diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/opentsdb/opentsdb.go b/pkg/tsdb/opentsdb/opentsdb.go
index ab7179b5965..54aae6058ca 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/opentsdb/opentsdb.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/opentsdb/opentsdb.go
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ type datasourceInfo struct {
 type DsAccess string
 
 func init() {
-	registry.Register(&registry.Descriptor{Instance: &Service{}})
+	registry.Register(&registry.Descriptor{
+		Name:         "OpenTSDBService",
+		InitPriority: registry.Low,
+		Instance:     &Service{},
+	})
 }
 
 func (s *Service) Init() error {