diff --git a/plugins/system/net.go b/plugins/system/net.go
index 7b4df524710e4..937eca814f230 100644
--- a/plugins/system/net.go
+++ b/plugins/system/net.go
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ func (s *NetIOStats) Gather(acc plugins.Accumulator) error {
 		acc.Add("drop_out", io.Dropout, tags)
 	}
 
+	// Get system wide stats for different network protocols
+	netprotos, err := s.ps.NetProto()
+	for _, proto := range netprotos {
+		for stat, value := range proto.Stats {
+			name := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", proto.Protocol, stat)
+			acc.Add(name, value, nil)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/system/ps.go b/plugins/system/ps.go
index 367bb7aca8485..d0c35c62cb833 100644
--- a/plugins/system/ps.go
+++ b/plugins/system/ps.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type PS interface {
 	CPUTimes(perCPU, totalCPU bool) ([]cpu.CPUTimesStat, error)
 	DiskUsage() ([]*disk.DiskUsageStat, error)
 	NetIO() ([]net.NetIOCountersStat, error)
+	NetProto() ([]net.NetProtoCountersStat, error)
 	DiskIO() (map[string]disk.DiskIOCountersStat, error)
 	VMStat() (*mem.VirtualMemoryStat, error)
 	SwapStat() (*mem.SwapMemoryStat, error)
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ func (s *systemPS) DiskUsage() ([]*disk.DiskUsageStat, error) {
 	return usage, nil
 }
 
+func (s *systemPS) NetProto() ([]net.NetProtoCountersStat, error) {
+	return net.NetProtoCounters(nil)
+}
+
 func (s *systemPS) NetIO() ([]net.NetIOCountersStat, error) {
 	return net.NetIOCounters(true)
 }