diff --git a/common/types/types.go b/common/types/types.go
index f8fd7748..b613f60e 100644
--- a/common/types/types.go
+++ b/common/types/types.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ type LdapConfiguration struct {
 //   StoreURL: URL of the key-value store
 //
 type KVStoreConfig struct {
-	StoreURL    string `json:"kvstore-url"`
+	StoreURL    []string `json:"kvstore-url"`
 	StoreDriver string `json:"kvstore-driver"`
 }
 
diff --git a/common/utils.go b/common/utils.go
index 6cae4bc4..6f8560ca 100644
--- a/common/utils.go
+++ b/common/utils.go
@@ -172,3 +172,15 @@ func GetNetmasterVersion(address string) (string, error) {
 
 	return nvr.Version, nil
 }
+
+
+// FilterEmpty filters empty string from string slices
+func FilterEmpty(stringSlice []string) []string {
+	var result []string
+	for _, str := range stringSlice {
+		if str != "" {
+			result = append(result, str)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2ef9107b..313a2dcc 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
 	"syscall"
-
+	"strings"
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 	"github.com/contiv/auth_proxy/auth"
 	"github.com/contiv/auth_proxy/common"
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/contiv/auth_proxy/state"
 
 	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
+	"net/url"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -218,8 +219,20 @@ func main() {
 		log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
 	}
 
+	storeURL := []string{}
+	for _, endpoint := range common.FilterEmpty(strings.Split(dataStoreAddress, ",")) {
+		_, err := url.Parse(endpoint)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Println("invalid %s endpoint: %v", dataStoreAddress, endpoint)
+			return
+		}
+		storeURL = append(storeURL,endpoint)
+		log.Println("Using state db endpoints: %v", storeURL)
+
+	}
+
 	// Initialize data store
-	if err := state.InitializeStateDriver(dataStoreDriver, dataStoreAddress); err != nil {
+	if err := state.InitializeStateDriver(dataStoreDriver, storeURL); err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/state/consulstatedriver.go b/state/consulstatedriver.go
index 2da8b972..bc931425 100644
--- a/state/consulstatedriver.go
+++ b/state/consulstatedriver.go
@@ -39,21 +39,27 @@ func (d *ConsulStateDriver) Init(config *types.KVStoreConfig) error {
 	var err error
 	var endpoint *url.URL
 
-	if config == nil {
-		return errors.New("Invalid consul config")
+	if config == nil || len(config.StoreURL) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("no etcd config found")
 	}
 
-	endpoint, err = url.Parse(config.StoreURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if endpoint.Scheme == "consul" {
-		endpoint.Scheme = "http"
-	} else if endpoint.Scheme != "http" && endpoint.Scheme != "https" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid consul URL scheme %q", endpoint.Scheme)
+	for  _,dburl :=  range config.StoreURL {
+
+		endpoint, err = url.Parse(dburl)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if endpoint.Scheme == "etcd" {
+			endpoint.Scheme = "http"
+		} else if endpoint.Scheme != "http" && endpoint.Scheme != "https" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid etcd URL scheme %q", endpoint.Scheme)
+		}
+
 	}
+
 	cfg := api.Config{
-		Address: endpoint.Host,
+		Address: config.StoreURL[0],
 	}
 
 	// create a consul client
diff --git a/state/driverfactory.go b/state/driverfactory.go
index d95c9c24..f0f47e1d 100644
--- a/state/driverfactory.go
+++ b/state/driverfactory.go
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ func GetStateDriver() (types.StateDriver, error) {
 //  dataStoreAddress: address of the data store
 // return values:
 //  returns any error as NewStateDriver() + validation errors
-func InitializeStateDriver(dataStoreDriver, dataStoreAddress string) error {
+func InitializeStateDriver(dataStoreDriver string, dataStoreAddress []string) error {
 	if dataStoreDriver != EtcdName && dataStoreDriver != ConsulName {
 		return errors.New("Invalid data store driver, please set --data-store-driver (options: [etcd, consul])")
 	}
-	if common.IsEmpty(dataStoreAddress) {
+	if len(dataStoreAddress) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("Empty data store address, please set --data-store-address")
 	}
 	_, err := NewStateDriver(dataStoreDriver, &types.KVStoreConfig{StoreURL: dataStoreAddress})
diff --git a/state/etcdstatedriver.go b/state/etcdstatedriver.go
index bacd06fc..92b131bb 100644
--- a/state/etcdstatedriver.go
+++ b/state/etcdstatedriver.go
@@ -51,22 +51,27 @@ func (d *EtcdStateDriver) Init(config *types.KVStoreConfig) error {
 	var err error
 	var endpoint *url.URL
 
-	if config == nil {
-		return errors.New("Invalid etcd config")
+	if config == nil || len(config.StoreURL) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("no etcd config found")
 	}
 
-	endpoint, err = url.Parse(config.StoreURL)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if endpoint.Scheme == "etcd" {
-		endpoint.Scheme = "http"
-	} else if endpoint.Scheme != "http" && endpoint.Scheme != "https" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid etcd URL scheme %q", endpoint.Scheme)
+	for  _,dburl :=  range config.StoreURL {
+
+		endpoint, err = url.Parse(dburl)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		if endpoint.Scheme == "etcd" {
+			endpoint.Scheme = "http"
+		} else if endpoint.Scheme != "http" && endpoint.Scheme != "https" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid etcd URL scheme %q", endpoint.Scheme)
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	etcdConfig := client.Config{
-		Endpoints: []string{endpoint.String()},
+		Endpoints: config.StoreURL,
 	}
 
 	// create etcd client