diff --git a/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown b/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown
index d61575426ad..95a5a831de2 100644
--- a/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown
+++ b/source/_cookbook/track_battery_level.markdown
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ sensor:
 {% endraw %}
 
 ### Android and iOS Devices
+While running the [Owntracks](/components/device_tracker.owntracks/) device tracker you can retrieve the battery level. 
+How you achieve this depends on how you have configured your Owntracks instance. 
 
-While running the [Owntracks](/components/device_tracker.owntracks/) device tracker you can retrieve the battery level with a MQTT sensor. Replace username with your MQTT username (for the embedded MQTT it's simply homeassistant), and deviceid with the set Device ID in Owntracks.
+#### MQTT
+If you have configured Owntracks to send reports via MQTT you can use the received data via a MQTT sensor.
+Replace username with your MQTT username (for the embedded MQTT it's simply homeassistant), and deviceid with the set Device ID in Owntracks.
 
 {% raw %}
 ```yaml
@@ -41,3 +45,19 @@ sensor:
     device_class: battery
 ```
 {% endraw %}
+
+#### HTTP
+
+If you have configured Owntracks to send reports to your Home Assistant instance via HTTP you can use a template sensor. 
+Replace `deviceid` with the set Device ID in Owntracks.
+
+{% raw %}
+```yaml
+sensor:
+- platform: template
+    sensors:
+      your_battery_sensor_name:
+        value_template: "{{ state_attr('device_tracker.deviceid', 'battery_level') }}"
+        unit_of_measurement: '%'
+```
+{% endraw %}