diff --git a/cmd/telegraf/pprof.go b/cmd/telegraf/pprof.go
index 208c31bd2f0c1..60d217fe91957 100644
--- a/cmd/telegraf/pprof.go
+++ b/cmd/telegraf/pprof.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	_ "net/http/pprof" //nolint:gosec // Import for pprof, only enabled via CLI flag
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )