diff --git a/cmd/influxd/config.go b/cmd/influxd/config.go
index 129318247d..52e4fc720b 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/config.go
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ const (
 	// DefaultAPIReadTimeout represents the duration before an API request times out.
 	DefaultAPIReadTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 
+	// DefaultClusterPort represents the default port the cluster runs ons.
+	DefaultClusterPort = 8086
+
 	// DefaultBrokerPort represents the default port the broker runs on.
 	DefaultBrokerPort = 8086
 
@@ -128,6 +131,7 @@ type Data struct {
 type Config struct {
 	Hostname          string `toml:"hostname"`
 	BindAddress       string `toml:"bind-address"`
+	Port              int    `toml:"port"`
 	ReportingDisabled bool   `toml:"reporting-disabled"`
 	Version           string `toml:"-"`
 	InfluxDBVersion   string `toml:"-"`
@@ -214,8 +218,8 @@ type Config struct {
 // NewConfig returns an instance of Config with reasonable defaults.
 func NewConfig() *Config {
 	c := &Config{}
+	c.Port = DefaultClusterPort
 	c.Broker.Port = DefaultBrokerPort
-
 	c.Data.Port = DefaultDataPort
 
 	c.Data.RetentionAutoCreate = DefaultRetentionAutoCreate
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/config_test.go b/cmd/influxd/config_test.go
index 8d4d82214b..e64830f264 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/config_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const testFile = `
 # systems in the cluster, you'll have to set the hostname to an IP or something
 # that can be resolved here.
 hostname = "myserver.com"
+port = 8086
 
 # Controls certain parameters that only take effect until an initial successful
 # start-up has occurred.
@@ -152,6 +153,10 @@ func TestParseConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("hostname mismatch: %v", c.Hostname)
 	}
 
+	if exp := 8086; c.Port != exp {
+		t.Fatalf("port mismatch. got %v, exp %v", c.Port, exp)
+	}
+
 	if c.JoinURLs() != "http://127.0.0.1:8086" {
 		t.Fatalf("JoinURLs mistmatch: %v", c.JoinURLs())
 	}