diff --git a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
index 837fb35580fce..18ea872c69061 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/rabbitmq/rabbitmq.go
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	RunQueue      int64 `json:"run_queue"`
 	SocketsTotal  int64 `json:"sockets_total"`
 	SocketsUsed   int64 `json:"sockets_used"`
-	Running       int64 `json:"running"`
+	Running       bool  `json:"running"`
 }
 
 type Exchange struct {
@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ func gatherNodes(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 		tags := map[string]string{"url": r.URL}
 		tags["node"] = node.Name
 
+		var running int64 = 0
+		if node.Running {
+			running = 1
+		}
+
 		fields := map[string]interface{}{
 			"disk_free":       node.DiskFree,
 			"disk_free_limit": node.DiskFreeLimit,
@@ -349,7 +354,7 @@ func gatherNodes(r *RabbitMQ, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 			"run_queue":       node.RunQueue,
 			"sockets_total":   node.SocketsTotal,
 			"sockets_used":    node.SocketsUsed,
-			"running":         node.Running,
+			"running":         running,
 		}
 		acc.AddFields("rabbitmq_node", fields, tags, now)
 	}