diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2137098..57a3aaa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "addr2line"
+version = "0.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3e61f2b7f93d2c7d2b08263acaa4a363b3e276806c68af6134c44f523bf1aacd"
+dependencies = [
+ "gimli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aead"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -245,8 +260,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44318e776df68115a881de9a8fd1b9e53368d7a4a5ce4cc48517da3393233a5e"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -272,6 +287,21 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cdb031dd78e28731d87d56cc8ffef4a8f36ca26c38fe2de700543e627f8a464a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backtrace"
+version = "0.3.61"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e7a905d892734eea339e896738c14b9afce22b5318f64b951e70bf3844419b01"
+dependencies = [
+ "addr2line",
+ "cc",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+ "object",
+ "rustc-demangle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "base-x"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -497,8 +527,8 @@ version = "0.1.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e98e2ad1a782e33928b96fc3948e7c355e5af34ba4de7670fe8bac2a3b2006d"
 dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -568,6 +598,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "error-chain"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff511d5dc435d703f4971bc399647c9bc38e20cb41452e3b9feb4765419ed3f3"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "event-listener"
 version = "2.5.1"
@@ -671,8 +710,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
  "proc-macro-hack",
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -750,6 +789,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "polyval",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "gimli"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0a01e0497841a3b2db4f8afa483cce65f7e96a3498bd6c541734792aeac8fe7"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gloo-timers"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -913,8 +958,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "321345ebf687827f6254b36bb3077f00bdee36f609905d1e65d5905cc92156ab"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -941,6 +986,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonpath"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8061db09019f1879ba586685694fe18279f597b1b3a9dd308f35e596be6cdf7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "error-chain",
+ "pest",
+ "pest_derive",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "kv-log-macro"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -1020,6 +1078,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicase",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.4.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a92518e98c078586bc6c934028adcca4c92a53d6a958196de835170a01d84e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mio"
 version = "0.7.13"
@@ -1051,6 +1119,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
  "influxdb",
+ "jsonpath",
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "regex",
@@ -1120,6 +1189,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "object"
+version = "0.26.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39f37e50073ccad23b6d09bcb5b263f4e76d3bb6038e4a3c08e52162ffa8abc2"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -1144,6 +1222,23 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d4fd5641d01c8f18a23da7b6fe29298ff4b55afcccdf78973b24cf3175fee32e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pest"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0fce5d8b5cc33983fc74f78ad552b5522ab41442c4ca91606e4236eb4b5ceefc"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pest_derive"
+version = "1.0.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ca3294f437119209b084c797604295f40227cffa35c57220b1e99a6ff3bf8ee4"
+dependencies = [
+ "pest",
+ "quote 0.3.15",
+ "syn 0.11.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -1160,8 +1255,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6e8fe8163d14ce7f0cdac2e040116f22eac817edabff0be91e8aff7e9accf389"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1236,9 +1331,15 @@ version = "1.0.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c7ed8b8c7b886ea3ed7dde405212185f423ab44682667c8c6dd14aa1d9f6612"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-xid",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "quote"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7a6e920b65c65f10b2ae65c831a81a073a89edd28c7cce89475bff467ab4167a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.9"
@@ -1379,6 +1480,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "webpki",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustc-demangle"
+version = "0.1.21"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7ef03e0a2b150c7a90d01faf6254c9c48a41e95fb2a8c2ac1c6f0d2b9aefc342"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
 version = "0.2.3"
@@ -1461,8 +1568,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d7bc1a1ab1961464eae040d96713baa5a724a8152c1222492465b54322ec508b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1603,10 +1710,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c87a60a40fccc84bef0652345bbbbbe20a605bf5d0ce81719fc476f5c03b50ef"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1617,12 +1724,12 @@ checksum = "58fa5ff6ad0d98d1ffa8cb115892b6e69d67799f6763e162a1c9db421dc22e11"
 dependencies = [
  "base-x",
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "sha1",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1665,6 +1772,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "syn"
+version = "0.11.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3b891b9015c88c576343b9b3e41c2c11a51c219ef067b264bd9c8aa9b441dad"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote 0.3.15",
+ "synom",
+ "unicode-xid 0.0.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.75"
@@ -1672,8 +1790,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b7f58f7e8eaa0009c5fec437aabf511bd9933e4b2d7407bd05273c01a8906ea7"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "unicode-xid",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "unicode-xid 0.2.2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "synom"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a393066ed9010ebaed60b9eafa373d4b1baac186dd7e008555b0f702b51945b6"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-xid 0.0.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1710,8 +1837,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fa3884228611f5cd3608e2d409bf7dce832e4eb3135e3f11addbd7e41bd68e71"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1757,9 +1884,9 @@ checksum = "fd3c141a1b43194f3f56a1411225df8646c55781d5f26db825b3d98507eb482f"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro-hack",
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
  "standback",
- "syn",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1827,8 +1954,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "54473be61f4ebe4efd09cec9bd5d16fa51d70ea0192213d754d2d500457db110"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1889,6 +2016,12 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9337591893a19b88d8d87f2cec1e73fad5cdfd10e5a6f349f498ad6ea2ffb1e3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-xid"
+version = "0.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c1f860d7d29cf02cb2f3f359fd35991af3d30bac52c57d265a3c461074cb4dc"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -1984,8 +2117,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "log",
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
 
@@ -2007,7 +2140,7 @@ version = "0.2.76"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "44468aa53335841d9d6b6c023eaab07c0cd4bddbcfdee3e2bb1e8d2cb8069fef"
 dependencies = [
- "quote",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
  "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
 ]
 
@@ -2018,8 +2151,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0195807922713af1e67dc66132c7328206ed9766af3858164fb583eedc25fbad"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "quote 1.0.9",
+ "syn 1.0.75",
  "wasm-bindgen-backend",
  "wasm-bindgen-shared",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3eb5b9a..826a9ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ clap = "2.33"
 env_logger = "0.9"
 futures = "0.3"
 influxdb = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["derive", "use-serde", "h1-client-rustls"] }
+jsonpath = "0.1"
 lazy_static = "1"
 log = { version = "0.4", features = ["std", "serde"] }
 regex = "1"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 7e4327d..56faadc 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ pub struct InfluxDBConfig {
 pub enum Payload {
     #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
     json {
-        value_field_name: String,
-        timestamp_field_name: Option<String>,
+        value_field_path: String,
+        timestamp_field_path: Option<String>,
     },
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8461906..5148763 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 
-use config::{Config, InfluxDBConfig, MqttAuth, MqttConfig, Payload, UserAuth};
+use config::{Config, InfluxDBConfig, MqttAuth, MqttConfig, UserAuth};
 use futures::TryFutureExt;
 use influxdb::InfluxDbWriteable;
 use influxdb::{Client as InfluxClient, Timestamp, Type};
 use log::LevelFilter;
-use mapping::{Mapping, TagValue, TopicLevel};
+use mapping::{Mapping, Payload, TagValue, TopicLevel};
 use rumqttc::{
     AsyncClient as MqttAsyncClient, Event, EventLoop as MqttEventLoop, Key, MqttOptions, Packet,
     Publish, QoS, SubscribeFilter, TlsConfiguration, Transport,
@@ -140,29 +140,29 @@ async fn handle_publish(
     let payload = String::from_utf8(Vec::from(publish.payload.as_ref()))
         .map_err(|err| format!("Invalid payload value: {}", err))?;
     let (influx_value, timestamp) = match &mapping.payload {
-        None => (payload.to_influx_type(mapping.value_type)?, None),
-        Some(Payload::json { value_field_name, timestamp_field_name }) => {
-            let payload_root: JsonValue = serde_json::from_str(&payload).map_err(|err| format!("Failed to parse payload as JSON: {}", err))?;
-            match payload_root {
-                JsonValue::Object(mut map) => map
-                    .remove(value_field_name)
-                    .ok_or_else(|| format!("Missing field '{}' in payload for '{}'", value_field_name, publish.topic))
-                    .and_then(|value| value.to_influx_type(mapping.value_type))
-                    .and_then(|influx_value| timestamp_field_name
-                        .as_ref()
-                        .and_then(|tsf| map
-                            .remove(tsf)
-                            .map(|timestamp_value| timestamp_value
-                                .as_u64()
-                                .map(|ts| ts as u128)
-                                .ok_or_else(|| format!("'{}' cannot be converted to timestamp", timestamp_value))
-                            )
-                        )
-                        .transpose()
-                        .map(|ts| (influx_value, ts))
-                    )?,
-                _ => return Err(format!("Payload for {} was not a JSON object", publish.topic)),
-            }
+        Payload::Raw => (payload.to_influx_type(mapping.value_type)?, None),
+        Payload::Json { value_field_selector, timestamp_field_selector } => {
+            let payload_root: JsonValue = serde_json::from_str(&payload)
+                .map_err(|err| format!("Failed to parse payload as JSON: {}", err))?;
+            let influx_value = value_field_selector
+                .find(&payload_root)
+                .next()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format!("Couldn't find value in payload on topic {}", publish.topic))
+                .and_then(|value| value.to_influx_type(mapping.value_type))?;
+            let timestamp = timestamp_field_selector
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|selector| selector
+                    .find(&payload_root)
+                    .next()
+                    .ok_or_else(|| format!("Couldn't find timestamp in payload on topic {}", publish.topic))
+                    .and_then(|ts_value| ts_value
+                        .as_u64()
+                        .map(|ts| ts as u128)
+                        .ok_or_else(|| format!("'{}' cannot be converted to a timestamp", ts_value))
+                    )
+                )
+                .transpose()?;
+            (influx_value, timestamp)
         },
     };
 
diff --git a/src/mapping.rs b/src/mapping.rs
index 4fe6430..8ebf00d 100644
--- a/src/mapping.rs
+++ b/src/mapping.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use influxdb::Type;
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use jsonpath::Selector;
+use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt};
 
-use crate::config::{Mapping as ConfigMapping, Payload, TagValue as ConfigTagValue};
+use crate::config::{Mapping as ConfigMapping, Payload as ConfigPayload, TagValue as ConfigTagValue};
 use crate::interpolate::{InterpolatedName, InterpolatedNamePart};
 use crate::value::{ToInfluxType, ValueType};
 
@@ -50,10 +51,28 @@ impl TryFrom<&ConfigTagValue> for TagValue {
     }
 }
 
+pub enum Payload {
+    Raw,
+    Json {
+        value_field_selector: Selector,
+        timestamp_field_selector: Option<Selector>,
+    },
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for Payload {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        use Payload::*;
+        match self {
+            Raw => write!(f, "Raw"),
+            Json { .. } => write!(f, "Json {{ ... }}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Mapping {
     pub topic: Vec<TopicLevel>,
-    pub payload: Option<Payload>,
+    pub payload: Payload,
     pub field_name: InterpolatedName,
     pub value_type: ValueType,
     pub tags: Vec<(String, TagValue)>,
@@ -92,6 +111,23 @@ impl TryFrom<&ConfigMapping> for Mapping {
             Err(err) => Err(err),
         }?;
 
+        let payload = match &mapping.payload {
+            None => Payload::Raw,
+            Some(ConfigPayload::json { value_field_path, timestamp_field_path }) => {
+                let value_field_selector = Selector::new(&value_field_path)
+                    .map_err(|err| format!("Value field path '{}' is invalid: {}'", value_field_path, err))?;
+                let timestamp_field_selector = timestamp_field_path.as_ref()
+                    .map(|path| Selector::new(path)
+                        .map_err(|err| format!("Timestamp field path '{}' is invalid: {}'", path, err))
+                    )
+                    .transpose()?;
+                Payload::Json {
+                    value_field_selector,
+                    timestamp_field_selector,
+                }
+            }
+        };
+
         let tags = mapping
             .tags
             .iter()
@@ -109,7 +145,7 @@ impl TryFrom<&ConfigMapping> for Mapping {
 
         Ok(Mapping {
             topic,
-            payload: mapping.payload.as_ref().map(|p| p.clone()),
+            payload,
             field_name,
             value_type: mapping.value_type,
             tags,