diff --git a/opencontrail/files/telegraf.conf b/opencontrail/files/telegraf.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1faefa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opencontrail/files/telegraf.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[[inputs.contrail]]
+{%- if values.interval is defined %}
+  interval = "{{ values.interval }}"
+{%- endif %}
+  ifmap_count = {{ values.ifmap_count|default("false")|lower }}
+{%- for tag_name, tag_value in values.get('checks', {}).iteritems() %}
+  {%- if tag_value.url is defined and tag_value.xml_element is defined %}
+  [[inputs.contrail.checks]]
+    url = "{{ tag_value.url }}"
+    xml_element = "{{ tag_value.xml_element }}"
+    name = "{{ tag_name }}"
+      {%- if tag_value.result_type is defined %}
+    result_type = "{{ tag_value.result_type }}"
+      {%- endif %}
+      {%- if tag_value.state is defined %}
+    state = "{{ tag_value.state }}"
+      {%- endif %}
+  {%- endif %}
+{%- endfor %}
diff --git a/opencontrail/meta/telegraf.yml b/opencontrail/meta/telegraf.yml
index e43dc93..51f7a40 100644
--- a/opencontrail/meta/telegraf.yml
+++ b/opencontrail/meta/telegraf.yml
@@ -111,8 +111,11 @@
   {%- endif %}
   {%- if control.get('enabled', False) or compute.get('enabled', False) %}
     contrail:
+      template: opencontrail/files/telegraf.conf
     {%- if control.get('enabled', False) %}
-      ifmap_count: "true"
+      # ifmap_count is always disabled because it puts too much load on the IF-MAP server
+      # and the metric is pretty much useless.
+      ifmap_count: "false"
     {%- endif %}
       checks:
     {%- if control.get('enabled', False) %}