diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java
index ea22d837b46..0052628c035 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/IndexModule.java
@@ -20,17 +20,27 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.index;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.service.IndexService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.service.InternalIndexService;
+import org.elasticsearch.jmx.JmxService;
 
 /**
  *
  */
 public class IndexModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    private final Settings settings;
+
+    public IndexModule(Settings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(IndexService.class).to(InternalIndexService.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(IndexServiceManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bind(IndexServiceManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/service/InternalIndexService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/service/InternalIndexService.java
index 0b11b974350..7fcac7d983b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/service/InternalIndexService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/service/InternalIndexService.java
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ public class InternalIndexService extends AbstractIndexComponent implements Inde
 
         ModulesBuilder modules = new ModulesBuilder();
         modules.add(new ShardsPluginsModule(indexSettings, pluginsService));
-        modules.add(new IndexShardModule(shardId));
+        modules.add(new IndexShardModule(indexSettings, shardId));
         modules.add(new ShardIndexingModule());
         modules.add(new ShardSearchModule());
         modules.add(new ShardGetModule());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardModule.java
index b39a7760d99..e4a055d6fd3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardModule.java
@@ -20,17 +20,22 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.index.shard;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.IndexShard;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.shard.service.InternalIndexShard;
+import org.elasticsearch.jmx.JmxService;
 
 /**
  *
  */
 public class IndexShardModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    private final Settings settings;
+
     private final ShardId shardId;
 
-    public IndexShardModule(ShardId shardId) {
+    public IndexShardModule(Settings settings, ShardId shardId) {
+        this.settings = settings;
         this.shardId = shardId;
     }
 
@@ -38,6 +43,8 @@ public class IndexShardModule extends AbstractModule {
     protected void configure() {
         bind(ShardId.class).toInstance(shardId);
         bind(IndexShard.class).to(InternalIndexShard.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(IndexShardManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bind(IndexShardManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreModule.java
index ea995b74bbb..1c7865e94e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/StoreModule.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.index.store;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.jmx.JmxService;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -39,7 +40,9 @@ public class StoreModule extends AbstractModule {
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(DirectoryService.class).to(indexStore.shardDirectory()).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(StoreManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(Store.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bind(StoreManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java
index d15762f79b2..f026b7f9ff3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/InternalIndicesService.java
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class InternalIndicesService extends AbstractLifecycleComponent<IndicesSe
         modules.add(new MapperServiceModule());
         modules.add(new IndexAliasesServiceModule());
         modules.add(new IndexGatewayModule(indexSettings, injector.getInstance(Gateway.class)));
-        modules.add(new IndexModule());
+        modules.add(new IndexModule(indexSettings));
         modules.add(new PercolatorModule());
 
         Injector indexInjector;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/AbstractJmxModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/AbstractJmxModule.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6a6be47b29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/AbstractJmxModule.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to ElasticSearch and Shay Banon under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. ElasticSearch licenses this
+ * file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.jmx;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+
+/**
+ * Simple based class for JMX related services with {@link #doConfigure()} only being called if
+ * jmx is enabled.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractJmxModule extends AbstractModule {
+
+    private final Settings settings;
+
+    protected AbstractJmxModule(Settings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure() {
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            doConfigure();
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected abstract void doConfigure();
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxModule.java
index 1ac129616da..0cc259902a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxModule.java
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ public class JmxModule extends AbstractModule {
         JmxService jmxService = new JmxService(Loggers.getLogger(JmxService.class, settings.get("name")), settings);
         bind(JmxService.class).toInstance(jmxService);
         bind(GetJmxServiceUrlAction.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bindListener(Matchers.any(), new JmxExporterTypeListener(jmxService));
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bindListener(Matchers.any(), new JmxExporterTypeListener(jmxService));
+        }
     }
 
     private static class JmxExporterTypeListener implements TypeListener {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxService.java
index 2984e1deadd..03aaa611aa9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/jmx/JmxService.java
@@ -43,9 +43,14 @@ public class JmxService {
 
     public static class SettingsConstants {
 
+        public static final String EXPORT = "jmx.export";
         public static final String CREATE_CONNECTOR = "jmx.create_connector";
     }
 
+    public static boolean shouldExport(Settings settings) {
+        return settings.getAsBoolean(SettingsConstants.CREATE_CONNECTOR, false) || settings.getAsBoolean(SettingsConstants.EXPORT, false);
+    }
+
     // we use {jmx.port} without prefix of $ since we don't want it to be resolved as a setting property
 
     public static final String JMXRMI_URI_PATTERN = "service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://:{jmx.port}/jmxrmi";
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportModule.java
index 776c57347b1..4dcb00b359c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportModule.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Module;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Modules;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.SpawnModules;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.jmx.JmxService;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.local.LocalTransportModule;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.netty.NettyTransportModule;
 
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ public class TransportModule extends AbstractModule implements SpawnModules {
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(TransportService.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(TransportServiceManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bind(TransportServiceManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransportModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransportModule.java
index 79653821401..e3e211e225d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransportModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/local/LocalTransportModule.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.transport.local;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.jmx.JmxService;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
 
 /**
@@ -27,10 +29,18 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
  */
 public class LocalTransportModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    private final Settings settings;
+
+    public LocalTransportModule(Settings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(LocalTransport.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(Transport.class).to(LocalTransport.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(LocalTransportManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bind(LocalTransportManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransportModule.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransportModule.java
index b0dcf421417..ff7782ad8ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransportModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/netty/NettyTransportModule.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.transport.netty;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.AbstractModule;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.jmx.JmxService;
 import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
 
 /**
@@ -27,10 +29,18 @@ import org.elasticsearch.transport.Transport;
  */
 public class NettyTransportModule extends AbstractModule {
 
+    private final Settings settings;
+
+    public NettyTransportModule(Settings settings) {
+        this.settings = settings;
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void configure() {
         bind(NettyTransport.class).asEagerSingleton();
         bind(Transport.class).to(NettyTransport.class).asEagerSingleton();
-        bind(NettyTransportManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        if (JmxService.shouldExport(settings)) {
+            bind(NettyTransportManagement.class).asEagerSingleton();
+        }
     }
 }