diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
index 6d9d563722e91..10759fc3e4566 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker.go
@@ -346,6 +346,39 @@ func (d *Docker) gatherInfo(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func parseImage(image string) (string, string) {
+	// Adapts some of the logic from the actual Docker library's image parsing
+	// routines:
+	// https://github.com/docker/distribution/blob/release/2.7/reference/normalize.go
+	domain := ""
+	remainder := ""
+
+	i := strings.IndexRune(image, '/')
+
+	if i == -1 || (!strings.ContainsAny(image[:i], ".:") && image[:i] != "localhost") {
+		remainder = image
+	} else {
+		domain, remainder = image[:i], image[i+1:]
+	}
+
+	imageName := ""
+	imageVersion := "unknown"
+
+	i = strings.LastIndex(remainder, ":")
+	if i > -1 {
+		imageVersion = remainder[i+1:]
+		imageName = remainder[:i]
+	} else {
+		imageName = remainder
+	}
+
+	if domain != "" {
+		imageName = domain + "/" + imageName
+	}
+
+	return imageName, imageVersion
+}
+
 func (d *Docker) gatherContainer(
 	container types.Container,
 	acc telegraf.Accumulator,
@@ -366,17 +399,7 @@ func (d *Docker) gatherContainer(
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	// the image name sometimes has a version part, or a private repo
-	//   ie, rabbitmq:3-management or docker.someco.net:4443/rabbitmq:3-management
-	imageName := ""
-	imageVersion := "unknown"
-	i := strings.LastIndex(container.Image, ":") // index of last ':' character
-	if i > -1 {
-		imageVersion = container.Image[i+1:]
-		imageName = container.Image[:i]
-	} else {
-		imageName = container.Image
-	}
+	imageName, imageVersion := parseImage(container.Image)
 
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"engine_host":       d.engine_host,
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go
index ac95b5ccde730..9209c60085519 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/docker/docker_test.go
@@ -815,3 +815,54 @@ func TestContainerName(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseImage(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		image         string
+		parsedName    string
+		parsedVersion string
+	}{
+		{
+			image:         "postgres",
+			parsedName:    "postgres",
+			parsedVersion: "unknown",
+		},
+		{
+			image:         "postgres:latest",
+			parsedName:    "postgres",
+			parsedVersion: "latest",
+		},
+		{
+			image:         "coreos/etcd",
+			parsedName:    "coreos/etcd",
+			parsedVersion: "unknown",
+		},
+		{
+			image:         "coreos/etcd:latest",
+			parsedName:    "coreos/etcd",
+			parsedVersion: "latest",
+		},
+		{
+			image:         "quay.io/postgres",
+			parsedName:    "quay.io/postgres",
+			parsedVersion: "unknown",
+		},
+		{
+			image:         "quay.io:4443/coreos/etcd",
+			parsedName:    "quay.io:4443/coreos/etcd",
+			parsedVersion: "unknown",
+		},
+		{
+			image:         "quay.io:4443/coreos/etcd:latest",
+			parsedName:    "quay.io:4443/coreos/etcd",
+			parsedVersion: "latest",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run("parse name "+tt.image, func(t *testing.T) {
+			imageName, imageVersion := parseImage(tt.image)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.parsedName, imageName)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.parsedVersion, imageVersion)
+		})
+	}
+}