diff --git a/registry/consul/passing.go b/registry/consul/passing.go
index e566c6a9b..3537b7ce1 100644
--- a/registry/consul/passing.go
+++ b/registry/consul/passing.go
@@ -7,28 +7,48 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
 )
 
+// passingServices takes a list of Consul Health Checks and only returns ones where the overall health of
+// the Service Instance is passing. This includes the health of the Node that the Services Instance runs on.
 func passingServices(checks []*api.HealthCheck, status []string, strict bool) []*api.HealthCheck {
 	var p []*api.HealthCheck
+
+CHECKS:
 	for _, svc := range checks {
 		if !isServiceCheck(svc) {
 			continue
 		}
-		total, passing := countChecks(svc, checks, status)
+		var total, passing int
+
+		for _, c := range checks {
+			if svc.Node == c.Node {
+				if svc.ServiceID == c.ServiceID {
+					total++
+					if hasStatus(c, status) {
+						passing++
+					}
+				}
+				if c.CheckID == "serfHealth" && c.Status == "critical" {
+					log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Skipping service %q since agent on node %q is down: %s", c.ServiceID, c.Node, c.Output)
+					continue CHECKS
+				}
+				if c.CheckID == "_node_maintenance" {
+					log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Skipping service %q since node %q is in maintenance mode: %s", c.ServiceID, c.Node, c.Output)
+					continue CHECKS
+				}
+				if c.CheckID == "_service_maintenance:"+svc.ServiceID && c.Status == "critical" {
+					log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Skipping service %q since it is in maintenance mode: %s", svc.ServiceID, c.Output)
+					continue CHECKS
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		if passing == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 		if strict && total != passing {
 			continue
 		}
-		if isAgentCritical(svc, checks) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if isNodeInMaintenance(svc, checks) {
-			continue
-		}
-		if isServiceInMaintenance(svc, checks) {
-			continue
-		}
+
 		p = append(p, svc)
 	}
 
@@ -43,56 +63,6 @@ func isServiceCheck(c *api.HealthCheck) bool {
 		!strings.HasPrefix(c.CheckID, "_service_maintenance:")
 }
 
-// isAgentCritical returns true if the agent on the node on which the service
-// runs is critical.
-func isAgentCritical(svc *api.HealthCheck, checks []*api.HealthCheck) bool {
-	for _, c := range checks {
-		if svc.Node == c.Node && c.CheckID == "serfHealth" && c.Status == "critical" {
-			log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Skipping service %q since agent on node %q is down: %s", c.ServiceID, c.Node, c.Output)
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// isNodeInMaintenance returns true if the node on which the service runs is in
-// maintenance mode.
-func isNodeInMaintenance(svc *api.HealthCheck, checks []*api.HealthCheck) bool {
-	for _, c := range checks {
-		if svc.Node == c.Node && c.CheckID == "_node_maintenance" {
-			log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Skipping service %q since node %q is in maintenance mode: %s", c.ServiceID, c.Node, c.Output)
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// isServiceInMaintenance returns true if the service instance is in
-// maintenance mode.
-func isServiceInMaintenance(svc *api.HealthCheck, checks []*api.HealthCheck) bool {
-	for _, c := range checks {
-		if svc.Node == c.Node && c.CheckID == "_service_maintenance:"+svc.ServiceID && c.Status == "critical" {
-			log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Skipping service %q since it is in maintenance mode: %s", svc.ServiceID, c.Output)
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
-// countChecks counts the number of service checks exist for a given service
-// and how many of them are passing.
-func countChecks(svc *api.HealthCheck, checks []*api.HealthCheck, status []string) (total int, passing int) {
-	for _, c := range checks {
-		if svc.Node == c.Node && svc.ServiceID == c.ServiceID {
-			total++
-			if hasStatus(c, status) {
-				passing++
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 // hasStatus returns true if the health check status is one of the given
 // values.
 func hasStatus(c *api.HealthCheck, status []string) bool {
diff --git a/registry/consul/service.go b/registry/consul/service.go
index 363363c14..37e84bbe5 100644
--- a/registry/consul/service.go
+++ b/registry/consul/service.go
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@ func (w *ServiceMonitor) Watch(updates chan string) {
 		}
 		log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: Health changed to #%d", meta.LastIndex)
 
+		prefixedChecks := checksWithTagPrefix(w.config.TagPrefix, checks)
+		log.Printf("[DEBUG] consul: only %d of %d checks have the configured tag prefix", len(prefixedChecks), len(checks))
+
 		// determine which services have passing health checks
-		passing := passingServices(checks, w.config.ServiceStatus, w.strict)
+		passing := passingServices(prefixedChecks, w.config.ServiceStatus, w.strict)
 
 		// build the config for the passing services
 		updates <- w.makeConfig(passing)
@@ -138,3 +141,22 @@ func (w *ServiceMonitor) serviceConfig(name string, passing map[string]bool) (co
 	}
 	return config
 }
+
+// checksWithTagPrefix filters a list of Consul Health Checks to only the Checks with a Tag that begins with the prefix
+func checksWithTagPrefix(prefix string, checks api.HealthChecks) api.HealthChecks {
+	checksWithPrefix := make(api.HealthChecks, 0, len(checks))
+	for _, c := range checks {
+		if c.CheckID == "serfHealth" || c.CheckID == "_node_maintenance" || strings.HasPrefix(c.CheckID, "_service_maintenance") {
+			checksWithPrefix = append(checksWithPrefix, c)
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, t := range c.ServiceTags {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(t, prefix) {
+				checksWithPrefix = append(checksWithPrefix, c)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return checksWithPrefix
+}