diff --git a/roles/telegraf/files/inputs.nvidia_smi.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/files/inputs.nvidia_smi.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..79768fe73a5ec4ffa43f3c2446ceba949d1f9df8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/telegraf/files/inputs.nvidia_smi.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Pulls statistics from nvidia GPUs attached to the host
+[[inputs.nvidia_smi]]
+## Optional: path to nvidia-smi binary, defaults to $PATH via exec.LookPath
+# bin_path = "/usr/bin/nvidia-smi"
+
+## Optional: timeout for GPU polling
+# timeout = "5s"
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diff --git a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
index f19509146bb5caa75bcf05ea4f2942ad76cfab38..9226fa6871d1461340bc519635bdfa11cde60c4e 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,18 @@
   become_user: root
   tags:
     - configuration
+
+- name: Install nvidia-smi plugin
+  template:
+    src: inputs.nvidia_smi.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/inputs.nvidia_smi.conf
+    owner: telegraf
+    group: telegraf
+    mode: '640'
+  notify:
+    - "restart telegraf"
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  tags:
+    - configuration
+    - gpu
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diff --git a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
index ae81c1128da42c257246c9b0d50041559a66fa0b..73338ecc4cd8a87fdeee03eb8ce17c3928f4a741 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
@@ -180,27 +180,27 @@
     influxdb_database="slurm"
 {% endif %}
 
-# Read mlx hardware counters
-{% if 'hw_counters' in ansible_local %}
-{% for interface in ansible_local['hw_counters'] %}
-[[inputs.multifile]]
-  name_override = 'infiniband'
-  base_dir = '/sys/class/infiniband'
-  interval = '60s'
-
-  [[inputs.multifile.tags]]
-    device = '{{ interface }}'
-    port = '1'
-    type = 'hw_counters'
-
-  {% for counter in ansible_local['hw_counters'][interface] | sort %}
-[[inputs.multifile.file]]
-    file = '{{ interface }}/ports/1/hw_counters/{{ counter }}'
-    conversion = 'int'
-
-  {% endfor %}
-{% endfor %}
-{% endif %}
+## Read mlx hardware counters
+#{% if 'hw_counters' in ansible_local %}
+#{% for interface in ansible_local['hw_counters'] %}
+#[[inputs.multifile]]
+#  name_override = 'infiniband'
+#  base_dir = '/sys/class/infiniband'
+#  interval = '60s'
+#
+#  [[inputs.multifile.tags]]
+#    device = '{{ interface }}'
+#    port = '1'
+#    type = 'hw_counters'
+#
+#  {% for counter in ansible_local['hw_counters'][interface] | sort %}
+#[[inputs.multifile.file]]
+#    file = '{{ interface }}/ports/1/hw_counters/{{ counter }}'
+#    conversion = 'int'
+#
+#  {% endfor %}
+#{% endfor %}
+#{% endif %}
 
 
 {% if 'Karaage' in group_names %}