diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md
index 7ade180f4..3b7f376f6 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/README.md
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ Remove User Id and Password keywords from the connection string in your config f
 
   ## Queries enabled by default for database_type = "SQLServer" are -
   ## SQLServerPerformanceCounters, SQLServerWaitStatsCategorized, SQLServerDatabaseIO, SQLServerProperties, SQLServerMemoryClerks,
-  ## SQLServerSchedulers, SQLServerRequests, SQLServerVolumeSpace, SQLServerCpu, SQLServerAvailabilityReplicaStates, SQLServerDatabaseReplicaStates
+  ## SQLServerSchedulers, SQLServerRequests, SQLServerVolumeSpace, SQLServerCpu, SQLServerAvailabilityReplicaStates, SQLServerDatabaseReplicaStates,
+  ## SQLServerRecentBackups
 
   ## Queries enabled by default for database_type = "AzureSQLDB" are -
   ## AzureSQLDBResourceStats, AzureSQLDBResourceGovernance, AzureSQLDBWaitStats, AzureSQLDBDatabaseIO, AzureSQLDBServerProperties,
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ Remove User Id and Password keywords from the connection string in your config f
   ## - SQLServerRequests
   ## - SQLServerVolumeSpace
   ## - SQLServerCpu
+  ## - SQLServerRecentBackups
   ## and following as optional (if mentioned in the include_query list)
   ## - SQLServerAvailabilityReplicaStates
   ## - SQLServerDatabaseReplicaStates
@@ -381,6 +383,7 @@ These are metrics for Azure SQL to monitor resources usage at Elastic Pool level
 - SQLServerCpu: Uses the buffer ring (`sys.dm_os_ring_buffers`) to get CPU data, the table is updated once per minute. (Note that even if enabled it won't get any data from Azure SQL Database or SQL Managed Instance).
 - SQLServerAvailabilityReplicaStates: Collects availability replica state information from `sys.dm_hadr_availability_replica_states` for a High Availability / Disaster Recovery (HADR) setup
 - SQLServerDatabaseReplicaStates: Collects database replica state information from `sys.dm_hadr_database_replica_states` for a High Availability / Disaster Recovery (HADR) setup
+- SQLServerRecentBackups: Collects latest full, differential and transaction log backup date and size from `msdb.dbo.backupset`
 
 ### Output Measures
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
index e7aa900c7..9396dc1e3 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ func (s *SQLServer) initQueries() error {
 		queries["SQLServerCpu"] = Query{ScriptName: "SQLServerCpu", Script: sqlServerRingBufferCPU, ResultByRow: false}
 		queries["SQLServerAvailabilityReplicaStates"] = Query{ScriptName: "SQLServerAvailabilityReplicaStates", Script: sqlServerAvailabilityReplicaStates, ResultByRow: false}
 		queries["SQLServerDatabaseReplicaStates"] = Query{ScriptName: "SQLServerDatabaseReplicaStates", Script: sqlServerDatabaseReplicaStates, ResultByRow: false}
+		queries["SQLServerRecentBackups"] = Query{ScriptName: "SQLServerRecentBackups", Script: sqlServerRecentBackups, ResultByRow: false}
 	} else {
 		// If this is an AzureDB instance, grab some extra metrics
 		if s.AzureDB {
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go
index c1284080b..135e94f7b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserverqueries.go
@@ -1334,3 +1334,50 @@ END'
 
 EXEC sp_executesql @SqlStatement
 `
+
+const sqlServerRecentBackups string = `
+IF SERVERPROPERTY('EngineEdition') NOT IN (2,3,4) BEGIN /*NOT IN Standard,Enterpris,Express*/
+	DECLARE @ErrorMessage AS nvarchar(500) = 'Telegraf - Connection string Server:'+ @@ServerName + ',Database:' + DB_NAME() +' is not a SQL Server Standard,Enterprise or Express. Check the database_type parameter in the telegraf configuration.';
+	RAISERROR (@ErrorMessage,11,1)
+	RETURN
+END;
+
+WITH MostRecentBackups AS
+(
+	SELECT 
+		database_name AS [Database],
+		MAX(bus.backup_finish_date) AS LastBackupTime,
+		CASE bus.type
+			WHEN 'D' THEN 'Full'
+			WHEN 'I' THEN 'Differential'
+			WHEN 'L' THEN 'Transaction Log'
+		END AS Type
+	FROM msdb.dbo.backupset bus
+	WHERE bus.type <> 'F'
+	GROUP BY bus.database_name,bus.type
+),
+BackupsWithSize AS
+(
+	SELECT mrb.*, CAST((SELECT TOP 1 b.backup_size FROM msdb.dbo.backupset b WHERE [Database] = b.database_name AND LastBackupTime = b.backup_finish_date) AS int) AS [backup_size]
+	FROM MostRecentBackups mrb
+)
+
+SELECT
+	'sqlserver_recentbackup' AS [measurement],
+	REPLACE(@@SERVERNAME,'\',':') AS [sql_instance], 
+	d.name AS [database_name],
+	d.database_id as [database_id],
+	d.state_desc AS [state],
+	d.recovery_model_desc AS [recovery_model],
+	DATEDIFF(SECOND,{d '1970-01-01'}, bf.LastBackupTime) AS [last_full_backup_time],
+	bf.backup_size AS [full_backup_size_bytes],
+	DATEDIFF(SECOND,{d '1970-01-01'}, bd.LastBackupTime) AS [last_differential_backup_time],
+	bd.backup_size AS [differential_backup_size_bytes],
+	DATEDIFF(SECOND,{d '1970-01-01'}, bt.LastBackupTime) AS [last_transaction_log_backup_time],
+	bt.backup_size AS [transaction_log_backup_size_bytes]
+FROM sys.databases d
+LEFT JOIN BackupsWithSize bf ON (d.name = bf.[Database] AND (bf.Type = 'Full' OR bf.Type IS NULL))
+LEFT JOIN BackupsWithSize bd ON (d.name = bd.[Database] AND (bd.Type = 'Differential' OR bd.Type IS NULL))
+LEFT JOIN BackupsWithSize bt ON (d.name = bt.[Database] AND (bt.Type = 'Transaction Log' OR bt.Type IS NULL))
+WHERE d.name <> 'tempdb' AND d.source_database_id IS NULL
+`