diff --git a/plugins/common/socket/stream.go b/plugins/common/socket/stream.go
index ae41e1db7..36e642b34 100644
--- a/plugins/common/socket/stream.go
+++ b/plugins/common/socket/stream.go
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@ func (l *streamListener) read(conn net.Conn, onData CallbackData) error {
 	timeout := time.Duration(l.ReadTimeout)
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(decoder)
+	if l.ReadBufferSize > bufio.MaxScanTokenSize {
+		scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, l.ReadBufferSize), l.ReadBufferSize)
+	}
 	scanner.Split(l.Splitter)
 	for {
 		// Set the read deadline, if any, then start reading. The read
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/socket_listener/socket_listener_test.go b/plugins/inputs/socket_listener/socket_listener_test.go
index ac3ca3815..31585d457 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/socket_listener/socket_listener_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/socket_listener/socket_listener_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package socket_listener
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 	_ "github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/all"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/influx"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/parsers/value"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -195,6 +197,71 @@ func TestSocketListener(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLargeReadBuffer(t *testing.T) {
+	// Construct a buffer-size setting of 100KiB
+	var bufsize config.Size
+	require.NoError(t, bufsize.UnmarshalText([]byte("1000KiB")))
+
+	// Setup plugin with a sufficient read buffer
+	plugin := &SocketListener{
+		ServiceAddress: "tcp://127.0.0.1:0",
+		Config: socket.Config{
+			ReadBufferSize: bufsize,
+		},
+		SplitConfig: socket.SplitConfig{
+			SplittingStrategy: "newline",
+		},
+		Log: &testutil.Logger{},
+	}
+	parser := &value.Parser{
+		MetricName: "test",
+		DataType:   "string",
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, parser.Init())
+	plugin.SetParser(parser)
+
+	// Create a large message with the readbuffer size
+	message := bytes.Repeat([]byte{'a'}, int(bufsize)-2)
+	expected := []telegraf.Metric{
+		metric.New(
+			"test",
+			map[string]string{},
+			map[string]interface{}{"value": string(message)},
+			time.Unix(0, 0),
+		),
+	}
+
+	// Start the plugin
+	var acc testutil.Accumulator
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Init())
+	require.NoError(t, plugin.Start(&acc))
+	defer plugin.Stop()
+
+	addr := plugin.socket.Address()
+
+	// Setup the client for submitting data
+	client, err := createClient(plugin.ServiceAddress, addr, nil)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	_, err = client.Write(append(message, '\n'))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	client.Close()
+
+	getError := func() error {
+		acc.Lock()
+		defer acc.Unlock()
+		return acc.FirstError()
+	}
+
+	// Test the resulting metrics and compare against expected results
+	require.Eventuallyf(t, func() bool {
+		return acc.NMetrics() >= uint64(len(expected))
+	}, time.Second, 100*time.Millisecond, "did not receive metrics (%d): %v", acc.NMetrics(), getError())
+	actual := acc.GetTelegrafMetrics()
+	testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, expected, actual, testutil.IgnoreTime())
+}
+
 func TestCases(t *testing.T) {
 	// Get all directories in testdata
 	folders, err := os.ReadDir("testcases")