diff --git a/elements/os-collect-config/element-deps b/elements/os-collect-config/element-deps
index 715c11e2f..9bf6b976e 100644
--- a/elements/os-collect-config/element-deps
+++ b/elements/os-collect-config/element-deps
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 source-repositories
+os-refresh-config
diff --git a/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/10-os-collect-config b/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/10-os-collect-config
index 480802348..3544827ff 100755
--- a/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/10-os-collect-config
+++ b/elements/os-collect-config/install.d/10-os-collect-config
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ install-packages python-pip build-essential libxslt-dev libxml2-dev python-dev
 
 pip install /opt/stack/os-collect-config
 
+# Minimal static config for bootstrapping
+cat > /etc/os-collect-config.conf <<eof
+[DEFAULT]
+command=os-refresh-config
+eof
+
 # Upstart
 if [ -d /etc/init ] ; then
     cat > /etc/init/os-collect-config.conf <<eof