diff --git a/config/config_test.go b/config/config_test.go
index 477ae067f..da70ff732 100644
--- a/config/config_test.go
+++ b/config/config_test.go
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ var configTests = []struct {
 	errContains string
 }{
 	{
-		inputFile:   "minimal.conf",
+		inputFile:   "minimal.conf.input",
 		printedFile: "minimal.conf.printed",
 	}, {
-		inputFile:   "sample.conf",
+		inputFile:   "sample.conf.input",
 		printedFile: "sample.conf.printed",
 	}, {
 		// TODO: Options that are not provided should be set to sane defaults or
 		// create errors during config loading (as appropriate). Right now, these
 		// options remain at their zero-values, which is probably not what we want.
-		inputFile:   "empty.conf",
+		inputFile:   "empty.conf.input",
 		printedFile: "empty.conf.printed",
 	},
 	// TODO: To enable testing of bad configs, we first need to change config
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var configTests = []struct {
 	// configuration error should be passed back all the way to the caller.
 	//
 	//{
-	//	inputFile: "bad_job_option.conf",
+	//	inputFile: "bad_job_option.conf.input",
 	//	shouldFail: true,
 	//	errContains: "Missing job name",
 	//},
diff --git a/config/fixtures/bad_job_option.conf.input b/config/fixtures/bad_job_option.conf.input
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8914ed292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/fixtures/bad_job_option.conf.input
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+global {
+	scrape_interval = "30s"
+	evaluation_interval = "30s"
+	labels {
+		monitor = "test"
+	}
+	rule_files = [
+		"prometheus.rules"
+	]
+}
+
+job {
+	jobname = "prometheus"
+	scrape_interval = "15s"
+
+	targets {
+		endpoints = [
+			"http://localhost:9090/metrics.json"
+		]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/fixtures/empty.conf.input b/config/fixtures/empty.conf.input
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/config/fixtures/minimal.conf.input b/config/fixtures/minimal.conf.input
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41ed13c7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/fixtures/minimal.conf.input
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+global {
+	scrape_interval = "30s"
+	evaluation_interval = "30s"
+	labels {
+		monitor = "test"
+	}
+	rule_files = [
+		"prometheus.rules"
+	]
+}
+
+job {
+	name = "prometheus"
+	scrape_interval = "15s"
+
+	targets {
+		endpoints = [
+			"http://localhost:9090/metrics.json"
+		]
+	}
+}
diff --git a/config/fixtures/sample.conf.input b/config/fixtures/sample.conf.input
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8ece5cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/fixtures/sample.conf.input
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+global {
+	scrape_interval = "30s"
+	evaluation_interval = "30s"
+	labels {
+		monitor = "test"
+	}
+	rule_files = [
+		"prometheus.rules"
+	]
+}
+
+job {
+	name = "prometheus"
+	scrape_interval = "15s"
+
+	targets {
+		endpoints = [
+			"http://localhost:9090/metrics.json"
+		]
+		labels {
+			group = "canary"
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+job {
+	name = "random"
+	scrape_interval = "30s"
+
+	targets {
+		endpoints = [
+			"http://random.com:8080/metrics.json",
+			"http://random.com:8081/metrics.json",
+			"http://random.com:8082/metrics.json",
+			"http://random.com:8083/metrics.json",
+			"http://random.com:8084/metrics.json"
+		]
+		labels {
+			group = "production"
+		}
+	}
+	targets {
+		endpoints = [
+			"http://random.com:8085/metrics.json",
+			"http://random.com:8086/metrics.json"
+		]
+		labels {
+			group = "canary"
+		}
+	}
+}