diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a4e398a..4182d5c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -39,3 +39,31 @@
           database: test-telegraf
           write_consistency: any
           timeout: 10s
+
+Multiple outputs of the same type
+---------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+  telegraf:
+    agent:
+      output:
+        prometheus_client:
+          bind:
+            address: 0.0.0.0
+            port: 9126
+          engine: prometheus
+          expiration_interval: 1m
+          namedrop:
+          - custom_metric
+          string_as_label: false
+        prometheus_client_custom:
+          bind:
+            address: 0.0.0.0
+            port: 9127
+          engine: prometheus
+          expiration_interval: 10m
+          namepass:
+          - custom_metric
+          string_as_label: false
+          template: telegraf/files/output/prometheus_client.conf
diff --git a/telegraf/agent.sls b/telegraf/agent.sls
index c0b5b53..e552c53 100644
--- a/telegraf/agent.sls
+++ b/telegraf/agent.sls
@@ -84,7 +84,11 @@
 output_{{ name }}_agent:
   file.managed:
     - name: {{ agent.dir.config_d }}/output-{{ name }}.conf
+{%- if values.template is defined %}
+    - source: salt://{{ values.template }}
+{%- else %}
     - source: salt://telegraf/files/output/{{ name }}.conf
+{%- endif %}
     - user: root
     - group: root
     - mode: 640