diff --git Vagrantfile Vagrantfile
index 55c67dd..1d7cc01 100644
--- Vagrantfile
+++ Vagrantfile
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"
 
 # General config
 enable_dns = false
+enable_jmx = false
 num_zookeepers = 1
 num_brokers = 3
 num_workers = 0 # Generic workers that get the code, but don't start any services
@@ -135,7 +136,8 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
       ip_address = "192.168.50." + (10 + i).to_s
       assign_local_ip(zookeeper, ip_address)
       zookeeper.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/base.sh"
-      zookeeper.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/zk.sh", :args => [i.to_s, num_zookeepers]
+      zk_jmx_port = enable_jmx ? (8000 + i).to_s : ""
+      zookeeper.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/zk.sh", :args => [i.to_s, num_zookeepers, zk_jmx_port]
     end
   }
 
@@ -151,7 +153,8 @@ Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|
       # used to support clients running on the host.
       zookeeper_connect = zookeepers.map{ |zk_addr| zk_addr + ":2181"}.join(",")
       broker.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/base.sh"
-      broker.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/broker.sh", :args => [i.to_s, enable_dns ? name : ip_address, zookeeper_connect]
+      kafka_jmx_port = enable_jmx ? (9000 + i).to_s : ""
+      broker.vm.provision "shell", path: "vagrant/broker.sh", :args => [i.to_s, enable_dns ? name : ip_address, zookeeper_connect, kafka_jmx_port]
     end
   }
 
diff --git vagrant/broker.sh vagrant/broker.sh
index 63f2d4f..bc040c9 100644
--- vagrant/broker.sh
+++ vagrant/broker.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ set -e
 BROKER_ID=$1
 PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$2
 PUBLIC_ZOOKEEPER_ADDRESSES=$3
+JMX_PORT=$4
 
 cd /opt/kafka
 
@@ -35,4 +36,8 @@ echo "Killing server"
 bin/kafka-server-stop.sh || true
 sleep 5 # Because kafka-server-stop.sh doesn't actually wait
 echo "Starting server"
+if [[  -n $JMX_PORT ]]; then
+  export JMX_PORT=$JMX_PORT
+  export KAFKA_JMX_OPTS="-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=$PUBLIC_ADDRESS -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false  -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false "
+fi
 bin/kafka-server-start.sh /opt/kafka/config/server-$BROKER_ID.properties 1>> /tmp/broker.log 2>> /tmp/broker.log &
diff --git vagrant/zk.sh vagrant/zk.sh
index 15517f8..6fc4b7c 100644
--- vagrant/zk.sh
+++ vagrant/zk.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ set -e
 
 ZKID=$1
 NUM_ZK=$2
+JMX_PORT=$3
 
 cd /opt/kafka
 
@@ -37,6 +38,10 @@ echo "$ZKID" > /tmp/zookeeper/myid
 
 echo "Killing ZooKeeper"
 bin/zookeeper-server-stop.sh || true
-sleep 5 # Because kafka-server-stop.sh doesn't actually wait
+sleep 5 # Because zookeeper-server-stop.sh doesn't actually wait
 echo "Starting ZooKeeper"
+if [[  -n $JMX_PORT ]]; then
+  export JMX_PORT=$JMX_PORT
+  export KAFKA_JMX_OPTS="-Djava.rmi.server.hostname=zk$ZKID -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false  -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false "
+fi
 bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh config/zookeeper-$ZKID.properties 1>> /tmp/zk.log 2>> /tmp/zk.log &