diff --git a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
index 5ca8af1fb00c518dfc260e78dc4885cc8c5cf701..39bc7d2c0d4d08d4f858f8f54da20b7d67008259 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/telegraf/tasks/main.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@
   tags:
     - configuration
 
+- name: Install ethtool plugin for mlx interfaces
+  template:
+    src: inputs.ethtool.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/telegraf/telegraf.d/inputs.ethtool.conf
+    owner: telegraf
+    group: telegraf
+    mode: '640'
+  notify:
+    - "restart telegraf"
+  become: true
+  become_user: root
+  tags:
+    - configuration
+
 - name: Install multifile plugin for mlx hw_counters
   template:
     src: inputs.multifile_mlx.conf.j2
diff --git a/roles/telegraf/templates/inputs.ethtool.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/templates/inputs.ethtool.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..01e42a2ccb96fc7100a66da21625022546282d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/telegraf/templates/inputs.ethtool.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Returns ethtool statistics for given interfaces
+[[inputs.ethtool]]
+  interval = "60s"
+  # List of interfaces to pull metrics for
+  # interface_include = ["mlx0", "p1p1"]
+
+  # List of interfaces to ignore when pulling metrics.
+  interface_exclude = ["eth0", "eth00", "eth1", "eth2", "lo", "virbr0", "virbr0-nic"]
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diff --git a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2 b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
index dad6f453ce1314e31119c10f54a5ac891f50da00..02b7c6c438c17285535fcdcf11331c80360774aa 100644
--- a/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/telegraf/templates/telegraf.conf.j2
@@ -119,15 +119,6 @@
   # Uncomment the following line if you do not need disk serial numbers.
   # skip_serial_number = true
 
-# Returns ethtool statistics for given interfaces
-[[inputs.ethtool]]
-  interval = "60s"
-  # List of interfaces to pull metrics for
-  # interface_include = ["mlx0", "p1p1"]
-
-  # List of interfaces to ignore when pulling metrics.
-  interface_exclude = ["eth0", "eth00", "eth1", "eth2", "lo", "virbr0", "virbr0-nic"]
-
 # Read metrics about the number of files in /home
 [[inputs.filecount]]
   directories = ["/home"]