diff --git a/roles/collectd/defaults/main.yml b/roles/collectd/defaults/main.yml
index 47b1798..ea06caa 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ collectd_default_config: true
 collectd_load_network_plugin: false
 collectd_network_servers: []
 collectd_network_listen: []
+collectd_df_ignore_fstype:
+- overlay
 
 collectd_plugins: {}
 
diff --git a/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml b/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml
index cf569de..38119a5 100644
--- a/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collectd/tasks/main.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@
   - collectd-config
   - collectd-typesdb
 
+- name: ensure collectd df plugin is configured
+  template:
+    src: collectd-df.conf.j2
+    dest: /etc/collectd.d/df.conf
+    mode: 'u=rw,go=r'
+  notify: restart collectd
+  tags:
+  - collectd-config
+  - collectd-df
+
 - name: ensure collectd unixsock plugin is configured
   template:
     src: collectd-unixsock.conf.j2
diff --git a/roles/collectd/templates/collectd-df.conf.j2 b/roles/collectd/templates/collectd-df.conf.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53d8925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/collectd/templates/collectd-df.conf.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{% if collectd_df_ignore_fstype %}
+<Plugin df>
+{% for fstype in collectd_df_ignore_fstype %}
+    FSType {{ fstype }}
+{% endfor %}
+    IgnoreSelected true
+</Plugin>
+{% endif %}