diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricExportAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricExportAutoConfiguration.java
index 4699151b10..c34377a6ba 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricExportAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/autoconfigure/MetricExportAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.endpoint.MetricsEndpointMetricReader;
+import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.export.Exporter;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.export.MetricExportProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.export.MetricExporters;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.reader.CompositeMetricReader;
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ public class MetricExportAutoConfiguration {
 	@ExportMetricWriter
 	private Map<String, MetricWriter> writers = Collections.emptyMap();
 
+	@Autowired(required = false)
+	private Map<String, Exporter> exporters = Collections.emptyMap();
+
 	@Bean
 	@ConditionalOnMissingBean(name = "metricWritersMetricExporter")
 	public SchedulingConfigurer metricWritersMetricExporter() {
@@ -75,9 +79,21 @@ public class MetricExportAutoConfiguration {
 			reader = new CompositeMetricReader(
 					this.readers.toArray(new MetricReader[this.readers.size()]));
 		}
+		MetricExporters exporters = null;
 		if (reader != null) {
+			exporters = new MetricExporters(this.properties);
 			writers.putAll(this.writers);
-			return new MetricExporters(reader, writers, this.properties);
+			exporters.setReader(reader);
+			exporters.setWriters(writers);
+		}
+		if (!this.exporters.isEmpty()) {
+			if (exporters==null) {
+				exporters = new MetricExporters(this.properties);
+			}
+			exporters.setExporters(this.exporters);
+		}
+		if (exporters!=null) {
+			return exporters;
 		}
 		return new NoOpSchedulingConfigurer();
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExporters.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExporters.java
index 9d068d6f6c..ed6021e319 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExporters.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExporters.java
@@ -34,23 +34,43 @@ import org.springframework.scheduling.config.ScheduledTaskRegistrar;
  */
 public class MetricExporters implements SchedulingConfigurer {
 
-	private final MetricReader reader;
+	private MetricReader reader;
 
-	private final Map<String, MetricWriter> writers;
+	private Map<String, MetricWriter> writers = new HashMap<String, MetricWriter>();
 
 	private final MetricExportProperties properties;
 
 	private final Map<String, Exporter> exporters = new HashMap<String, Exporter>();
 
-	public MetricExporters(MetricReader reader, Map<String, MetricWriter> writers,
-			MetricExportProperties properties) {
-		this.reader = reader;
-		this.writers = writers;
+	public MetricExporters(MetricExportProperties properties) {
 		this.properties = properties;
 	}
 
+	public void setReader(MetricReader reader) {
+		this.reader = reader;
+	}
+
+	public void setWriters(Map<String, MetricWriter> writers) {
+		this.writers.putAll(writers);
+	}
+
+	public void setExporters(Map<String, Exporter> exporters) {
+		this.exporters.putAll(exporters);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public void configureTasks(ScheduledTaskRegistrar taskRegistrar) {
+		for (Entry<String, Exporter> entry : this.exporters.entrySet()) {
+			String name = entry.getKey();
+			Exporter exporter = entry.getValue();
+			TriggerProperties trigger = this.properties.findTrigger(name);
+			if (trigger != null) {
+				ExportRunner runner = new ExportRunner(exporter);
+				IntervalTask task = new IntervalTask(runner, trigger.getDelayMillis(),
+						trigger.getDelayMillis());
+				taskRegistrar.addFixedDelayTask(task);
+			}
+		}
 		for (Entry<String, MetricWriter> entry : this.writers.entrySet()) {
 			String name = entry.getKey();
 			MetricWriter writer = entry.getValue();
@@ -80,9 +100,9 @@ public class MetricExporters implements SchedulingConfigurer {
 
 	private static class ExportRunner implements Runnable {
 
-		private final MetricCopyExporter exporter;
+		private final Exporter exporter;
 
-		public ExportRunner(MetricCopyExporter exporter) {
+		public ExportRunner(Exporter exporter) {
 			this.exporter = exporter;
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExportersTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExportersTests.java
index 34dea74373..da552be611 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExportersTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/metrics/export/MetricExportersTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.export;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -25,9 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.reader.MetricReader;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.metrics.writer.MetricWriter;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.config.ScheduledTaskRegistrar;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
-
 /**
  * Tests for {@link MetricExporters}.
  *
@@ -47,7 +48,9 @@ public class MetricExportersTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void emptyWriters() {
-		this.exporters = new MetricExporters(this.reader, this.writers, this.export);
+		this.exporters = new MetricExporters(this.export);
+		this.exporters.setReader(this.reader);
+		this.exporters.setWriters(this.writers);
 		this.exporters.configureTasks(new ScheduledTaskRegistrar());
 		assertNotNull(this.exporters.getExporters());
 		assertEquals(0, this.exporters.getExporters().size());
@@ -57,7 +60,20 @@ public class MetricExportersTests {
 	public void oneWriter() {
 		this.export.setUpDefaults();
 		this.writers.put("foo", this.writer);
-		this.exporters = new MetricExporters(this.reader, this.writers, this.export);
+		this.exporters = new MetricExporters(this.export);
+		this.exporters.setReader(this.reader);
+		this.exporters.setWriters(this.writers);
+		this.exporters.configureTasks(new ScheduledTaskRegistrar());
+		assertNotNull(this.exporters.getExporters());
+		assertEquals(1, this.exporters.getExporters().size());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void exporter() {
+		this.export.setUpDefaults();
+		this.exporters = new MetricExporters(this.export);
+		this.exporters.setExporters(Collections.<String, Exporter> singletonMap("foo",
+				new MetricCopyExporter(this.reader, this.writer)));
 		this.exporters.configureTasks(new ScheduledTaskRegistrar());
 		assertNotNull(this.exporters.getExporters());
 		assertEquals(1, this.exporters.getExporters().size());