diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index 90a040db8..5a57aaf50 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/armon/go-metrics"
-	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/circonus"
-	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/datadog"
-	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/prometheus"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/config"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/flags"
@@ -174,136 +170,6 @@ func (c *cmd) startupJoinWan(agent *agent.Agent, cfg *config.RuntimeConfig) erro
 	return nil
 }
 
-func statsiteSink(config *config.RuntimeConfig, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
-	if config.TelemetryStatsiteAddr == "" {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	return metrics.NewStatsiteSink(config.TelemetryStatsiteAddr)
-}
-
-func statsdSink(config *config.RuntimeConfig, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
-	if config.TelemetryStatsdAddr == "" {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	return metrics.NewStatsdSink(config.TelemetryStatsdAddr)
-}
-
-func dogstatdSink(config *config.RuntimeConfig, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
-	if config.TelemetryDogstatsdAddr == "" {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	sink, err := datadog.NewDogStatsdSink(config.TelemetryDogstatsdAddr, hostname)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	sink.SetTags(config.TelemetryDogstatsdTags)
-	return sink, nil
-}
-
-func prometheusSink(config *config.RuntimeConfig, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
-	if config.TelemetryPrometheusRetentionTime.Nanoseconds() < 1 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	prometheusOpts := prometheus.PrometheusOpts{
-		Expiration: config.TelemetryPrometheusRetentionTime,
-	}
-	sink, err := prometheus.NewPrometheusSinkFrom(prometheusOpts)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return sink, nil
-}
-
-func circonusSink(config *config.RuntimeConfig, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
-	if config.TelemetryCirconusAPIToken == "" && config.TelemetryCirconusSubmissionURL == "" {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-
-	cfg := &circonus.Config{}
-	cfg.Interval = config.TelemetryCirconusSubmissionInterval
-	cfg.CheckManager.API.TokenKey = config.TelemetryCirconusAPIToken
-	cfg.CheckManager.API.TokenApp = config.TelemetryCirconusAPIApp
-	cfg.CheckManager.API.URL = config.TelemetryCirconusAPIURL
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.SubmissionURL = config.TelemetryCirconusSubmissionURL
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.ID = config.TelemetryCirconusCheckID
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.ForceMetricActivation = config.TelemetryCirconusCheckForceMetricActivation
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.InstanceID = config.TelemetryCirconusCheckInstanceID
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.SearchTag = config.TelemetryCirconusCheckSearchTag
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.DisplayName = config.TelemetryCirconusCheckDisplayName
-	cfg.CheckManager.Check.Tags = config.TelemetryCirconusCheckTags
-	cfg.CheckManager.Broker.ID = config.TelemetryCirconusBrokerID
-	cfg.CheckManager.Broker.SelectTag = config.TelemetryCirconusBrokerSelectTag
-
-	if cfg.CheckManager.Check.DisplayName == "" {
-		cfg.CheckManager.Check.DisplayName = "Consul"
-	}
-
-	if cfg.CheckManager.API.TokenApp == "" {
-		cfg.CheckManager.API.TokenApp = "consul"
-	}
-
-	if cfg.CheckManager.Check.SearchTag == "" {
-		cfg.CheckManager.Check.SearchTag = "service:consul"
-	}
-
-	sink, err := circonus.NewCirconusSink(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	sink.Start()
-	return sink, nil
-}
-
-func startupTelemetry(conf *config.RuntimeConfig) (*metrics.InmemSink, error) {
-	// Setup telemetry
-	// Aggregate on 10 second intervals for 1 minute. Expose the
-	// metrics over stderr when there is a SIGUSR1 received.
-	memSink := metrics.NewInmemSink(10*time.Second, time.Minute)
-	metrics.DefaultInmemSignal(memSink)
-	metricsConf := metrics.DefaultConfig(conf.TelemetryMetricsPrefix)
-	metricsConf.EnableHostname = !conf.TelemetryDisableHostname
-	metricsConf.FilterDefault = conf.TelemetryFilterDefault
-	metricsConf.AllowedPrefixes = conf.TelemetryAllowedPrefixes
-	metricsConf.BlockedPrefixes = conf.TelemetryBlockedPrefixes
-
-	var sinks metrics.FanoutSink
-	addSink := func(name string, fn func(*config.RuntimeConfig, string) (metrics.MetricSink, error)) error {
-		s, err := fn(conf, metricsConf.HostName)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if s != nil {
-			sinks = append(sinks, s)
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if err := addSink("statsite", statsiteSink); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := addSink("statsd", statsdSink); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := addSink("dogstatd", dogstatdSink); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := addSink("circonus", circonusSink); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	if err := addSink("prometheus", prometheusSink); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	if len(sinks) > 0 {
-		sinks = append(sinks, memSink)
-		metrics.NewGlobal(metricsConf, sinks)
-	} else {
-		metricsConf.EnableHostname = false
-		metrics.NewGlobal(metricsConf, memSink)
-	}
-	return memSink, nil
-}
-
 func (c *cmd) run(args []string) int {
 	// Parse our configs
 	if err := c.flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
@@ -332,7 +198,7 @@ func (c *cmd) run(args []string) int {
 	c.logOutput = logOutput
 	c.logger = log.New(logOutput, "", log.LstdFlags)
 
-	memSink, err := startupTelemetry(config)
+	memSink, err := lib.StartupTelemetry(config.TelemetryConfig(false))
 	if err != nil {
 		c.UI.Error(err.Error())
 		return 1
diff --git a/lib/telemetry.go b/lib/telemetry.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cea2333d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/telemetry.go
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	metrics "github.com/armon/go-metrics"
+	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/circonus"
+	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/datadog"
+	"github.com/armon/go-metrics/prometheus"
+)
+
+func statsiteSink(cfg map[string]interface{}, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
+	addr := cfgStringVal(cfg["StatsiteAddr"])
+	if addr == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return metrics.NewStatsiteSink(addr)
+}
+
+func statsdSink(cfg map[string]interface{}, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
+	addr := cfgStringVal(cfg["StatsdAddr"])
+	if addr == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	return metrics.NewStatsdSink(addr)
+}
+
+func dogstatdSink(cfg map[string]interface{}, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
+	addr := cfgStringVal(cfg["DogstatsdAddr"])
+	if addr == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	sink, err := datadog.NewDogStatsdSink(addr, hostname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sink.SetTags(cfgStrSliceVal(cfg["DogstatsdTags"]))
+	return sink, nil
+}
+
+func prometheusSink(cfg map[string]interface{}, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
+	if cfgDurationVal(cfg["PrometheusRetentionTime"]).Nanoseconds() < 1 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	prometheusOpts := prometheus.PrometheusOpts{
+		Expiration: cfgDurationVal(cfg["PrometheusRetentionTime"]),
+	}
+	sink, err := prometheus.NewPrometheusSinkFrom(prometheusOpts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return sink, nil
+}
+
+func circonusSink(cfg map[string]interface{}, hostname string) (metrics.MetricSink, error) {
+	token := cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusAPIToken"])
+	url := cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusSubmissionURL"])
+	if token == "" && url == "" {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	conf := &circonus.Config{}
+	conf.Interval = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusSubmissionInterval"])
+	conf.CheckManager.API.TokenKey = token
+	conf.CheckManager.API.TokenApp = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusAPIApp"])
+	conf.CheckManager.API.URL = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusAPIURL"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.SubmissionURL = url
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.ID = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusCheckID"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.ForceMetricActivation = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusCheckForceMetricActivation"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.InstanceID = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusCheckInstanceID"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.SearchTag = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusCheckSearchTag"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.DisplayName = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusCheckDisplayName"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Check.Tags = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusCheckTags"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Broker.ID = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusBrokerID"])
+	conf.CheckManager.Broker.SelectTag = cfgStringVal(cfg["CirconusBrokerSelectTag"])
+
+	if conf.CheckManager.Check.DisplayName == "" {
+		conf.CheckManager.Check.DisplayName = "Consul"
+	}
+
+	if conf.CheckManager.API.TokenApp == "" {
+		conf.CheckManager.API.TokenApp = "consul"
+	}
+
+	if conf.CheckManager.Check.SearchTag == "" {
+		conf.CheckManager.Check.SearchTag = "service:consul"
+	}
+
+	sink, err := circonus.NewCirconusSink(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	sink.Start()
+	return sink, nil
+}
+
+func cfgStringVal(i interface{}) string {
+	v, ok := i.(string)
+	if ok {
+		return v
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+func cfgBoolVal(i interface{}) bool {
+	v, ok := i.(bool)
+	if ok {
+		return v
+	}
+	return false
+}
+func cfgDurationVal(i interface{}) time.Duration {
+	v, ok := i.(time.Duration)
+	if ok {
+		return v
+	}
+	return time.Duration(0)
+}
+func cfgStrSliceVal(i interface{}) []string {
+	v, ok := i.([]string)
+	if ok {
+		return v
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// StartupTelemetry configures go-metrics based on map of telemetry config
+// values as returned by RuntimecfgStringVal(cfg["Config"])().
+func StartupTelemetry(cfg map[string]interface{}) (*metrics.InmemSink, error) {
+	// Setup telemetry
+	// Aggregate on 10 second intervals for 1 minute. Expose the
+	// metrics over stderr when there is a SIGUSR1 received.
+	memSink := metrics.NewInmemSink(10*time.Second, time.Minute)
+	metrics.DefaultInmemSignal(memSink)
+	metricsConf := metrics.DefaultConfig(cfgStringVal(cfg["MetricsPrefix"]))
+	metricsConf.EnableHostname = !cfgBoolVal(cfg["DisableHostname"])
+	metricsConf.FilterDefault = cfgBoolVal(cfg["FilterDefault"])
+	metricsConf.AllowedPrefixes = cfgStrSliceVal(cfg["AllowedPrefixes"])
+	metricsConf.BlockedPrefixes = cfgStrSliceVal(cfg["BlockedPrefixes"])
+
+	var sinks metrics.FanoutSink
+	addSink := func(name string, fn func(map[string]interface{}, string) (metrics.MetricSink, error)) error {
+		s, err := fn(cfg, metricsConf.HostName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if s != nil {
+			sinks = append(sinks, s)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if err := addSink("statsite", statsiteSink); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := addSink("statsd", statsdSink); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := addSink("dogstatd", dogstatdSink); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := addSink("circonus", circonusSink); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := addSink("prometheus", prometheusSink); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(sinks) > 0 {
+		sinks = append(sinks, memSink)
+		metrics.NewGlobal(metricsConf, sinks)
+	} else {
+		metricsConf.EnableHostname = false
+		metrics.NewGlobal(metricsConf, memSink)
+	}
+	return memSink, nil
+}