diff --git a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
index f18068eb70075..b9e3fbc99b109 100644
--- a/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
+++ b/plugins/parsers/csv/parser.go
@@ -220,7 +220,12 @@ outer:
 		var err error
 		metricTime, err = time.Parse(p.TimestampFormat, tStr)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			if t, errT := strconv.ParseInt(tStr, 10, 64); errT == nil {
+				// Try Unix format
+				metricTime = time.Unix(t, 0)
+			} else {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 	}