diff --git a/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound.go b/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound.go
index 9938a9a930f30..918f56f62675a 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/config"
-	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/filter"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/internal"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/plugins/inputs"
 )
@@ -47,13 +46,6 @@ func (*Unbound) SampleConfig() string {
 
 // All the dots in stat name will replaced by underscores. Histogram statistics will not be collected.
 func (s *Unbound) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
-	// Always exclude histogram statistics
-	statExcluded := []string{"histogram.*"}
-	filterExcluded, err := filter.Compile(statExcluded)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	out, err := s.run(*s)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error gathering metrics: %w", err)
@@ -75,11 +67,6 @@ func (s *Unbound) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 		stat := cols[0]
 		value := cols[1]
 
-		// Filter value
-		if filterExcluded.Match(stat) {
-			continue
-		}
-
 		fieldValue, err := strconv.ParseFloat(value, 64)
 		if err != nil {
 			acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("expected a numerical value for %s = %v", stat, value))
@@ -106,6 +93,17 @@ func (s *Unbound) Gather(acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 					fieldsThreads[threadID][field] = fieldValue
 				}
 			}
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(stat, "histogram") {
+			statTokens := strings.Split(stat, ".")
+			if len(statTokens) > 1 {
+				lbound, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.Join(statTokens[1:3], "."), 64)
+				if err != nil {
+					acc.AddError(fmt.Errorf("expected a numeric value for the histogram bucket lower bound: %s", strings.Join(statTokens[1:3], ".")))
+					continue
+				}
+				field := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%f", statTokens[0], lbound)
+				fields[field] = fieldValue
+			}
 		} else {
 			field := strings.ReplaceAll(stat, ".", "_")
 			fields[field] = fieldValue
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound_test.go b/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound_test.go
index c2011a01a3da6..f9cfc8c84a390 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/unbound/unbound_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func TestParseFullOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("unbound"))
 
 	require.Len(t, acc.Metrics, 1)
-	require.Equal(t, 63, acc.NFields())
+	require.Equal(t, 103, acc.NFields())
 
 	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "unbound", parsedFullOutput)
 }
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func TestParseFullOutputThreadAsTag(t *testing.T) {
 	require.True(t, acc.HasMeasurement("unbound_threads"))
 
 	require.Len(t, acc.Metrics, 2)
-	require.Equal(t, 63, acc.NFields())
+	require.Equal(t, 103, acc.NFields())
 
 	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "unbound", parsedFullOutputThreadAsTagMeasurementUnbound)
 	acc.AssertContainsFields(t, "unbound_threads", parsedFullOutputThreadAsTagMeasurementUnboundThreads)
@@ -87,6 +87,46 @@ var parsedFullOutput = map[string]interface{}{
 	"mem_cache_message":                float64(320000),
 	"mem_mod_iterator":                 float64(16532),
 	"mem_mod_validator":                float64(112097),
+	"histogram_0.000000":               float64(20),
+	"histogram_0.000001":               float64(5),
+	"histogram_0.000002":               float64(13),
+	"histogram_0.000004":               float64(18),
+	"histogram_0.000008":               float64(67),
+	"histogram_0.000016":               float64(94),
+	"histogram_0.000032":               float64(113),
+	"histogram_0.000064":               float64(190),
+	"histogram_0.000128":               float64(369),
+	"histogram_0.000256":               float64(1034),
+	"histogram_0.000512":               float64(5503),
+	"histogram_0.001024":               float64(155724),
+	"histogram_0.002048":               float64(107623),
+	"histogram_0.004096":               float64(17739),
+	"histogram_0.008192":               float64(4177),
+	"histogram_0.016384":               float64(82021),
+	"histogram_0.032768":               float64(33772),
+	"histogram_0.065536":               float64(7159),
+	"histogram_0.131072":               float64(1109),
+	"histogram_0.262144":               float64(295),
+	"histogram_0.524288":               float64(890),
+	"histogram_1.000000":               float64(136),
+	"histogram_1024.000000":            float64(0),
+	"histogram_128.000000":             float64(0),
+	"histogram_131072.000000":          float64(0),
+	"histogram_16.000000":              float64(2),
+	"histogram_16384.000000":           float64(0),
+	"histogram_2.000000":               float64(233),
+	"histogram_2048.000000":            float64(0),
+	"histogram_256.000000":             float64(0),
+	"histogram_262144.000000":          float64(0),
+	"histogram_32.000000":              float64(0),
+	"histogram_32768.000000":           float64(0),
+	"histogram_4.000000":               float64(2),
+	"histogram_4096.000000":            float64(0),
+	"histogram_512.000000":             float64(0),
+	"histogram_64.000000":              float64(0),
+	"histogram_65536.000000":           float64(0),
+	"histogram_8.000000":               float64(0),
+	"histogram_8192.000000":            float64(0),
 	"num_query_type_A":                 float64(7062688),
 	"num_query_type_PTR":               float64(43097),
 	"num_query_type_TXT":               float64(2998),
@@ -156,6 +196,46 @@ var parsedFullOutputThreadAsTagMeasurementUnbound = map[string]interface{}{
 	"mem_cache_message":              float64(320000),
 	"mem_mod_iterator":               float64(16532),
 	"mem_mod_validator":              float64(112097),
+	"histogram_0.000000":             float64(20),
+	"histogram_0.000001":             float64(5),
+	"histogram_0.000002":             float64(13),
+	"histogram_0.000004":             float64(18),
+	"histogram_0.000008":             float64(67),
+	"histogram_0.000016":             float64(94),
+	"histogram_0.000032":             float64(113),
+	"histogram_0.000064":             float64(190),
+	"histogram_0.000128":             float64(369),
+	"histogram_0.000256":             float64(1034),
+	"histogram_0.000512":             float64(5503),
+	"histogram_0.001024":             float64(155724),
+	"histogram_0.002048":             float64(107623),
+	"histogram_0.004096":             float64(17739),
+	"histogram_0.008192":             float64(4177),
+	"histogram_0.016384":             float64(82021),
+	"histogram_0.032768":             float64(33772),
+	"histogram_0.065536":             float64(7159),
+	"histogram_0.131072":             float64(1109),
+	"histogram_0.262144":             float64(295),
+	"histogram_0.524288":             float64(890),
+	"histogram_1.000000":             float64(136),
+	"histogram_1024.000000":          float64(0),
+	"histogram_128.000000":           float64(0),
+	"histogram_131072.000000":        float64(0),
+	"histogram_16.000000":            float64(2),
+	"histogram_16384.000000":         float64(0),
+	"histogram_2.000000":             float64(233),
+	"histogram_2048.000000":          float64(0),
+	"histogram_256.000000":           float64(0),
+	"histogram_262144.000000":        float64(0),
+	"histogram_32.000000":            float64(0),
+	"histogram_32768.000000":         float64(0),
+	"histogram_4.000000":             float64(2),
+	"histogram_4096.000000":          float64(0),
+	"histogram_512.000000":           float64(0),
+	"histogram_64.000000":            float64(0),
+	"histogram_65536.000000":         float64(0),
+	"histogram_8.000000":             float64(0),
+	"histogram_8192.000000":          float64(0),
 	"num_query_type_A":               float64(7062688),
 	"num_query_type_PTR":             float64(43097),
 	"num_query_type_TXT":             float64(2998),