diff --git a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.cpp b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.cpp
index 38405a2a3..527acf4c9 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.cpp
+++ b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.cpp
@@ -151,15 +151,54 @@ void OpenTsdbWriter::CheckResultHandler(const Checkable::Ptr& checkable, const C
 
 	Service::Ptr service = dynamic_pointer_cast<Service>(checkable);
 	Host::Ptr host;
+	Dictionary::Ptr config_tmpl_clean;
 
-	if (service)
+	if (service) {
 		host = service->GetHost();
-	else
+		config_tmpl_clean = GetServiceTemplate();
+	}
+	else {
 		host = static_pointer_cast<Host>(checkable);
+		config_tmpl_clean = GetHostTemplate();
+	}
+
+	// Clone the config template and perform an in-place macro expansion of measurement and tag values
+	Dictionary::Ptr config_tmpl = static_pointer_cast<Dictionary>(config_tmpl_clean->Clone());
+	Dictionary::Ptr config_tmpl_tags = config_tmpl->Get("tags");
+
+	// Configure config template macro resolver
+	MacroProcessor::ResolverList resolvers;
+	if (service)
+		resolvers.emplace_back("service", service);
+	resolvers.emplace_back("host", host);
+	resolvers.emplace_back("icinga", IcingaApplication::GetInstance());
 
 	String metric;
 	std::map<String, String> tags;
 
+	// Resolve macros in configuration template
+	if (config_tmpl_tags) {
+		
+		ObjectLock olock(config_tmpl_tags);
+		
+		for (const Dictionary::Pair& pair : config_tmpl_tags) {
+			
+			String missing_macro;
+			Value value = MacroProcessor::ResolveMacros(pair.second, resolvers, cr, &missing_macro);
+			
+			if (!missing_macro.IsEmpty()) {
+				Log(LogDebug, "OpenTsdbWriter")
+					<< "Macro in config template does not exist:'" << missing_macro << "'.";
+				
+				continue;
+			}
+			
+			String tagname = pair.first;
+			tags[tagname] = EscapeTag(value);
+			
+		}
+	}
+
 	String escaped_hostName = EscapeTag(host->GetName());
 	tags["host"] = escaped_hostName;
 
@@ -338,3 +377,31 @@ String OpenTsdbWriter::EscapeMetric(const String& str)
 
 	return result;
 }
+
+void OpenTsdbWriter::ValidateHostTemplate(const Lazy<Dictionary::Ptr>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils)
+{
+	ObjectImpl<OpenTsdbWriter>::ValidateHostTemplate(lvalue, utils);
+
+	Dictionary::Ptr tags = lvalue()->Get("tags");
+	if (tags) {
+		ObjectLock olock(tags);
+		for (const Dictionary::Pair& pair : tags) {
+			if (!MacroProcessor::ValidateMacroString(pair.second))
+				BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ValidationError(this, { "host_template", "tags", pair.first }, "Closing $ not found in macro format string '" + pair.second));
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void OpenTsdbWriter::ValidateServiceTemplate(const Lazy<Dictionary::Ptr>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils)
+{
+	ObjectImpl<OpenTsdbWriter>::ValidateServiceTemplate(lvalue, utils);
+
+	Dictionary::Ptr tags = lvalue()->Get("tags");
+	if (tags) {
+		ObjectLock olock(tags);
+		for (const Dictionary::Pair& pair : tags) {
+			if (!MacroProcessor::ValidateMacroString(pair.second))
+				BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(ValidationError(this, { "service_template", "tags", pair.first }, "Closing $ not found in macro format string '" + pair.second));
+		}
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.hpp b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.hpp
index 5aff981cd..4dd98811e 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.hpp
+++ b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ public:
 
 	static void StatsFunc(const Dictionary::Ptr& status, const Array::Ptr& perfdata);
 
+	void ValidateHostTemplate(const Lazy<Dictionary::Ptr>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils) override;
+	void ValidateServiceTemplate(const Lazy<Dictionary::Ptr>& lvalue, const ValidationUtils& utils) override;
+
 protected:
 	void OnConfigLoaded() override;
 	void Resume() override;
diff --git a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti
index de19a1eac..7a0219f01 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti
+++ b/lib/perfdata/opentsdbwriter.ti
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ class OpenTsdbWriter : ConfigObject
 	[config] bool enable_ha {
 		default {{{ return false; }}}
 	};
+	[config] Dictionary::Ptr host_template {
+		default {{{ return new Dictionary(); }}}
+	
+	};
+	[config] Dictionary::Ptr service_template {
+		default {{{ return new Dictionary(); }}}
+	};
 
 	[no_user_modify] bool connected;
 	[no_user_modify] bool should_connect {
@@ -27,4 +34,17 @@ class OpenTsdbWriter : ConfigObject
 	};
 };
 
+validator OpenTsdbWriter {
+	Dictionary host_template {
+		Dictionary "tags" {
+			String "*";
+		};
+	};
+	Dictionary service_template {
+		Dictionary "tags" {
+			String "*";
+		};
+	};
+};
+
 }