diff --git a/command/agent/command.go b/command/agent/command.go
index 46ef8bd6a6..79cbb6e96a 100644
--- a/command/agent/command.go
+++ b/command/agent/command.go
@@ -165,11 +165,12 @@ func (c *Command) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	c.Ui.Output("Consul agent running!")
-	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Node name: '%s'", config.NodeName))
-	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf(" RPC addr: '%s'", config.RPCAddr))
-	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("HTTP addr: '%s'", config.HTTPAddr))
-	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Encrypted: %#v", config.EncryptKey != ""))
-	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("   Server: %v", config.Server))
+	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf(" Node name: '%s'", config.NodeName))
+	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Datacenter: '%s'", config.Datacenter))
+	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("  RPC addr: '%s'", config.RPCAddr))
+	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf(" HTTP addr: '%s'", config.HTTPAddr))
+	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf(" Encrypted: %#v", config.EncryptKey != ""))
+	c.Ui.Info(fmt.Sprintf("    Server: %v", config.Server))
 
 	// Enable log streaming
 	c.Ui.Info("")
diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index 7fe37f1ad2..66701757d6 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -74,10 +74,11 @@ type Config struct {
 // DefaultConfig is used to return a sane default configuration
 func DefaultConfig() *Config {
 	return &Config{
-		HTTPAddr: "127.0.0.1:8500",
-		LogLevel: "INFO",
-		RPCAddr:  "127.0.0.1:8400",
-		Server:   false,
+		Datacenter: consul.DefaultDC,
+		HTTPAddr:   "127.0.0.1:8500",
+		LogLevel:   "INFO",
+		RPCAddr:    "127.0.0.1:8400",
+		Server:     false,
 	}
 }