diff --git a/metrics-guice/src/main/java/com/yammer/metrics/guice/JmxReporterProvider.java b/metrics-guice/src/main/java/com/yammer/metrics/guice/JmxReporterProvider.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/metrics-guice/src/main/java/com/yammer/metrics/guice/JmxReporterProvider.java
+++ b/metrics-guice/src/main/java/com/yammer/metrics/guice/JmxReporterProvider.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public class JmxReporterProvider implements Provider<JmxReporter>
 
     @Override
     public JmxReporter get() {
-        return new JmxReporter(metricsRegistry);
+        JmxReporter reporter = new JmxReporter(metricsRegistry);
+        reporter.start();
+        return reporter;
     }
 }
Also need to start the jmx reporter ...