diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 6139113d7..ec3d941de 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ libtag_a_SOURCES =\
 	src/tag/Tag.cxx src/tag/Tag.hxx \
 	src/tag/TagHandler.cxx src/tag/TagHandler.hxx \
 	src/tag/TagInternal.hxx \
+	src/tag/TagConfig.cxx src/tag/TagConfig.hxx \
 	src/tag/TagNames.c \
 	src/tag/TagPool.cxx src/tag/TagPool.hxx \
 	src/tag/TagTable.cxx src/tag/TagTable.hxx \
diff --git a/src/Main.cxx b/src/Main.cxx
index 511e136aa..9ded73be5 100644
--- a/src/Main.cxx
+++ b/src/Main.cxx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "Volume.hxx"
 #include "OutputAll.hxx"
 #include "tag/Tag.hxx"
+#include "tag/TagConfig.hxx"
 #include "replay_gain_config.h"
 #include "Idle.hxx"
 #include "SignalHandlers.hxx"
@@ -376,6 +377,7 @@ int mpd_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	stats_global_init();
 	tag_lib_init();
+	TagLoadConfig();
 
 	if (!log_init(options.verbose, options.log_stderr, error)) {
 		g_warning("%s", error.GetMessage());
diff --git a/src/tag/Tag.cxx b/src/tag/Tag.cxx
index c960da537..2b1967006 100644
--- a/src/tag/Tag.cxx
+++ b/src/tag/Tag.cxx
@@ -21,15 +21,9 @@
 #include "Tag.hxx"
 #include "TagInternal.hxx"
 #include "TagPool.hxx"
-#include "ConfigGlobal.hxx"
-#include "ConfigOption.hxx"
-#include "Song.hxx"
-#include "system/FatalError.hxx"
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
 /**
@@ -85,52 +79,8 @@ items_size(const Tag &tag)
 
 void tag_lib_init(void)
 {
-	const char *value;
-	int quit = 0;
-	char *temp;
-	char *s;
-	char *c;
-	enum tag_type type;
-
-	/* parse the "metadata_to_use" config parameter below */
-
 	/* ignore comments by default */
 	ignore_tag_items[TAG_COMMENT] = true;
-
-	value = config_get_string(CONF_METADATA_TO_USE, nullptr);
-	if (value == nullptr)
-		return;
-
-	memset(ignore_tag_items, true, TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES);
-
-	if (0 == g_ascii_strcasecmp(value, "none"))
-		return;
-
-	temp = c = s = g_strdup(value);
-	while (!quit) {
-		if (*s == ',' || *s == '\0') {
-			if (*s == '\0')
-				quit = 1;
-			*s = '\0';
-
-			c = g_strstrip(c);
-			if (*c == 0)
-				continue;
-
-			type = tag_name_parse_i(c);
-			if (type == TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES)
-				FormatFatalError("error parsing metadata item \"%s\"",
-						 c);
-
-			ignore_tag_items[type] = false;
-
-			s++;
-			c = s;
-		}
-		s++;
-	}
-
-	g_free(temp);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tag/TagConfig.cxx b/src/tag/TagConfig.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22f7a64fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tag/TagConfig.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2013 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * http://www.musicpd.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "TagConfig.hxx"
+#include "TagInternal.hxx"
+#include "Tag.hxx"
+#include "ConfigGlobal.hxx"
+#include "ConfigOption.hxx"
+#include "system/FatalError.hxx"
+
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include <string.h>
+
+void
+TagLoadConfig()
+{
+	const char *value = config_get_string(CONF_METADATA_TO_USE, nullptr);
+	if (value == nullptr)
+		return;
+
+	std::fill_n(ignore_tag_items, TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES, true);
+
+	if (0 == g_ascii_strcasecmp(value, "none"))
+		return;
+
+	bool quit = false;
+	char *temp, *c, *s;
+	temp = c = s = g_strdup(value);
+	do {
+		if (*s == ',' || *s == '\0') {
+			if (*s == '\0')
+				quit = true;
+			*s = '\0';
+
+			c = g_strstrip(c);
+			if (*c == 0)
+				continue;
+
+			const auto type = tag_name_parse_i(c);
+			if (type == TAG_NUM_OF_ITEM_TYPES)
+				FormatFatalError("error parsing metadata item \"%s\"",
+						 c);
+
+			ignore_tag_items[type] = false;
+
+			s++;
+			c = s;
+		}
+		s++;
+	} while (!quit);
+
+	g_free(temp);
+}
diff --git a/src/tag/TagConfig.hxx b/src/tag/TagConfig.hxx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ec6766d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tag/TagConfig.hxx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2013 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * http://www.musicpd.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MPD_TAG_CONFIG_HXX
+#define MPD_TAG_CONFIG_HXX
+
+#include "TagType.h"
+
+void
+TagLoadConfig();
+
+#endif
diff --git a/test/DumpDatabase.cxx b/test/DumpDatabase.cxx
index 3544826f2..f9deabba5 100644
--- a/test/DumpDatabase.cxx
+++ b/test/DumpDatabase.cxx
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "ConfigGlobal.hxx"
 #include "ConfigData.hxx"
 #include "tag/Tag.hxx"
+#include "tag/TagConfig.hxx"
 #include "fs/Path.hxx"
 #include "util/Error.hxx"
 
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	tag_lib_init();
+	TagLoadConfig();
 
 	/* do it */