diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java
index eedac88f..8aa669f8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryProperties.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class ConsulDiscoveryProperties {
 	private boolean enabled = true;
 
 	/** Tags to use when registering management service */
-	private List<String> managementTags = Arrays.asList(MANAGEMENT);
+	private List<String> managementTags = new ArrayList<>();
 
 	/** Alternate server path to invoke for health checking */
 	private String healthCheckPath = "/actuator/health";
@@ -175,9 +175,12 @@ public class ConsulDiscoveryProperties {
 	private int order = 0;
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	private ConsulDiscoveryProperties() {}
+	private ConsulDiscoveryProperties() {
+		this.managementTags.add(MANAGEMENT);
+	}
 
 	public ConsulDiscoveryProperties(InetUtils inetUtils) {
+		this();
 		this.hostInfo = inetUtils.findFirstNonLoopbackHostInfo();
 		this.ipAddress = this.hostInfo.getIpAddress();
 		this.hostname = this.hostInfo.getHostname();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryPropertiesTests.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryPropertiesTests.java
index 18b53a7e..c863f272 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryPropertiesTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryPropertiesTests.java
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
 
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtils;
-import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtilsProperties;
-
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtils;
+import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtilsProperties;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
@@ -56,4 +58,11 @@ public class ConsulDiscoveryPropertiesTests {
 	public void testGetDcReturnsMapValueWhenInMap() {
 		assertEquals(MAP_DC, properties.getDatacenters().get(SERVICE_NAME_IN_MAP));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAddManagementTag() {
+		properties.getManagementTags().add("newTag");
+		assertThat(properties.getManagementTags())
+				.containsOnly(ConsulDiscoveryProperties.MANAGEMENT, "newTag");
+	}
 }