diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 4121c7168..3a417427e 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -1590,6 +1590,7 @@ func (c *Config) buildSerializer(tbl *ast.Table) (serializers.Serializer, error)
 
 	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)
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/registry.go b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
index 144be0c37..5030531bf 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/registry.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/registry.go
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// When enabled forward slash (/) and comma (,) will be accepted
 	WavefrontUseStrict bool `toml:"wavefront_use_strict"`
 
+	// Convert "_" in prefixes to "." for Wavefront
+	WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion bool `toml:"wavefront_disable_prefix_conversion"`
+
 	// Include the metric timestamp on each sample.
 	PrometheusExportTimestamp bool `toml:"prometheus_export_timestamp"`
 
@@ -134,7 +137,7 @@ func NewSerializer(config *Config) (Serializer, error) {
 	case "carbon2":
 		serializer, err = NewCarbon2Serializer(config.Carbon2Format, config.Carbon2SanitizeReplaceChar)
 	case "wavefront":
-		serializer, err = NewWavefrontSerializer(config.Prefix, config.WavefrontUseStrict, config.WavefrontSourceOverride)
+		serializer, err = NewWavefrontSerializer(config.Prefix, config.WavefrontUseStrict, config.WavefrontSourceOverride, config.WavefrontDisablePrefixConversion)
 	case "prometheus":
 		serializer, err = NewPrometheusSerializer(config)
 	case "prometheusremotewrite":
@@ -187,8 +190,8 @@ func NewPrometheusSerializer(config *Config) (Serializer, error) {
 	})
 }
 
-func NewWavefrontSerializer(prefix string, useStrict bool, sourceOverride []string) (Serializer, error) {
-	return wavefront.NewSerializer(prefix, useStrict, sourceOverride)
+func NewWavefrontSerializer(prefix string, useStrict bool, sourceOverride []string, disablePrefixConversions bool) (Serializer, error) {
+	return wavefront.NewSerializer(prefix, useStrict, sourceOverride, disablePrefixConversions)
 }
 
 func NewJSONSerializer(timestampUnits time.Duration, timestampFormat string) (Serializer, error) {
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/README.md b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/README.md
index 3ab0fa397..7495f9f4d 100644
--- a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/README.md
+++ b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ The `wavefront` serializer translates the Telegraf metric format to the [Wavefro
   ## more about them here:
   ## https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/blob/master/docs/DATA_FORMATS_OUTPUT.md
   data_format = "wavefront"
+  ## Users who wish their prefix paths to not be converted may set the following:
+  ## default behavior (enabled prefix/path conversion):       prod.prefix.name.metric.name
+  ## configurable behavior (disabled prefix/path conversion): prod.prefix_name.metric_name
+  # wavefront_disable_prefix_conversion = true
 ```
 
 ## Metrics
diff --git a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
index 2bb01266e..a05b0becd 100755
--- a/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/serializers/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@ import (
 
 // WavefrontSerializer : WavefrontSerializer struct
 type WavefrontSerializer struct {
-	Prefix         string
-	UseStrict      bool
-	SourceOverride []string
-	scratch        buffer
-	mu             sync.Mutex // buffer mutex
+	Prefix                   string
+	UseStrict                bool
+	SourceOverride           []string
+	DisablePrefixConversions bool
+	scratch                  buffer
+	mu                       sync.Mutex // buffer mutex
 }
 
 // catch many of the invalid chars that could appear in a metric or tag name
@@ -40,11 +41,12 @@ var tagValueReplacer = strings.NewReplacer("\"", "\\\"", "*", "-")
 
 var pathReplacer = strings.NewReplacer("_", ".")
 
-func NewSerializer(prefix string, useStrict bool, sourceOverride []string) (*WavefrontSerializer, error) {
+func NewSerializer(prefix string, useStrict bool, sourceOverride []string, disablePrefixConversion bool) (*WavefrontSerializer, error) {
 	s := &WavefrontSerializer{
-		Prefix:         prefix,
-		UseStrict:      useStrict,
-		SourceOverride: sourceOverride,
+		Prefix:                   prefix,
+		UseStrict:                useStrict,
+		SourceOverride:           sourceOverride,
+		DisablePrefixConversions: disablePrefixConversion,
 	}
 	return s, nil
 }
@@ -67,7 +69,9 @@ func (s *WavefrontSerializer) serializeMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
 			name = sanitizedChars.Replace(name)
 		}
 
-		name = pathReplacer.Replace(name)
+		if !s.DisablePrefixConversions {
+			name = pathReplacer.Replace(name)
+		}
 
 		metricValue, valid := buildValue(value, name)
 		if !valid {