diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9e2d70e94..e2eff0460 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
 		<module>spring-cloud-netflix-turbine</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-netflix-turbine-stream</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-netflix-sidecar</module>
+		<module>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-starter-atlas</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-starter-eureka</module>
 		<module>spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server</module>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml
index 377b3e3d4..83e338a72 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@
 			<artifactId>archaius-core</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- archaius dependencies that are now runtime -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- end archaius deps -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.netflix.servo</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servo-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-netflix-dependencies/pom.xml
index 6b642d6d6..1437e3410 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<spring-cloud-commons.version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-commons.version>
 		<spring-cloud-config.version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-config.version>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
-		<archaius.version>0.6.5</archaius.version>
+		<archaius.version>0.7.3</archaius.version>
 		<eureka.version>1.3.4</eureka.version>
 		<feign.version>8.12.1</feign.version>
 		<hystrix.version>1.4.21</hystrix.version>
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+				<version>${project.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-atlas</artifactId>
@@ -177,6 +182,13 @@
 					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
+			<!-- archaius dependencies that are now runtime -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
+				<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
+				<version>1.8</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<!-- end archaius deps -->
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jersey-servlet</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/pom.xml
index 7e78d4b31..c8e1224c5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@
 			<artifactId>archaius-core</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- archaius dependencies that are now runtime -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- end archaius deps -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.netflix.ribbon</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ribbon</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/pom.xml
index dc87eaeb2..7115a5eb3 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server/pom.xml
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@
 			<groupId>com.netflix.archaius</groupId>
 			<artifactId>archaius-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- archaius dependencies that are now runtime -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- end archaius deps -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
 			<artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-archaius/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-archaius/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06648f11b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-archaius/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix</artifactId>
+		<version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>..</relativePath> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+	<name>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</name>
+	<description>Spring Cloud Starter</description>
+	<url>http://projects.spring.io/spring-cloud</url>
+	<organization>
+		<name>Pivotal Software, Inc.</name>
+		<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
+	</organization>
+	<properties>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.netflix.archaius</groupId>
+			<artifactId>archaius-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- archaius dependencies that are now runtime -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-configuration</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-configuration</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<!-- end archaius deps -->
+	</dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-archaius/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides b/spring-cloud-starter-archaius/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8f657ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-archaius/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+provides: archaius-core
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server/pom.xml
index bb650d396..7a2592d8d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-eureka-server/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-server</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-ribbon</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-eureka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-eureka/pom.xml
index 3ddc82d40..cf888132a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-eureka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-eureka/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
 			<groupId>com.netflix.eureka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>eureka-client</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-ribbon</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-feign/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-feign/pom.xml
index d54d1cdd2..91ac0dd00 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-feign/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-feign/pom.xml
@@ -52,5 +52,9 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-ribbon</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix-dashboard/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix-dashboard/pom.xml
index 557594ba7..999407c35 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix-dashboard/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix-dashboard/pom.xml
@@ -32,5 +32,9 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-hystrix-dashboard</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix/pom.xml
index ad30d4e3c..aafc0ec15 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-hystrix/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.netflix.hystrix</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hystrix-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-ribbon/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-ribbon/pom.xml
index e984ca677..641871c1b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-ribbon/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-ribbon/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.netflix.ribbon</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ribbon</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-turbine-stream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-turbine-stream/pom.xml
index 8195f9007..3bfcc8a51 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-turbine-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-turbine-stream/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-commons</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-netflix-turbine-stream</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-starter-zuul/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-starter-zuul/pom.xml
index a99c1892c..8cdd6a7c2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-starter-zuul/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-starter-zuul/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-ribbon</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-archaius</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.netflix.zuul</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zuul-core</artifactId>