedAccessKey=superSecret1234=;EntityPath=hubName"
+
   ## Client timeout (defaults to 30s)
   # timeout = "30s"
+
+  ## Partition key
+  ## Metric tag or field name to use for the event partition key. The value of
+  ## this tag or field is set as the key for events if it exists. If both, tag
+  ## and field, exist the tag is preferred.
+  # partition_key = ""
+
   ## Data format to output.
   ## Each data format has its own unique set of configuration options, read
   ## more about them here:
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go b/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go
index e6a4c1da5..5a0c8d3d6 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/event_hubs/event_hubs.go
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ func (eh *eventHub) SendBatch(ctx context.Context, iterator eventhub.BatchIterat
 type EventHubs struct {
 	Log              telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 	ConnectionString string          `toml:"connection_string"`
-	Timeout          config.Duration
+	Timeout          config.Duration `toml:"timeout"`
+	PartitionKey     string          `toml:"partition_key"`
 
 	Hub        EventHubInterface
 	serializer serializers.Serializer
@@ -102,7 +103,18 @@ func (e *EventHubs) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		events = append(events, eventhub.NewEvent(payload))
+		event := eventhub.NewEvent(payload)
+		if e.PartitionKey != "" {
+			if key, ok := metric.GetTag(e.PartitionKey); ok {
+				event.PartitionKey = &key
+			} else if key, ok := metric.GetField(e.PartitionKey); ok {
+				if strKey, ok := key.(string); ok {
+					event.PartitionKey = &strKey
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		events = append(events, event)
 	}
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Duration(e.Timeout))