diff --git a/command/agent/agent.go b/command/agent/agent.go
index 4a52fefe30c..f1f9ab07df3 100644
--- a/command/agent/agent.go
+++ b/command/agent/agent.go
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ func (a *Agent) clientConfig() (*clientconfig.Config, error) {
 		}
 		conf.MaxKillTimeout = dur
 	}
-	conf.ClientMaxPort = a.config.Client.ClientMaxPort
-	conf.ClientMinPort = a.config.Client.ClientMinPort
+	conf.ClientMaxPort = uint(a.config.Client.ClientMaxPort)
+	conf.ClientMinPort = uint(a.config.Client.ClientMinPort)
 
 	// Setup the node
 	conf.Node = new(structs.Node)
diff --git a/command/agent/config.go b/command/agent/config.go
index acf3e9192cd..785b80b8ea9 100644
--- a/command/agent/config.go
+++ b/command/agent/config.go
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 
 	// ClientMaxPort is the upper range of the ports that the client uses for
 	// communicating with plugin subsystems
-	ClientMaxPort uint `hcl:"client_max_port"`
+	ClientMaxPort int `hcl:"client_max_port"`
 
 	// ClientMinPort is the lower range of the ports that the client uses for
 	// communicating with plugin subsystems
-	ClientMinPort uint `hcl:"client_min_port"`
+	ClientMinPort int `hcl:"client_min_port"`
 }
 
 // ServerConfig is configuration specific to the server mode