diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index 0871f39434a..cea21eb6c02 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -390,6 +390,27 @@ func convertServerConfig(agentConfig *Config) (*nomad.Config, error) {
 		}
 		conf.ACLTokenExpirationGCThreshold = dur
 	}
+	if gcThreshold := agentConfig.Server.RootKeyGCThreshold; gcThreshold != "" {
+		dur, err := time.ParseDuration(gcThreshold)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		conf.RootKeyGCThreshold = dur
+	}
+	if gcInterval := agentConfig.Server.RootKeyGCInterval; gcInterval != "" {
+		dur, err := time.ParseDuration(gcInterval)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		conf.RootKeyGCInterval = dur
+	}
+	if rotationThreshold := agentConfig.Server.RootKeyRotationThreshold; rotationThreshold != "" {
+		dur, err := time.ParseDuration(rotationThreshold)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		conf.RootKeyRotationThreshold = dur
+	}
 
 	if heartbeatGrace := agentConfig.Server.HeartbeatGrace; heartbeatGrace != 0 {
 		conf.HeartbeatGrace = heartbeatGrace
diff --git a/nomad/core_sched.go b/nomad/core_sched.go
index 0370aab1f3c..321da820261 100644
--- a/nomad/core_sched.go
+++ b/nomad/core_sched.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (c *CoreScheduler) forceGC(eval *structs.Evaluation) error {
 	if err := c.expiredACLTokenGC(eval, true); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := c.rootKeyRotateOrGC(eval); err != nil {
+	if err := c.rootKeyGC(eval); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Node GC must occur after the others to ensure the allocations are
@@ -908,6 +908,10 @@ func (c *CoreScheduler) rootKeyRotateOrGC(eval *structs.Evaluation) error {
 	if wasRotated {
 		return nil
 	}
+	return c.rootKeyGC(eval)
+}
+
+func (c *CoreScheduler) rootKeyGC(eval *structs.Evaluation) error {
 
 	// we can't GC any key older than the oldest live allocation
 	// because it might have signed that allocation's workload