diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
index 2d192d66967c0..4c357b3eb402b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Wavefront data format over TCP.
   ## Authentication Token for Wavefront. Only required if using Direct Ingestion
   #token = "DUMMY_TOKEN"
 
+  ## Number of metrics to send per batch for Direct Ingestion. Ignored unless 'url' is set. Default is 10,000. Values higher than 40,000 are not recommended.
+  # http_batch_size = 10000
+
   ## DNS name of the wavefront proxy server. Do not use if url is specified
   #host = "wavefront.example.com"
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/sample.conf b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/sample.conf
index 142946b1c4cbd..95c85dc2f7104 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/sample.conf
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/sample.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   ## Authentication Token for Wavefront. Only required if using Direct Ingestion
   #token = "DUMMY_TOKEN"
 
+  ## Number of metrics to send per batch for Direct Ingestion. Ignored unless 'url' is set. Default is 10,000. Values higher than 40,000 are not recommended.
+  # http_batch_size = 10000
+
   ## DNS name of the wavefront proxy server. Do not use if url is specified
   #host = "wavefront.example.com"
 
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
index dabfad78facd9..2501a1860430b 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Wavefront struct {
 	MetricSeparator string                          `toml:"metric_separator"`
 	ConvertPaths    bool                            `toml:"convert_paths"`
 	ConvertBool     bool                            `toml:"convert_bool"`
+	HTTPBatchSize   int                             `toml:"http_batch_size"`
 	UseRegex        bool                            `toml:"use_regex"`
 	UseStrict       bool                            `toml:"use_strict"`
 	TruncateTags    bool                            `toml:"truncate_tags"`
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ func (w *Wavefront) Connect() error {
 			Server:               w.URL,
 			Token:                w.Token,
 			FlushIntervalSeconds: flushSeconds,
+			BatchSize:            w.,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("could not create Wavefront Sender for Url: %s", w.URL)
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ func init() {
 			ConvertBool:     true,
 			TruncateTags:    false,
 			ImmediateFlush:  true,
+			:   10000,
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
index 7868f48ec5349..057a28587acbb 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/wavefront/wavefront_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/metric"
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/outputs"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -354,6 +355,11 @@ func TestTagLimits(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, longKey, tags[longKey])
 }
 
+func TestDefaults(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultWavefront := outputs.Outputs["wavefront"]().(*Wavefront)
+	require.Equal(t, 10000, defaultWavefront.HttpBatchSize)
+}
+
 // Benchmarks to test performance of string replacement via Regex and Replacer
 var testString = "this_is*my!test/string\\for=replacement"