diff --git a/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile.go b/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile.go
index 1066a10e3..3e9266293 100644
--- a/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ type Quantile struct {
 
 	cache    map[uint64]aggregate
 	suffixes []string
+
+	Log telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 }
 
 type aggregate struct {
@@ -42,7 +44,10 @@ func (q *Quantile) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
 		for k, algo := range cached.fields {
 			if field, ok := fields[k]; ok {
 				if v, isconvertible := convert(field); isconvertible {
-					algo.Add(v)
+					err := algo.Add(v)
+					if err != nil {
+						q.Log.Errorf("adding cached field %s: %v", k, err)
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -59,7 +64,10 @@ func (q *Quantile) Add(in telegraf.Metric) {
 		if v, isconvertible := convert(field); isconvertible {
 			// This should never error out as we tested it in Init()
 			algo, _ := q.newAlgorithm(q.Compression)
-			algo.Add(v)
+			err := algo.Add(v)
+			if err != nil {
+				q.Log.Errorf("adding field %s: %v", k, err)
+			}
 			a.fields[k] = algo
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile_test.go b/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile_test.go
index 4095f0c58..3d463827c 100644
--- a/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile_test.go
+++ b/plugins/aggregators/quantile/quantile_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ func TestConfigInvalidQuantiles(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSingleMetricTDigest(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 
-	q := Quantile{Compression: 100}
+	q := Quantile{
+		Compression: 100,
+		Log:         testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -113,7 +116,10 @@ func TestSingleMetricTDigest(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMultipleMetricsTDigest(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 
-	q := Quantile{Compression: 100}
+	q := Quantile{
+		Compression: 100,
+		Log:         testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -173,7 +179,10 @@ func TestMultipleMetricsTDigest(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSingleMetricExactR7(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R7"}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R7",
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -240,7 +249,10 @@ func TestSingleMetricExactR7(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMultipleMetricsExactR7(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R7"}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R7",
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -300,7 +312,10 @@ func TestMultipleMetricsExactR7(t *testing.T) {
 func TestSingleMetricExactR8(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R8"}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R8",
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -367,7 +382,10 @@ func TestSingleMetricExactR8(t *testing.T) {
 func TestMultipleMetricsExactR8(t *testing.T) {
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R8"}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R8",
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -444,7 +462,10 @@ func BenchmarkDefaultTDigest(b *testing.B) {
 		)
 	}
 
-	q := Quantile{Compression: 100}
+	q := Quantile{
+		Compression: 100,
+		Log:         testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 
@@ -481,7 +502,11 @@ func BenchmarkDefaultTDigest100Q(b *testing.B) {
 		quantiles[i] = 0.01 * float64(i)
 	}
 
-	q := Quantile{Compression: 100, Quantiles: quantiles}
+	q := Quantile{
+		Compression: 100,
+		Quantiles:   quantiles,
+		Log:         testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 
@@ -514,7 +539,10 @@ func BenchmarkDefaultExactR7(b *testing.B) {
 		)
 	}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R7"}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R7",
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 
@@ -551,7 +579,11 @@ func BenchmarkDefaultExactR7100Q(b *testing.B) {
 		quantiles[i] = 0.01 * float64(i)
 	}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R7", Quantiles: quantiles}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R7",
+		Quantiles:     quantiles,
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 
@@ -584,7 +616,10 @@ func BenchmarkDefaultExactR8(b *testing.B) {
 		)
 	}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R8"}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R8",
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(b, err)
 
@@ -621,7 +656,11 @@ func BenchmarkDefaultExactR8100Q(b *testing.B) {
 		quantiles[i] = 0.01 * float64(i)
 	}
 
-	q := Quantile{AlgorithmType: "exact R8", Quantiles: quantiles}
+	q := Quantile{
+		AlgorithmType: "exact R8",
+		Quantiles:     quantiles,
+		Log:           testutil.Logger{},
+	}
 	err := q.Init()
 	require.NoError(b, err)