diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
index 28313b255..3fbd4654e 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package mysql
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
@@ -638,7 +637,12 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalVariables(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accu
 
 		value, err := m.parseGlobalVariables(key, val)
 		if err != nil {
-			m.Log.Debugf("Error parsing global variable %q: %v", key, err)
+			errString := fmt.Errorf("error parsing mysql global variable %q=%q: %v", key, string(val), err)
+			if m.MetricVersion < 2 {
+				m.Log.Debug(errString)
+			} else {
+				acc.AddError(errString)
+			}
 		} else {
 			fields[key] = value
 		}
@@ -658,11 +662,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalVariables(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accu
 
 func (m *Mysql) parseGlobalVariables(key string, value sql.RawBytes) (interface{}, error) {
 	if m.MetricVersion < 2 {
-		v, ok := v1.ParseValue(value)
-		if ok {
-			return v, nil
-		}
-		return v, fmt.Errorf("could not parse value: %q", string(value))
+		return v1.ParseValue(value)
 	}
 	return v2.ConvertGlobalVariables(key, value)
 }
@@ -693,35 +693,58 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherSlaveStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumu
 		// scanning keys and values separately
 
 		// get columns names, and create an array with its length
-		cols, err := rows.Columns()
+		cols, err := rows.ColumnTypes()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		vals := make([]interface{}, len(cols))
+		vals := make([]sql.RawBytes, len(cols))
+		valPtrs := make([]interface{}, len(cols))
 		// fill the array with sql.Rawbytes
 		for i := range vals {
-			vals[i] = &sql.RawBytes{}
+			vals[i] = sql.RawBytes{}
+			valPtrs[i] = &vals[i]
 		}
-		if err = rows.Scan(vals...); err != nil {
+		if err = rows.Scan(valPtrs...); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		// range over columns, and try to parse values
 		for i, col := range cols {
+			colName := col.Name()
+
 			if m.MetricVersion >= 2 {
-				col = strings.ToLower(col)
+				colName = strings.ToLower(colName)
 			}
 
+			colValue := vals[i]
+
 			if m.GatherAllSlaveChannels &&
-				(strings.ToLower(col) == "channel_name" || strings.ToLower(col) == "connection_name") {
+				(strings.ToLower(colName) == "channel_name" || strings.ToLower(colName) == "connection_name") {
 				// Since the default channel name is empty, we need this block
 				channelName := "default"
-				if len(*vals[i].(*sql.RawBytes)) > 0 {
-					channelName = string(*vals[i].(*sql.RawBytes))
+				if len(colValue) > 0 {
+					channelName = string(colValue)
 				}
 				tags["channel"] = channelName
-			} else if value, ok := m.parseValue(*vals[i].(*sql.RawBytes)); ok {
-				fields["slave_"+col] = value
+				continue
 			}
+
+			if colValue == nil || len(colValue) == 0 {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			value, err := m.parseValueByDatabaseTypeName(colValue, col.DatabaseTypeName())
+			if err != nil {
+				errString := fmt.Errorf("error parsing mysql slave status %q=%q: %v", colName, string(colValue), err)
+				if m.MetricVersion < 2 {
+					m.Log.Debug(errString)
+				} else {
+					acc.AddError(errString)
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
+			fields["slave_"+colName] = value
 		}
 		acc.AddFields("mysql", fields, tags)
 
@@ -877,7 +900,7 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherGlobalStatuses(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accum
 			key = strings.ToLower(key)
 			value, err := v2.ConvertGlobalStatus(key, val)
 			if err != nil {
-				m.Log.Debugf("Error parsing global status: %v", err)
+				acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("error parsing mysql global status %q=%q: %v", key, string(val), err))
 			} else {
 				fields[key] = value
 			}
@@ -1346,10 +1369,16 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherInnoDBMetrics(db *sql.DB, serv string, acc telegraf.Accumu
 		if err := rows.Scan(&key, &val); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		key = strings.ToLower(key)
-		if value, ok := m.parseValue(val); ok {
-			fields[key] = value
+		value, err := m.parseValueByDatabaseTypeName(val, "BIGINT")
+		if err != nil {
+			acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("error parsing mysql InnoDB metric %q=%q: %v", key, string(val), err))
+			continue
 		}
+
+		fields[key] = value
+
 		// Send 20 fields at a time
 		if len(fields) >= 20 {
 			acc.AddFields("mysql_innodb", fields, tags)
@@ -1914,34 +1943,22 @@ func (m *Mysql) gatherSchemaForDB(db *sql.DB, database string, servtag string, a
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (m *Mysql) parseValue(value sql.RawBytes) (interface{}, bool) {
+func (m *Mysql) parseValueByDatabaseTypeName(value sql.RawBytes, databaseTypeName string) (interface{}, error) {
 	if m.MetricVersion < 2 {
 		return v1.ParseValue(value)
 	}
-	return parseValue(value)
-}
 
-// parseValue can be used to convert values such as "ON","OFF","Yes","No" to 0,1
-func parseValue(value sql.RawBytes) (interface{}, bool) {
-	if bytes.EqualFold(value, []byte("YES")) || bytes.Equal(value, []byte("ON")) {
-		return 1, true
+	switch databaseTypeName {
+	case "INT":
+		return v2.ParseInt(value)
+	case "BIGINT":
+		return v2.ParseUint(value)
+	case "VARCHAR":
+		return v2.ParseString(value)
+	default:
+		m.Log.Debugf("unknown database type name %q in parseValueByDatabaseTypeName", databaseTypeName)
+		return v2.ParseValue(value)
 	}
-
-	if bytes.EqualFold(value, []byte("NO")) || bytes.Equal(value, []byte("OFF")) {
-		return 0, true
-	}
-
-	if val, err := strconv.ParseInt(string(value), 10, 64); err == nil {
-		return val, true
-	}
-	if val, err := strconv.ParseFloat(string(value), 64); err == nil {
-		return val, true
-	}
-
-	if len(string(value)) > 0 {
-		return string(value), true
-	}
-	return nil, false
 }
 
 // findThreadState can be used to find thread state by command and plain state
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql_test.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql_test.go
index 410f80213..868c86f18 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/mysql_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package mysql
 
 import (
-	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -178,31 +177,7 @@ func TestMysqlDNSAddTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-func TestParseValue(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		rawByte   sql.RawBytes
-		output    interface{}
-		boolValue bool
-	}{
-		{sql.RawBytes("123"), int64(123), true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("abc"), "abc", true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("10.1"), 10.1, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("ON"), 1, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("OFF"), 0, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("NO"), 0, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("YES"), 1, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("No"), 0, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("Yes"), 1, true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("-794"), int64(-794), true},
-		{sql.RawBytes("18446744073709552333"), float64(18446744073709552000), true},
-		{sql.RawBytes(""), nil, false},
-	}
-	for _, cases := range testCases {
-		if got, ok := parseValue(cases.rawByte); got != cases.output && ok != cases.boolValue {
-			t.Errorf("for %s wanted %t, got %t", string(cases.rawByte), cases.output, got)
-		}
-	}
-}
+
 func TestNewNamespace(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		words     []string
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/v1/mysql.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/v1/mysql.go
index 374782f9c..7f4e1a7dc 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/v1/mysql.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/v1/mysql.go
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ var Mappings = []*Mapping{
 	},
 }
 
-func ParseValue(value sql.RawBytes) (float64, bool) {
+func ParseValue(value sql.RawBytes) (float64, error) {
 	if bytes.Equal(value, []byte("Yes")) || bytes.Equal(value, []byte("ON")) {
-		return 1, true
+		return 1, nil
 	}
 
 	if bytes.Equal(value, []byte("No")) || bytes.Equal(value, []byte("OFF")) {
-		return 0, true
+		return 0, nil
 	}
 	n, err := strconv.ParseFloat(string(value), 64)
-	return n, err == nil
+	return n, err
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert.go
index d5b73ec7f..b446890c9 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert.go
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ func ParseUint(value sql.RawBytes) (interface{}, error) {
 	return strconv.ParseUint(string(value), 10, 64)
 }
 
+func ParseFloat(value sql.RawBytes) (interface{}, error) {
+	return strconv.ParseFloat(string(value), 64)
+}
+
 func ParseBoolAsInteger(value sql.RawBytes) (interface{}, error) {
 	if bytes.EqualFold(value, []byte("YES")) || bytes.EqualFold(value, []byte("ON")) {
 		return int64(1), nil
@@ -86,11 +90,15 @@ var GlobalStatusConversions = map[string]ConversionFunc{
 	"innodb_data_pending_fsyncs":    ParseUint,
 	"ssl_ctx_verify_depth":          ParseUint,
 	"ssl_verify_depth":              ParseUint,
+
+	// see https://galeracluster.com/library/documentation/galera-status-variables.html
+	"wsrep_local_index":          ParseUint,
+	"wsrep_local_send_queue_avg": ParseFloat,
 }
 
-// see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-system-variables.html
-// see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html
 var GlobalVariableConversions = map[string]ConversionFunc{
+	// see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-system-variables.html
+	// see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/server-system-variables.html
 	"delay_key_write":                  ParseString, // ON, OFF, ALL
 	"enforce_gtid_consistency":         ParseString, // ON, OFF, WARN
 	"event_scheduler":                  ParseString, // YES, NO, DISABLED
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert_test.go b/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert_test.go
index 43133eeb3..95083a1e5 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/mysql/v2/convert_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package v2
 
 import (
 	"database/sql"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -84,3 +85,43 @@ func TestCovertGlobalVariables(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseValue(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		rawByte sql.RawBytes
+		output  interface{}
+		err     string
+	}{
+		{sql.RawBytes("123"), int64(123), ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("abc"), "abc", ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("10.1"), 10.1, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("ON"), 1, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("OFF"), 0, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("NO"), 0, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("YES"), 1, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("No"), 0, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("Yes"), 1, ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("-794"), int64(-794), ""},
+		{sql.RawBytes("2147483647"), int64(2147483647), ""},                       // max int32
+		{sql.RawBytes("2147483648"), int64(2147483648), ""},                       // too big for int32
+		{sql.RawBytes("9223372036854775807"), int64(9223372036854775807), ""},     // max int64
+		{sql.RawBytes("9223372036854775808"), uint64(9223372036854775808), ""},    // too big for int64
+		{sql.RawBytes("18446744073709551615"), uint64(18446744073709551615), ""},  // max uint64
+		{sql.RawBytes("18446744073709551616"), float64(18446744073709552000), ""}, // too big for uint64
+		{sql.RawBytes("18446744073709552333"), float64(18446744073709552000), ""}, // too big for uint64
+		{sql.RawBytes(""), nil, "unconvertible value"},
+	}
+	for _, cases := range testCases {
+		got, err := ParseValue(cases.rawByte)
+
+		if err != nil && cases.err == "" {
+			t.Errorf("for %q got unexpected error: %q", string(cases.rawByte), err.Error())
+		} else if err != nil && !strings.HasPrefix(err.Error(), cases.err) {
+			t.Errorf("for %q wanted error %q, got %q", string(cases.rawByte), cases.err, err.Error())
+		} else if err == nil && cases.err != "" {
+			t.Errorf("for %q did not get expected error: %s", string(cases.rawByte), cases.err)
+		} else if got != cases.output {
+			t.Errorf("for %q wanted %#v (%T), got %#v (%T)", string(cases.rawByte), cases.output, cases.output, got, got)
+		}
+	}
+}