diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/config.go b/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
index e15c0dd24f..5463bd3509 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 	c.HTTPD = httpd.NewConfig()
 	c.Collectd = collectd.NewConfig()
 	c.OpenTSDB = opentsdb.NewConfig()
+	c.Graphites = append(c.Graphites, graphite.NewConfig())
 
 	c.Monitoring = monitor.NewConfig()
 	c.ContinuousQuery = continuous_querier.NewConfig()