diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java
index 46124d3d..9529ef63 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.SearchStrategy;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ServerProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtils;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public class ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration {
 	private ServletContext servletContext;
 
 	@Bean
-	@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(search = SearchStrategy.CURRENT)
 	public ConsulLifecycle consulLifecycle(ConsulDiscoveryProperties discoveryProperties,
 			HeartbeatProperties heartbeatProperties) {
 		ConsulLifecycle lifecycle = new ConsulLifecycle(consulClient, discoveryProperties, heartbeatProperties);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfigServiceBootstrapConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfigServiceBootstrapConfiguration.java
index 289251db..d65b5a8e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfigServiceBootstrapConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/ConsulDiscoveryClientConfigServiceBootstrapConfiguration.java
@@ -18,21 +18,31 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.configclient;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
+import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.InetUtils;
 import org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator;
 import org.springframework.cloud.consul.ConsulAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.consul.discovery.ConsulDiscoveryProperties;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
 /**
- * Eureka-specific helper for config client that wants to lookup the config server via
- * discovery.
+ * Helper for config client that wants to lookup the config server via discovery.
  *
- * @author Dave Syer
+ * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
 @ConditionalOnClass(ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator.class)
 @ConditionalOnProperty(value = "spring.cloud.config.discovery.enabled", matchIfMissing = false)
 @Configuration
 @Import({ ConsulAutoConfiguration.class, ConsulDiscoveryClientConfiguration.class})
 public class ConsulDiscoveryClientConfigServiceBootstrapConfiguration {
+
+	@Bean
+	public ConsulDiscoveryProperties consulDiscoveryProperties(InetUtils inetUtils) {
+		ConsulDiscoveryProperties properties = new ConsulDiscoveryProperties(inetUtils);
+		// for bootstrap, lifecycle (and hence registration) is not needed, just discovery client
+		properties.getLifecycle().setEnabled(false);
+		return properties;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/DiscoveryClientConfigServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/DiscoveryClientConfigServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java
index 94ed8211..f5c10bd3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/DiscoveryClientConfigServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-discovery/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/discovery/configclient/DiscoveryClientConfigServiceAutoConfigurationTests.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.PropertyPlaceholderAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.boot.test.EnvironmentTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.util.EnvironmentTestUtils;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.DefaultServiceInstance;
 import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
 import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.UtilAutoConfiguration;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-sample/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-consul-sample/pom.xml
index 3fba1d85..7afb2e05 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-sample/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-consul-all</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-config</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-feign</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/etc/configserver.json b/src/test/resources/etc/configserver.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a40a5044
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/etc/configserver.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "service": {
+    "name": "configserver",
+    "address": "127.0.0.1",
+    "port": 8888
+  }
+}