diff --git a/docs/collectors/NginxCollector.md b/docs/collectors/NginxCollector.md
index 9c38892af..6256c3735 100644
--- a/docs/collectors/NginxCollector.md
+++ b/docs/collectors/NginxCollector.md
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ enabled | False | Enable collecting these metrics | bool
 measure_collector_time | False | Collect the collector run time in ms | bool
 metrics_blacklist | None | Regex to match metrics to block. Mutually exclusive with metrics_whitelist | NoneType
 metrics_whitelist | None | Regex to match metrics to transmit. Mutually exclusive with metrics_blacklist | NoneType
+precision | 0 | Number of decimal places to report to | int
 req_host | localhost | Hostname | str
 req_host_header | None | HTTP Host header (required for SSL) | NoneType
 req_path | /nginx_status | Path | str
diff --git a/src/collectors/nginx/nginx.py b/src/collectors/nginx/nginx.py
index 1e6532b50..41a72dfd6 100644
--- a/src/collectors/nginx/nginx.py
+++ b/src/collectors/nginx/nginx.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class NginxCollector(diamond.collector.Collector):
     def get_default_config_help(self):
         config_help = super(NginxCollector, self).get_default_config_help()
         config_help.update({
+            'precision': 'Number of decimal places to report to',
             'req_host': 'Hostname',
             'req_port': 'Port',
             'req_path': 'Path',
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ def get_default_config_help(self):
 
     def get_default_config(self):
         default_config = super(NginxCollector, self).get_default_config()
+        default_config['precision'] = 0
         default_config['req_host'] = 'localhost'
         default_config['req_port'] = 8080
         default_config['req_path'] = '/nginx_status'
@@ -80,25 +82,41 @@ def collect(self):
         req = urllib2.Request(url=url, headers=headers)
         try:
             handle = urllib2.urlopen(req)
+            precision = int(self.config['precision'])
             for l in handle.readlines():
                 l = l.rstrip('\r\n')
                 if activeConnectionsRE.match(l):
                     self.publish_gauge(
                         'active_connections',
-                        int(activeConnectionsRE.match(l).group('conn')))
+                        int(activeConnectionsRE.match(l).group('conn')),
+                        precision)
                 elif totalConnectionsRE.match(l):
                     m = totalConnectionsRE.match(l)
                     req_per_conn = float(m.group('req')) / \
                         float(m.group('acc'))
-                    self.publish_counter('conn_accepted', int(m.group('conn')))
-                    self.publish_counter('conn_handled', int(m.group('acc')))
-                    self.publish_counter('req_handled', int(m.group('req')))
-                    self.publish_gauge('req_per_conn', float(req_per_conn))
+                    self.publish_counter('conn_accepted',
+                                         int(m.group('conn')),
+                                         precision)
+                    self.publish_counter('conn_handled',
+                                         int(m.group('acc')),
+                                         precision)
+                    self.publish_counter('req_handled',
+                                         int(m.group('req')),
+                                         precision)
+                    self.publish_gauge('req_per_conn',
+                                       float(req_per_conn),
+                                       precision)
                 elif connectionStatusRE.match(l):
                     m = connectionStatusRE.match(l)
-                    self.publish_gauge('act_reads', int(m.group('reading')))
-                    self.publish_gauge('act_writes', int(m.group('writing')))
-                    self.publish_gauge('act_waits', int(m.group('waiting')))
+                    self.publish_gauge('act_reads',
+                                       int(m.group('reading')),
+                                       precision)
+                    self.publish_gauge('act_writes',
+                                       int(m.group('writing')),
+                                       precision)
+                    self.publish_gauge('act_waits',
+                                       int(m.group('waiting')),
+                                       precision)
         except IOError, e:
             self.log.error("Unable to open %s" % url)
         except Exception, e: