diff --git a/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_api.c b/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_api.c
index 276671204b0..b7861e4aa5f 100644
--- a/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_api.c
+++ b/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_api.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ int pack_emf_payload(struct flb_cloudwatch *ctx,
     mk_list_foreach_safe(metric_head, metric_temp, flb_intermediate_metrics) {
         an_item = mk_list_entry(metric_head, struct flb_intermediate_metric, _head);
         if (should_add_to_emf(an_item) == 1) {
-            msgpack_pack_map(&mp_pck, 2);
+            msgpack_pack_map(&mp_pck, 3);
             msgpack_pack_str(&mp_pck, 4);
             msgpack_pack_str_body(&mp_pck, "Name", 4);
             msgpack_pack_object(&mp_pck, an_item->key);
@@ -759,6 +759,9 @@ int pack_emf_payload(struct flb_cloudwatch *ctx,
             msgpack_pack_str(&mp_pck, strlen(an_item->metric_unit));
             msgpack_pack_str_body(&mp_pck, an_item->metric_unit,
                                   strlen(an_item->metric_unit));
+            msgpack_pack_str(&mp_pck, 17);
+            msgpack_pack_str_body(&mp_pck, "StorageResolution", 17);
+            msgpack_pack_int(&mp_pck, ctx->metric_storage_resolution);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.c b/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.c
index c5e808ae141..54a0dfc577d 100644
--- a/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.c
+++ b/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.c
@@ -195,19 +195,26 @@ static int cb_cloudwatch_init(struct flb_output_instance *ins,
     }
 
     tmp = flb_output_get_property("metric_namespace", ins);
-    if (tmp)
-    {
+    if (tmp) {
         flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Metric Namespace=%s", tmp);
         ctx->metric_namespace = flb_sds_create(tmp);
     }
 
     tmp = flb_output_get_property("metric_dimensions", ins);
-    if (tmp)
-    {
+    if (tmp) {
         flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Metric Dimensions=%s", tmp);
         ctx->metric_dimensions = flb_utils_split(tmp, ';', 256);
     }
 
+    tmp = flb_output_get_property("metric_storage_resolution", ins);
+    if (tmp) {
+        flb_plg_info(ctx->ins, "Metric Storage Resolution=%s", tmp);
+        ctx->metric_storage_resolution = atoi(tmp);
+    } else {
+        /* Default to 60s storage resolution as does CloudWatch if not specified */
+        ctx->metric_storage_resolution = 60;
+    }
+
     ctx->create_group = FLB_FALSE;
     tmp = flb_output_get_property("auto_create_group", ins);
     if (tmp) {
@@ -676,6 +683,12 @@ static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
      "is 'd1,d2;d3', we will consider it as [[d1, d2],[d3]]."
     },
 
+    {
+     FLB_CONFIG_MAP_STR, "metric_storage_resolution", NULL,
+     0, FLB_FALSE, 0,
+     "Metric storage resolution for CloudWatch EMF logs"
+    },
+
     {
      FLB_CONFIG_MAP_STR, "profile", NULL,
      0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_cloudwatch, profile),
diff --git a/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.h b/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.h
index 3724863426a..2c5b0ff255f 100644
--- a/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.h
+++ b/plugins/out_cloudwatch_logs/cloudwatch_logs.h
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ struct flb_cloudwatch {
     is 'd1,d2;d3', we will consider it as [[d1, d2],[d3]]*/
     struct mk_list *metric_dimensions;
 
+    int metric_storage_resolution;
+
     /* Plugin output instance reference */
     struct flb_output_instance *ins;
 };