diff --git a/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_fluent-forward.go b/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_fluent-forward.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94170fa051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_fluent-forward.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package parser
+
+import "github.com/go-logr/logr"
+
+const parserNameFluentForward = "__fluentforward"
+
+// NewFluentForwardReceiverParser builds a new parser for FluentForward receivers, from the contrib repository.
+func NewFluentForwardReceiverParser(logger logr.Logger, name string, config map[interface{}]interface{}) ReceiverParser {
+	return &GenericReceiver{
+		logger:      logger,
+		name:        name,
+		config:      config,
+		defaultPort: 8006,
+		parserName:  parserNameFluentForward,
+	}
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Register("fluentforward", NewFluentForwardReceiverParser)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_fluent-forward_test.go b/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_fluent-forward_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee8959260f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_fluent-forward_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package parser
+
+// all tests for the FluentForward parser are currently part of the test TestDownstreamParsers
diff --git a/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_generic_test.go b/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_generic_test.go
index 93c290c5f2..985343e295 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_generic_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/parser/receiver_generic_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func TestDownstreamParsers(t *testing.T) {
 		{"signalfx", "signalfx", "__signalfx", 9943, parser.NewSignalFxReceiverParser},
 		{"wavefront", "wavefront", "__wavefront", 2003, parser.NewWavefrontReceiverParser},
 		{"zipkin-scribe", "zipkin-scribe", "__zipkinscribe", 9410, parser.NewZipkinScribeReceiverParser},
+		{"fluentforward", "fluentforward", "__fluentforward", 8006, parser.NewFluentForwardReceiverParser},
 	} {
 		t.Run(tt.receiverName, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Run("builds successfully", func(t *testing.T) {