diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 442474366..12573eb5a 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1478,10 +1478,6 @@ func (c *Config) buildSerializerOld(tbl *ast.Table) (telegraf.Serializer, error)
 	c.getFieldString(tbl, "template", &sc.Template)
 	c.getFieldStringSlice(tbl, "templates", &sc.Templates)
 
-	c.getFieldStringSlice(tbl, "wavefront_source_override", &sc.WavefrontSourceOverride)
-	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "wavefront_use_strict", &sc.WavefrontUseStrict)
-	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "wavefront_disable_prefix_conversion", &sc.WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion)
-
 	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_export_timestamp", &sc.PrometheusExportTimestamp)
 	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_sort_metrics", &sc.PrometheusSortMetrics)
 	c.getFieldBool(tbl, "prometheus_string_as_label", &sc.PrometheusStringAsLabel)
@@ -1554,8 +1550,7 @@ func (c *Config) missingTomlField(_ reflect.Type, key string) error {
 	// Serializer options to ignore
 	case "prefix", "template", "templates",
 		"prometheus_export_timestamp", "prometheus_sort_metrics", "prometheus_string_as_label",
-		"prometheus_compact_encoding",
-		"wavefront_disable_prefix_conversion", "wavefront_source_override", "wavefront_use_strict":
+		"prometheus_compact_encoding":
 	default:
 		c.unusedFieldsMutex.Lock()
 		c.UnusedFields[key] = true
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/all/wavefront.go b/plugins/serializers/all/wavefront.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ba7b543c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/serializers/all/wavefront.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+//go:build !custom || serializers || serializers.wavefront
+
+package all
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/wavefront" // register plugin
+)
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/registry.go b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
index ac174e05e..101498df4 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/prometheus"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers/wavefront"
 )
 
 // Creator is the function to create a new serializer
@@ -158,13 +157,6 @@ func NewSerializer(config *Config) (Serializer, error) {
 	var err error
 	var serializer Serializer
 	switch config.DataFormat {
-	case "wavefront":
-		serializer, err = NewWavefrontSerializer(
-			config.Prefix,
-			config.WavefrontUseStrict,
-			config.WavefrontSourceOverride,
-			config.WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion,
-		), nil
 	case "prometheus":
 		serializer, err = NewPrometheusSerializer(config), nil
 	default:
@@ -209,7 +201,3 @@ func NewPrometheusSerializer(config *Config) Serializer {
 		CompactEncoding: config.PrometheusCompactEncoding,
 	})
 }
-
-func NewWavefrontSerializer(prefix string, useStrict bool, sourceOverride []string, disablePrefixConversions bool) Serializer {
-	return wavefront.NewSerializer(prefix, useStrict, sourceOverride, disablePrefixConversions)
-}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
index c99145394..f38c97589 100755
--- a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/serializers"
 )
 
-// WavefrontSerializer : WavefrontSerializer struct
-type WavefrontSerializer struct {
-	Prefix                   string
-	UseStrict                bool
-	SourceOverride           []string
-	DisablePrefixConversions bool
-	scratch                  buffer
-	mu                       sync.Mutex // buffer mutex
+type Serializer struct {
+	Prefix                   string   `toml:"prefix"`
+	UseStrict                bool     `toml:"wavefront_use_strict"`
+	SourceOverride           []string `toml:"wavefront_source_override"`
+	DisablePrefixConversions bool     `toml:"wavefront_disable_prefix_conversion"`
+
+	scratch buffer
+	mu      sync.Mutex // buffer mutex
 }
 
 type MetricPoint struct {
@@ -26,17 +27,7 @@ type MetricPoint struct {
 	Tags      map[string]string
 }
 
-func NewSerializer(prefix string, useStrict bool, sourceOverride []string, disablePrefixConversion bool) *WavefrontSerializer {
-	s := &WavefrontSerializer{
-		Prefix:                   prefix,
-		UseStrict:                useStrict,
-		SourceOverride:           sourceOverride,
-		DisablePrefixConversions: disablePrefixConversion,
-	}
-	return s
-}
-
-func (s *WavefrontSerializer) serializeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
+func (s *Serializer) serializeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
 	const metricSeparator = "."
 
 	for fieldName, value := range m.Fields() {
@@ -59,7 +50,7 @@ func (s *WavefrontSerializer) serializeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
 			// bad value continue to next metric
 			continue
 		}
-		source, tags := buildTags(m.Tags(), s)
+		source, tags := s.buildTags(m.Tags())
 		metric := MetricPoint{
 			Metric:    name,
 			Timestamp: m.Time().Unix(),
@@ -72,7 +63,7 @@ func (s *WavefrontSerializer) serializeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
 }
 
 // Serialize : Serialize based on Wavefront format
-func (s *WavefrontSerializer) Serialize(m telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
+func (s *Serializer) Serialize(m telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	s.scratch.Reset()
 	s.serializeMetric(m)
@@ -81,7 +72,7 @@ func (s *WavefrontSerializer) Serialize(m telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func (s *WavefrontSerializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
+func (s *Serializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte, error) {
 	s.mu.Lock()
 	s.scratch.Reset()
 	for _, m := range metrics {
@@ -92,7 +83,7 @@ func (s *WavefrontSerializer) SerializeBatch(metrics []telegraf.Metric) ([]byte,
 	return out, nil
 }
 
-func findSourceTag(mTags map[string]string, s *WavefrontSerializer) string {
+func (s *Serializer) findSourceTag(mTags map[string]string) string {
 	if src, ok := mTags["source"]; ok {
 		delete(mTags, "source")
 		return src
@@ -107,14 +98,14 @@ func findSourceTag(mTags map[string]string, s *WavefrontSerializer) string {
 	return mTags["host"]
 }
 
-func buildTags(mTags map[string]string, s *WavefrontSerializer) (string, map[string]string) {
+func (s *Serializer) buildTags(mTags map[string]string) (string, map[string]string) {
 	// Remove all empty tags.
 	for k, v := range mTags {
 		if v == "" {
 			delete(mTags, k)
 		}
 	}
-	source := findSourceTag(mTags, s)
+	source := s.findSourceTag(mTags)
 	delete(mTags, "host")
 	return tagValueReplacer.Replace(source), mTags
 }
@@ -143,7 +134,7 @@ func buildValue(v interface{}, name string) (val float64, valid bool) {
 	}
 }
 
-func formatMetricPoint(b *buffer, metricPoint *MetricPoint, s *WavefrontSerializer) []byte {
+func formatMetricPoint(b *buffer, metricPoint *MetricPoint, s *Serializer) []byte {
 	b.WriteChar('"')
 	b.WriteString(metricPoint.Metric)
 	b.WriteString(`" `)
@@ -195,3 +186,21 @@ func (b *buffer) WriteUint64(val uint64) {
 func (b *buffer) WriteFloat64(val float64) {
 	*b = strconv.AppendFloat(*b, val, 'f', 6, 64)
 }
+
+func init() {
+	serializers.Add("wavefront",
+		func() serializers.Serializer {
+			return &Serializer{}
+		},
+	)
+}
+
+// InitFromConfig is a compatibility function to construct the parser the old way
+func (s *Serializer) InitFromConfig(cfg *serializers.Config) error {
+	s.Prefix = cfg.Prefix
+	s.UseStrict = cfg.WavefrontUseStrict
+	s.SourceOverride = cfg.WavefrontSourceOverride
+	s.DisablePrefixConversions = cfg.WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront_test.go b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
index 53bbc6432..a14174256 100755
--- a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ func TestBuildTags(t *testing.T) {
 			"ccc",
 		},
 	}
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{SourceOverride: []string{"instanceid", "instance-id", "hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"}}
+	s := &Serializer{SourceOverride: []string{"instanceid", "instance-id", "hostname", "snmp_host", "node_host"}}
 
 	for _, tt := range tagTests {
-		source, tags := buildTags(tt.ptIn, &s)
+		source, tags := s.buildTags(tt.ptIn)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tags, tt.outTags) {
 			t.Errorf("\nexpected\t%+v\nreceived\t%+v\n", tt.outTags, tags)
 		}
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ func TestBuildTagsHostTag(t *testing.T) {
 			"snmpHost",
 		},
 	}
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{SourceOverride: []string{"snmp_host"}}
+	s := &Serializer{SourceOverride: []string{"snmp_host"}}
 
 	for _, tt := range tagTests {
-		source, tags := buildTags(tt.ptIn, &s)
+		source, tags := s.buildTags(tt.ptIn)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tags, tt.outTags) {
 			t.Errorf("\nexpected\t%+v\nreceived\t%+v\n", tt.outTags, tags)
 		}
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ func TestFormatMetricPoint(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{}
+	s := &Serializer{}
 
 	for _, pt := range pointTests {
-		bout := formatMetricPoint(new(buffer), pt.ptIn, &s)
+		bout := formatMetricPoint(new(buffer), pt.ptIn, s)
 		sout := string(bout[:])
 		if sout != pt.out {
 			t.Errorf("\nexpected\t%s\nreceived\t%s\n", pt.out, sout)
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ func TestUseStrict(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{UseStrict: true}
+	s := &Serializer{UseStrict: true}
 
 	for _, pt := range pointTests {
-		bout := formatMetricPoint(new(buffer), pt.ptIn, &s)
+		bout := formatMetricPoint(new(buffer), pt.ptIn, s)
 		sout := string(bout[:])
 		if sout != pt.out {
 			t.Errorf("\nexpected\t%s\nreceived\t%s\n", pt.out, sout)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func TestSerializeMetricFloat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := metric.New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{}
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	buf, _ := s.Serialize(m)
 	mS := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n")
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func TestSerializeMetricInt(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := metric.New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{}
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	buf, _ := s.Serialize(m)
 	mS := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n")
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ func TestSerializeMetricBoolTrue(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := metric.New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{}
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	buf, _ := s.Serialize(m)
 	mS := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n")
 
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ func TestSerializeMetricBoolFalse(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := metric.New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{}
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	buf, _ := s.Serialize(m)
 	mS := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n")
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func TestSerializeMetricFieldValue(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := metric.New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{}
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	buf, err := s.Serialize(m)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mS := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n")
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func TestSerializeMetricPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	m := metric.New("cpu", tags, fields, now)
 
-	s := WavefrontSerializer{Prefix: "telegraf."}
+	s := &Serializer{Prefix: "telegraf."}
 	buf, err := s.Serialize(m)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	mS := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(buf)), "\n")
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ func benchmarkMetrics(b *testing.B) [4]telegraf.Metric {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSerialize(b *testing.B) {
-	var s WavefrontSerializer
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	metrics := benchmarkMetrics(b)
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ func BenchmarkSerialize(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkSerializeBatch(b *testing.B) {
-	var s WavefrontSerializer
+	s := &Serializer{}
 	m := benchmarkMetrics(b)
 	metrics := m[:]
 	b.ResetTimer()