diff --git a/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py b/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py
index 6b96929f..e72850ad 100644
--- a/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py
+++ b/monasca_persister/conf/repositories.py
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ repositories_opts = [
         name='events_driver',
         help='The repository driver to use for events',
         default=('monasca_persister.repositories.elasticsearch.events_repository:'
-                 'ElasticSearchEventsRepository'))]
+                 'ElasticSearchEventsRepository')),
+    cfg.BoolOpt(
+        'ignore_parse_point_error',
+        help='Specifies if InfluxDB parse point errors should be ignored and measurements dropped',
+        default=False)]
 
 repositories_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='repositories',
                                   title='repositories')
diff --git a/monasca_persister/repositories/persister.py b/monasca_persister/repositories/persister.py
index ba8e83ed..9d13ef80 100644
--- a/monasca_persister/repositories/persister.py
+++ b/monasca_persister/repositories/persister.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import os
 
+from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log
 
 from monasca_common.kafka import consumer
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ class Persister(object):
                 LOG.warning("Some points older than retention policy were dropped")
                 self._data_points = []
                 self._consumer.commit()
+
+            elif cfg.CONF.repositories.ignore_parse_point_error \
+                    and "unable to parse points" in ex.message:
+                LOG.warning("Some points unable to parse were dropped")
+                self._data_points = []
+                self._consumer.commit()
+
             else:
                 LOG.exception("Error writing to database: {}"
                               .format(self._data_points))
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/fix-influxdb-parse-error-17402d74ffc39d4c.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/fix-influxdb-parse-error-17402d74ffc39d4c.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b66ce7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/fix-influxdb-parse-error-17402d74ffc39d4c.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Configuration option `ignore_parse_point_error` added to allow dropping
+    malformed InfluxDB data points.
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixed handling of InfluxDB parse point errors in case these were not
+    validated in the API.