diff --git a/command/agent/command.go b/command/agent/command.go
index 53139eeea..0dc677b64 100644
--- a/command/agent/command.go
+++ b/command/agent/command.go
@@ -663,9 +663,11 @@ func (c *Command) setupTelemetry(config *Config) (*metrics.InmemSink, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Configure the prometheus sink
-	promSink, err := prometheus.NewPrometheusSink()
-	if err != nil {
-		fanout = append(fanout, promSink)
+	if telConfig.PrometheusMetrics {
+		promSink, err := prometheus.NewPrometheusSink()
+		if err != nil {
+			fanout = append(fanout, promSink)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Configure the datadog sink
diff --git a/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl b/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl
index 2e451932e..237b8c86f 100644
--- a/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl
+++ b/command/agent/config-test-fixtures/basic.hcl
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ acl {
 telemetry {
 	statsite_address = "127.0.0.1:1234"
 	statsd_address = "127.0.0.1:2345"
+  prometheus_metrics = true
 	disable_hostname = true
     collection_interval = "3s"
     publish_allocation_metrics = true
diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 8b2818ced..1ab766d27 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ type Telemetry struct {
 	StatsiteAddr             string        `mapstructure:"statsite_address"`
 	StatsdAddr               string        `mapstructure:"statsd_address"`
 	DataDogAddr              string        `mapstructure:"datadog_address"`
+	PrometheusMetrics        bool          `mapstructure:"prometheus_metrics"`
 	DisableHostname          bool          `mapstructure:"disable_hostname"`
 	UseNodeName              bool          `mapstructure:"use_node_name"`
 	CollectionInterval       string        `mapstructure:"collection_interval"`
@@ -1148,6 +1149,9 @@ func (a *Telemetry) Merge(b *Telemetry) *Telemetry {
 	if b.DataDogAddr != "" {
 		result.DataDogAddr = b.DataDogAddr
 	}
+	if b.PrometheusMetrics {
+		result.PrometheusMetrics = b.PrometheusMetrics
+	}
 	if b.DisableHostname {
 		result.DisableHostname = true
 	}
diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse.go b/command/agent/config_parse.go
index 91d0158c2..0722679e9 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse.go
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ func parseTelemetry(result **Telemetry, list *ast.ObjectList) error {
 		"publish_allocation_metrics",
 		"publish_node_metrics",
 		"datadog_address",
+		"prometheus_metrics",
 		"circonus_api_token",
 		"circonus_api_app",
 		"circonus_api_url",
diff --git a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
index e85680476..ce54bb908 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_parse_test.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func TestConfig_Parse(t *testing.T) {
 				Telemetry: &Telemetry{
 					StatsiteAddr:               "127.0.0.1:1234",
 					StatsdAddr:                 "127.0.0.1:2345",
+					PrometheusMetrics:          true,
 					DisableHostname:            true,
 					UseNodeName:                false,
 					CollectionInterval:         "3s",
diff --git a/command/agent/config_test.go b/command/agent/config_test.go
index 0927e47bd..a2fe8efda 100644
--- a/command/agent/config_test.go
+++ b/command/agent/config_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ func TestConfig_Merge(t *testing.T) {
 			StatsiteAddr:                       "127.0.0.1:8125",
 			StatsdAddr:                         "127.0.0.1:8125",
 			DataDogAddr:                        "127.0.0.1:8125",
+			PrometheusMetrics:                  true,
 			DisableHostname:                    false,
 			DisableTaggedMetrics:               true,
 			BackwardsCompatibleMetrics:         true,
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ func TestConfig_Merge(t *testing.T) {
 			StatsiteAddr:                       "127.0.0.2:8125",
 			StatsdAddr:                         "127.0.0.2:8125",
 			DataDogAddr:                        "127.0.0.1:8125",
+			PrometheusMetrics:                  true,
 			DisableHostname:                    true,
 			PublishNodeMetrics:                 true,
 			PublishAllocationMetrics:           true,