diff --git a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/README.md b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/README.md
index 0d3129caaf0c2..9d7d443aab53f 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/README.md
+++ b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/README.md
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ This plugin writes to a [GroundWork Monitor][1] instance. Plugin only supports G
 
   ## The name of the tag that contains the hostname.
   # resource_tag = "host"
+
+  ## The name of the tag that contains the host group name.
+  # group_tag = "group"
 ```
 
 ## List of tags used by the plugin
 
+* group    - to define the name of the group you want to monitor, can be changed with config.
+* host     - to define the name of the host you want to monitor, can be changed with config.
 * service  - to define the name of the service you want to monitor.
 * status   - to define the status of the service. Supported statuses: "SERVICE_OK", "SERVICE_WARNING", "SERVICE_UNSCHEDULED_CRITICAL", "SERVICE_PENDING", "SERVICE_SCHEDULED_CRITICAL", "SERVICE_UNKNOWN".
 * message  - to provide any message you want.
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go
index cdd686ed71928..a14feb92200a4 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork.go
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ const sampleConfig = `
   # resource_tag = "host"
 `
 
+type metricMeta struct {
+	group    string
+	resource string
+}
+
 type Groundwork struct {
 	Server              string          `toml:"url"`
 	AgentID             string          `toml:"agent_id"`
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ type Groundwork struct {
 	Password            string          `toml:"password"`
 	DefaultHost         string          `toml:"default_host"`
 	DefaultServiceState string          `toml:"default_service_state"`
+	GroupTag            string          `toml:"group_tag"`
 	ResourceTag         string          `toml:"resource_tag"`
 	Log                 telegraf.Logger `toml:"-"`
 	client              clients.GWClient
@@ -123,14 +129,39 @@ func (g *Groundwork) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (g *Groundwork) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
+	groupMap := make(map[string][]transit.ResourceRef)
 	resourceToServicesMap := make(map[string][]transit.MonitoredService)
 	for _, metric := range metrics {
-		resource, service, err := g.parseMetric(metric)
+		meta, service, err := g.parseMetric(metric)
 		if err != nil {
 			g.Log.Errorf("%v", err)
 			continue
 		}
+		resource := meta.resource
 		resourceToServicesMap[resource] = append(resourceToServicesMap[resource], *service)
+
+		group := meta.group
+		if len(group) != 0 {
+			resRef := transit.ResourceRef{
+				Name: resource,
+				Type: transit.ResourceTypeHost,
+			}
+			if refs, ok := groupMap[group]; ok {
+				refs = append(refs, resRef)
+				groupMap[group] = refs
+			} else {
+				groupMap[group] = []transit.ResourceRef{resRef}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	groups := make([]transit.ResourceGroup, 0, len(groupMap))
+	for groupName, refs := range groupMap {
+		groups = append(groups, transit.ResourceGroup{
+			GroupName: groupName,
+			Resources: refs,
+			Type:      transit.HostGroup,
+		})
 	}
 
 	var resources []transit.MonitoredResource
@@ -163,7 +194,7 @@ func (g *Groundwork) Write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 			Version:    transit.ModelVersion,
 		},
 		Resources: resources,
-		Groups:    nil,
+		Groups:    groups,
 	})
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -185,6 +216,7 @@ func (g *Groundwork) Description() string {
 func init() {
 	outputs.Add("groundwork", func() telegraf.Output {
 		return &Groundwork{
+			GroupTag:            "group",
 			ResourceTag:         "host",
 			DefaultHost:         "telegraf",
 			DefaultServiceState: string(transit.ServiceOk),
@@ -192,7 +224,9 @@ func init() {
 	})
 }
 
-func (g *Groundwork) parseMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) (string, *transit.MonitoredService, error) {
+func (g *Groundwork) parseMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) (metricMeta, *transit.MonitoredService, error) {
+	group, _ := metric.GetTag(g.GroupTag)
+
 	resource := g.DefaultHost
 	if value, present := metric.GetTag(g.ResourceTag); present {
 		resource = value
@@ -302,7 +336,7 @@ func (g *Groundwork) parseMetric(metric telegraf.Metric) (string, *transit.Monit
 		serviceObject.Status = serviceStatus
 	}
 
-	return resource, &serviceObject, nil
+	return metricMeta{resource: resource, group: group}, &serviceObject, nil
 }
 
 func validStatus(status string) bool {
diff --git a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go
index b27f85d225599..e37a80913cfbf 100644
--- a/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go
+++ b/plugins/outputs/groundwork/groundwork_test.go
@@ -23,30 +23,26 @@ const (
 func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	// Generate test metric with default name to test Write logic
 	floatMetric := testutil.TestMetric(1.0, "Float")
+	floatMetric.AddTag("host", "Host01")
+	floatMetric.AddTag("group", "Group01")
 
 	// Simulate Groundwork server that should receive custom metrics
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		// Decode body to use in assertations below
+		// Decode body to use in assertions below
 		var obj groundworkObject
 		err = json.Unmarshal(body, &obj)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		// Check if server gets valid metrics object
-		require.Equal(t, obj.Context.AgentID, defaultTestAgentID)
-		require.Equal(t, obj.Resources[0].Name, defaultHost)
-		require.Equal(
-			t,
-			obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Name,
-			"Float",
-		)
-		require.Equal(
-			t,
-			obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Value.DoubleValue,
-			1.0,
-		)
+		require.Equal(t, defaultTestAgentID, obj.Context.AgentID)
+		require.Equal(t, "Host01", obj.Resources[0].Name)
+		require.Equal(t, "Float", obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Name)
+		require.Equal(t, 1.0, obj.Resources[0].Services[0].Metrics[0].Value.DoubleValue)
+		require.Equal(t, "Group01", obj.Groups[0].GroupName)
+		require.Equal(t, "Host01", obj.Groups[0].Resources[0].Name)
 
 		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(w, `OK`)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -55,6 +51,8 @@ func TestWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	i := Groundwork{
 		Server:      server.URL,
 		AgentID:     defaultTestAgentID,
+		GroupTag:    "group",
+		ResourceTag: "host",
 		DefaultHost: "telegraf",
 		client: clients.GWClient{
 			AppName: "telegraf",
@@ -87,4 +85,12 @@ type groundworkObject struct {
 			}
 		} `json:"services"`
 	} `json:"resources"`
+	Groups []struct {
+		Type      string `json:"type"`
+		GroupName string `json:"groupName"`
+		Resources []struct {
+			Name string `json:"name"`
+			Type string `json:"type"`
+		} `json:"resources"`
+	} `json:"groups"`
 }