diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4ecf5d5a..2ebff2a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04
     <td>Location to store consul's data in</td>
     <td><tt>/var/lib/consul</tt></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['config_dir']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>Location to read service definitions from (directoy will be created)</td>
+    <td><tt>/etc/consul.d</tt></td>
+  </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><tt>['consul']['servers']</tt></td>
     <td>Array Strings</td>
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index cd52bd90..624efafb 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 # Service attributes
 default[:consul][:service_mode] = 'bootstrap'
 default[:consul][:data_dir] = '/var/lib/consul'
+default[:consul][:config_dir] = '/etc/consul.d'
 default[:consul][:servers] = []
 
 # UI attributes
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index ca059352..4ce59b30 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 license          'Apache v2.0'
 description      'Installs/Configures consul'
 long_description 'Installs/Configures consul'
-version          '0.2.0'
+version          '0.2.2'
 
 recipe 'consul', 'Installs and starts consul service.'
 recipe 'consul::binary_install', 'Installs consul service from binary.'
diff --git a/recipes/service.rb b/recipes/service.rb
index b9137bd1..4826533d 100644
--- a/recipes/service.rb
+++ b/recipes/service.rb
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
   service_params = "#{service_params} -ui-dir #{node[:consul][:ui_dir]}/consul_ui -client #{node[:consul][:client_addr]}"
 end
 
+directory node[:consul][:config_dir]
+
 template '/etc/init.d/consul' do
   source 'consul-init.erb'
   mode 0755
   variables(
     consul_binary: "#{node[:consul][:install_dir]}/consul",
     data_dir: node[:consul][:data_dir],
+    config_dir: node[:consul][:config_dir],
     service_params: service_params
   )
 end
diff --git a/templates/default/consul-init.erb b/templates/default/consul-init.erb
index 07fa6911..92262d5d 100644
--- a/templates/default/consul-init.erb
+++ b/templates/default/consul-init.erb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #                       * Multi Datacenter
 ### END INIT INFO
 
-CMD="<%= @consul_binary %> agent <%= @service_params %> -data-dir <%= @data_dir %>"
+CMD="<%= @consul_binary %> agent <%= @service_params %> -data-dir <%= @data_dir %> -config-dir <%= @config_dir %>"
 NAME="consul"
 
 PIDFILE="/var/run/$NAME.pid"