diff --git a/datadog.conf.example b/datadog.conf.example
index 5e9f6fce76..fbe5f2210c 100644
--- a/datadog.conf.example
+++ b/datadog.conf.example
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ gce_updated_hostname: yes
 # Enable JMX checks for service discovery
 # sd_jmx_enable: no
 #
+# If you require custom jars to be loaded for JMX checks, you can set their paths here
+# instead of setting them in the checks' custom_jar_paths option
+# jmx_custom_jars: /jmx-jars/jboss-cli-client.jar:/my/other/custom.jar
+#
 # Docker labels as tags
 # We can extract docker labels and add them as tags to all metrics reported by service discovery.
 # All you have to do is supply a comma-separated list of label names to extract from containers when found.
diff --git a/jmxfetch.py b/jmxfetch.py
index 47c0d11d1d..7aab863100 100644
--- a/jmxfetch.py
+++ b/jmxfetch.py
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ def __init__(self, confd_path, agent_config):
         self.agent_config = agent_config
         self.check_frequency = DEFAULT_CHECK_FREQUENCY
         self.service_discovery = _is_affirmative(self.agent_config.get('sd_jmx_enable', False))
+        self.config_jar_path = self.agent_config.get('jmx_custom_jars', "")
 
         self.jmx_process = None
         self.jmx_checks = None
@@ -242,6 +243,8 @@ def _start(self, path_to_java, java_run_opts, jmx_checks, command, reporter, too
                 classpath = r"%s:%s" % (tools_jar_path, classpath)
             if custom_jar_paths:
                 classpath = r"%s:%s" % (':'.join(custom_jar_paths), classpath)
+            if self.config_jar_path:
+                classpath = r"%s:%s" % (self.config_jar_path, classpath)
 
             subprocess_args = [
                 path_to_java,  # Path to the java bin