diff --git a/collector/collector.go b/collector/collector.go
index 8886a44fe4..224ebfa6b0 100644
--- a/collector/collector.go
+++ b/collector/collector.go
@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@ func collectorFlagAction(collector string) func(ctx *kingpin.ParseContext) error
 }
 
 // NewNodeCollector creates a new NodeCollector.
-func NewNodeCollector(config *NodeCollectorConfig, enabledCollectors map[string]bool, logger log.Logger, filters ...string) (*NodeCollector, error) {
+func NewNodeCollector(config *NodeCollectorConfig, logger log.Logger, filters ...string) (*NodeCollector, error) {
 	f := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, filter := range filters {
-		enabled, exist := enabledCollectors[filter]
+		enabled, exist := config.Collectors[filter]
 		if !exist {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing collector: %s", filter)
 		}
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func NewNodeCollector(config *NodeCollectorConfig, enabledCollectors map[string]
 	}
 	collectors := make(map[string]Collector)
 
-	for key, enabled := range enabledCollectors {
+	for key, enabled := range config.Collectors {
 		if !enabled || (len(f) > 0 && !f[key]) {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/collector/config.go b/collector/config.go
index 1ce8b99f71..3cb907fed6 100644
--- a/collector/config.go
+++ b/collector/config.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ type NodeCollectorConfig struct {
 	TextFile              TextFileConfig
 	VmStat                VmStatConfig
 	Wifi                  WifiConfig
+
+	Collectors map[string]bool
 }
 
 type WifiConfig struct {
diff --git a/collector/cpu_linux.go b/collector/cpu_linux.go
index dae658a968..f35fcb5414 100644
--- a/collector/cpu_linux.go
+++ b/collector/cpu_linux.go
@@ -201,13 +201,16 @@ func (c *cpuCollector) updateInfo(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 			cpu.CacheSize)
 	}
 
-	for _, cpu := range info {
-		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.cpuFrequencyHz,
-			prometheus.GaugeValue,
-			cpu.CPUMHz*1e6,
-			cpu.PhysicalID,
-			cpu.CoreID,
-			strconv.Itoa(int(cpu.Processor)))
+	// This should only run if CPUFREQ is NOT enabled.
+	if found, enabled := c.config.Collectors["cpufreq"]; found && !enabled {
+		for _, cpu := range info {
+			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.cpuFrequencyHz,
+				prometheus.GaugeValue,
+				cpu.CPUMHz*1e6,
+				cpu.PhysicalID,
+				cpu.CoreID,
+				strconv.Itoa(int(cpu.Processor)))
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(info) != 0 {
diff --git a/collector/devstat_dragonfly.go b/collector/devstat_dragonfly.go
index 4ebf59d12c..733e918ecf 100644
--- a/collector/devstat_dragonfly.go
+++ b/collector/devstat_dragonfly.go
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ type devstatCollector struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	registerCollector("devstat", defaultDisabled,NewDevstatCollector)
+	registerCollector("devstat", defaultDisabled, NewDevstatCollector)
 }
 
 // NewDevstatCollector returns a new Collector exposing Device stats.
-func NewDevstatCollector(config  *NodeCollectorConfiglogger log.Logger) (Collector, error) {
+func NewDevstatCollector(config *NodeCollectorConfig, logger log.Logger) (Collector, error) {
 	return &devstatCollector{
 		bytesDesc: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, devstatSubsystem, "bytes_total"),
diff --git a/node_exporter.go b/node_exporter.go
index 68eba49956..2d5d11e602 100644
--- a/node_exporter.go
+++ b/node_exporter.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func (h *handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 // (in which case it will log all the collectors enabled via command-line
 // flags).
 func (h *handler) innerHandler(filters ...string) (http.Handler, error) {
-	nc, err := collector.NewNodeCollector(h.collectorConfig, collector.GetFlagDefaults(), h.logger, filters...)
+	nc, err := collector.NewNodeCollector(h.collectorConfig, h.logger, filters...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't create collector: %s", err)
 	}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(*maxProcs)
 	level.Debug(logger).Log("msg", "Go MAXPROCS", "procs", runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0))
-
+	collectorConfig.Collectors = collector.GetFlagDefaults()
 	http.Handle(*metricsPath, newHandler(!*disableExporterMetrics, *maxRequests, collectorConfig, logger))
 	if *metricsPath != "/" {
 		landingConfig := web.LandingConfig{