diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d206a7d542285..d62675803b031 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ should now look like:
 - [#1402](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1402): docker-machine/boot2docker no longer required for unit tests.
 - [#1350](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1350): cgroup input plugin.
 - [#1369](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1369): Add input plugin for consuming metrics from NSQD.
+- [#1387](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/1387): **Breaking Change** - Redis `role` tag renamed to `replication_role` to avoid global_tags override
 
 ### Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md b/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
index 1cbaea0cad479..51b596aa0ecc8 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/README.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     - latest_fork_usec
     - connected_slaves
     - master_repl_offset
+    - master_last_io_seconds_ago
     - repl_backlog_active
     - repl_backlog_size
     - repl_backlog_histlen
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 - All measurements have the following tags:
     - port
     - server
+    - replication role
 
 ### Example Output:
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
index 94f562471124d..76cbc89cbe0ad 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var Tracking = map[string]string{
 	"latest_fork_usec":            "latest_fork_usec",
 	"connected_slaves":            "connected_slaves",
 	"master_repl_offset":          "master_repl_offset",
+	"master_last_io_seconds_ago":  "master_last_io_seconds_ago",
 	"repl_backlog_active":         "repl_backlog_active",
 	"repl_backlog_size":           "repl_backlog_size",
 	"repl_backlog_histlen":        "repl_backlog_histlen",
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ var Tracking = map[string]string{
 	"used_cpu_user":               "used_cpu_user",
 	"used_cpu_sys_children":       "used_cpu_sys_children",
 	"used_cpu_user_children":      "used_cpu_user_children",
-	"role": "role",
+	"role": "replication_role",
 }
 
 var ErrProtocolError = errors.New("redis protocol error")
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ func gatherInfoOutput(
 		}
 
 		if name == "role" {
-			tags["role"] = val
+			tags["replication_role"] = val
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go
index b12950ee4f699..2e2fc1e372254 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/redis/redis_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestRedis_ParseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	err := gatherInfoOutput(rdr, &acc, tags)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	tags = map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "role": "master"}
+	tags = map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "replication_role": "master"}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"uptime":                      uint64(238),
 		"clients":                     uint64(1),
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestRedis_ParseMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		"used_cpu_user_children":      float64(0.00),
 		"keyspace_hitrate":            float64(0.50),
 	}
-	keyspaceTags := map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "role": "master", "database": "db0"}
+	keyspaceTags := map[string]string{"host": "redis.net", "replication_role": "master", "database": "db0"}
 	keyspaceFields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"avg_ttl": uint64(0),
 		"expires": uint64(0),