diff --git a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
index ef69d986b82c97086391d90b86d2d6c47f9a5950..ddcd5e284457bbdfc37e9fbdfd75cd390f844908 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@
   become: true
   become_user: root
 
+- name: copy softnet_stat script
+  copy:
+    mode: 'u=rw,g=r,o=r'
+    src: telegraf_softnet_stats.awk
+    dest: '/opt/telegraf/bin/telegraf_softnet_stats.awk'
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+
 - name: Install Telegraf config
   template:
     src: telegraf.conf.j2