diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 86bdbd9849383..12fceac611c02 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -262,6 +262,10 @@ func getFilteredMetrics(c *CloudWatch) ([]filteredMetric, error) {
 						})
 					}
 				}
+				if c.IncludeLinkedAccounts {
+					_, allAccounts := c.fetchNamespaceMetrics()
+					accounts = append(accounts, allAccounts...)
+				}
 			} else {
 				allMetrics, allAccounts := c.fetchNamespaceMetrics()