diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/config.go b/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
index 08c4fcffd3..8dd8abc951 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/config.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Subscriber     subscriber.Config `toml:"subscriber"`
 	HTTPD          httpd.Config      `toml:"http"`
 	GraphiteInputs []graphite.Config `toml:"graphite"`
-	Collectd       collectd.Config   `toml:"collectd"`
+	CollectdInputs []collectd.Config `toml:"collectd"`
 	OpenTSDB       opentsdb.Config   `toml:"opentsdb"`
 	UDPInputs      []udp.Config      `toml:"udp"`
 
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ func NewConfig() *Config {
 	c.Monitor = monitor.NewConfig()
 	c.Subscriber = subscriber.NewConfig()
 	c.HTTPD = httpd.NewConfig()
-	c.Collectd = collectd.NewConfig()
 	c.OpenTSDB = opentsdb.NewConfig()
 
 	c.GraphiteInputs = []graphite.Config{graphite.NewConfig()}
+	c.CollectdInputs = []collectd.Config{collectd.NewConfig()}
 	c.UDPInputs = []udp.Config{udp.NewConfig()}
 
 	c.ContinuousQuery = continuous_querier.NewConfig()
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/config_test.go b/cmd/influxd/run/config_test.go
index 4961bd96a7..9f430b16c9 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/config_test.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/config_test.go
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ protocol = "udp"
 [[graphite]]
 protocol = "tcp"
 
-[collectd]
+[[collectd]]
 bind-address = ":1000"
 
+[[collectd]]
+bind-address = ":1010"
+
 [opentsdb]
 bind-address = ":2000"
 
@@ -71,8 +74,10 @@ enabled = true
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected graphite protocol(0): %s", c.GraphiteInputs[0].Protocol)
 	} else if c.GraphiteInputs[1].Protocol != "tcp" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected graphite protocol(1): %s", c.GraphiteInputs[1].Protocol)
-	} else if c.Collectd.BindAddress != ":1000" {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected collectd bind address: %s", c.Collectd.BindAddress)
+	} else if c.CollectdInputs[0].BindAddress != ":1000" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected collectd bind address: %s", c.CollectdInputs[0].BindAddress)
+	} else if c.CollectdInputs[1].BindAddress != ":1010" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected collectd bind address: %s", c.CollectdInputs[1].BindAddress)
 	} else if c.OpenTSDB.BindAddress != ":2000" {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected opentsdb bind address: %s", c.OpenTSDB.BindAddress)
 	} else if c.UDPInputs[0].BindAddress != ":4444" {
@@ -111,9 +116,12 @@ protocol = "udp"
 [[graphite]]
 protocol = "tcp"
 
-[collectd]
+[[collectd]]
 bind-address = ":1000"
 
+[[collectd]]
+bind-address = ":1010"
+
 [opentsdb]
 bind-address = ":2000"
 
@@ -137,6 +145,10 @@ enabled = true
 		t.Fatalf("failed to set env var: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := os.Setenv("INFLUXDB_COLLECTD_1_BIND_ADDRESS", ":1020"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to set env var: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	if err := c.ApplyEnvOverrides(); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to apply env overrides: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -146,7 +158,11 @@ enabled = true
 	}
 
 	if c.GraphiteInputs[1].Protocol != "udp" {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected graphite protocol(0): %s", c.GraphiteInputs[0].Protocol)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected graphite protocol: %s", c.GraphiteInputs[1].Protocol)
+	}
+
+	if c.CollectdInputs[1].BindAddress != ":1020" {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected collectd bind address: %s", c.CollectdInputs[1].BindAddress)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/server.go b/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
index 795e913e02..896f306886 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/server.go
@@ -241,19 +241,21 @@ func (s *Server) Open() error {
 	s.appendAdminService(s.config.Admin)
 	s.appendContinuousQueryService(s.config.ContinuousQuery)
 	s.appendHTTPDService(s.config.HTTPD)
-	s.appendCollectdService(s.config.Collectd)
 	if err := s.appendOpenTSDBService(s.config.OpenTSDB); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	for _, g := range s.config.UDPInputs {
-		s.appendUDPService(g)
-	}
 	s.appendRetentionPolicyService(s.config.Retention)
 	for _, g := range s.config.GraphiteInputs {
 		if err := s.appendGraphiteService(g); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+	for _, i := range s.config.CollectdInputs {
+		s.appendCollectdService(i)
+	}
+	for _, i := range s.config.UDPInputs {
+		s.appendUDPService(i)
+	}
 
 	s.Subscriber.MetaClient = s.MetaClient
 	s.Subscriber.MetaClient = s.MetaClient
diff --git a/etc/config.sample.toml b/etc/config.sample.toml
index ef07e56206..7db199c9fd 100644
--- a/etc/config.sample.toml
+++ b/etc/config.sample.toml
@@ -212,10 +212,10 @@ reporting-disabled = false
 ###
 ### [collectd]
 ###
-### Controls the listener for collectd data.
+### Controls one or many listeners for collectd data.
 ###
 
-[collectd]
+[[collectd]]
   enabled = false
   # bind-address = ""
   # database = ""
diff --git a/services/collectd/README.md b/services/collectd/README.md
index 34bf5ff884..35cb01c721 100644
--- a/services/collectd/README.md
+++ b/services/collectd/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Please note that UDP packets larger than the standard size of 1452 are dropped a
 ## Config Example
 
 ```
-[collectd]
+[[collectd]]
   enabled = true
   bind-address = ":25826" # the bind address
   database = "collectd" # Name of the database that will be written to
diff --git a/services/collectd/config.go b/services/collectd/config.go
index a794b352fe..ca95b049be 100644
--- a/services/collectd/config.go
+++ b/services/collectd/config.go
@@ -68,3 +68,35 @@ func NewConfig() Config {
 		TypesDB:         DefaultTypesDB,
 	}
 }
+
+// WithDefaults takes the given config and returns a new config with any required
+// default values set.
+func (c *Config) WithDefaults() *Config {
+	d := *c
+	if d.BindAddress == "" {
+		d.BindAddress = DefaultBindAddress
+	}
+	if d.Database == "" {
+		d.Database = DefaultDatabase
+	}
+	if d.RetentionPolicy == "" {
+		d.RetentionPolicy = DefaultRetentionPolicy
+	}
+	if d.BatchSize == 0 {
+		d.BatchSize = DefaultBatchSize
+	}
+	if d.BatchPending == 0 {
+		d.BatchPending = DefaultBatchPending
+	}
+	if d.BatchDuration == 0 {
+		d.BatchDuration = DefaultBatchDuration
+	}
+	if d.ReadBuffer == 0 {
+		d.ReadBuffer = DefaultReadBuffer
+	}
+	if d.TypesDB == "" {
+		d.TypesDB = DefaultTypesDB
+	}
+
+	return &d
+}
diff --git a/services/collectd/service.go b/services/collectd/service.go
index 2bb36120fe..5cfd28d747 100644
--- a/services/collectd/service.go
+++ b/services/collectd/service.go
@@ -63,13 +63,15 @@ type Service struct {
 
 // NewService returns a new instance of the collectd service.
 func NewService(c Config) *Service {
-	s := &Service{
-		Config: &c,
+	s := Service{
+		// Use defaults where necessary.
+		Config: c.WithDefaults(),
+
 		Logger: log.New(os.Stderr, "[collectd] ", log.LstdFlags),
 		err:    make(chan error),
 	}
 
-	return s
+	return &s
 }
 
 // Open starts the service.