diff --git a/builtin/providers/consul/attr_reader.go b/builtin/providers/consul/attr_reader.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e9ca7697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/consul/attr_reader.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package consul
+
+import "time"
+
+type _AttrReader interface {
+	GetBool(_SchemaAttr) bool
+	GetBoolOK(_SchemaAttr) (b, ok bool)
+	GetDurationOK(_SchemaAttr) (time.Duration, bool)
+	GetFloat64OK(_SchemaAttr) (float64, bool)
+	GetIntOK(_SchemaAttr) (int, bool)
+	GetIntPtr(_SchemaAttr) *int
+	GetString(_SchemaAttr) string
+	GetStringOK(_SchemaAttr) (string, bool)
+	GetStringPtr(_SchemaAttr) *string
+	GetStringSlice(attrName _SchemaAttr) []string
+	BackingType() string
+}
diff --git a/builtin/providers/consul/attr_reader_config.go b/builtin/providers/consul/attr_reader_config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56d88ed50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/providers/consul/attr_reader_config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package consul
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+type _ConfigReader struct {
+	d *schema.ResourceData
+}
+
+func _NewConfigReader(d *schema.ResourceData) *_ConfigReader {
+	return &_ConfigReader{
+		d: d,
+	}
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) BackingType() string {
+	return "config"
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetBool(attrName _SchemaAttr) bool {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return v.(bool)
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetBoolOK(attrName _SchemaAttr) (b, ok bool) {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return v.(bool), true
+	}
+
+	return false, false
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetDurationOK(attrName _SchemaAttr) (time.Duration, bool) {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		d, err := time.ParseDuration(v.(string))
+		if err != nil {
+			return time.Duration(0), false
+		}
+		return d, true
+	}
+
+	return time.Duration(0), false
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetFloat64OK(attrName _SchemaAttr) (float64, bool) {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return v.(float64), true
+	}
+
+	return 0.0, false
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetIntOK(attrName _SchemaAttr) (int, bool) {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return v.(int), true
+	}
+
+	return 0, false
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetIntPtr(attrName _SchemaAttr) *int {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		i := v.(int)
+		return &i
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetString(attrName _SchemaAttr) string {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return v.(string)
+	}
+
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetStringOK(attrName _SchemaAttr) (string, bool) {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return v.(string), true
+	}
+
+	return "", false
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetStringPtr(attrName _SchemaAttr) *string {
+	if v, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		switch v.(type) {
+		case string:
+			s := v.(string)
+			return &s
+		case *string:
+			return v.(*string)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (r *_ConfigReader) GetStringSlice(attrName _SchemaAttr) []string {
+	if listRaw, ok := r.d.GetOk(string(attrName)); ok {
+		return listRaw.([]string)
+	}
+	return nil
+}