diff --git a/builtin/providers/vault/provider.go b/builtin/providers/vault/provider.go
index 9e1d153f8d..24e10f4dcf 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/vault/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/vault/provider.go
@@ -91,9 +91,8 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 }
 
 func providerConfigure(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
-	config := &api.Config{
-		Address: d.Get("address").(string),
-	}
+	config := api.DefaultConfig()
+	config.Address = d.Get("address").(string)
 
 	clientAuthI := d.Get("client_auth").([]interface{})
 	if len(clientAuthI) > 1 {