diff --git a/app/vminsert/influx/request_handler.go b/app/vminsert/influx/request_handler.go
index e5d08f89a..c077ad652 100644
--- a/app/vminsert/influx/request_handler.go
+++ b/app/vminsert/influx/request_handler.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	measurementFieldSeparator = flag.String("influxMeasurementFieldSeparator", ".", "Separator for `{measurement}{separator}{field_name}` metric name when inserted via Influx line protocol")
+	skipSingleField           = flag.Bool("influxSkipSingleField", false, "Uses `{measurement}` instead of `{measurement}{separator}{field_name}` for metic name if Influx line contains only a single field")
 )
 
 var rowsInserted = metrics.NewCounter(`vm_rows_inserted_total{type="influx"}`)
@@ -93,11 +94,16 @@ func (ctx *pushCtx) InsertRows(db string) error {
 		}
 		ctx.metricNameBuf = storage.MarshalMetricNameRaw(ctx.metricNameBuf[:0], ic.Labels)
 		ctx.metricGroupBuf = append(ctx.metricGroupBuf[:0], r.Measurement...)
-		ctx.metricGroupBuf = append(ctx.metricGroupBuf, *measurementFieldSeparator...)
+		skipFieldKey := len(r.Fields) == 1 && *skipSingleField
+		if !skipFieldKey {
+			ctx.metricGroupBuf = append(ctx.metricGroupBuf, *measurementFieldSeparator...)
+		}
 		metricGroupPrefixLen := len(ctx.metricGroupBuf)
 		for j := range r.Fields {
 			f := &r.Fields[j]
-			ctx.metricGroupBuf = append(ctx.metricGroupBuf[:metricGroupPrefixLen], f.Key...)
+			if !skipFieldKey {
+				ctx.metricGroupBuf = append(ctx.metricGroupBuf[:metricGroupPrefixLen], f.Key...)
+			}
 			metricGroup := bytesutil.ToUnsafeString(ctx.metricGroupBuf)
 			ic.Labels = ic.Labels[:0]
 			ic.AddLabel("", metricGroup)