diff --git a/x-pack/auditbeat/cmd/root.go b/x-pack/auditbeat/cmd/root.go
index 213a0c3c68a..5ccd3a231ad 100644
--- a/x-pack/auditbeat/cmd/root.go
+++ b/x-pack/auditbeat/cmd/root.go
@@ -5,8 +5,15 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
 	auditbeatcmd "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/auditbeat/cmd"
 	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/cmd"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/libbeat/common/reload"
+	"github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/libbeat/management"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7/pkg/client"
+	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-client/v7/pkg/proto"
 
 	// Register Auditbeat x-pack modules.
 	_ "github.com/elastic/beats/v7/x-pack/auditbeat/include"
@@ -19,7 +26,33 @@ var Name = auditbeatcmd.Name
 // RootCmd to handle beats CLI.
 var RootCmd *cmd.BeatsRootCmd
 
+// auditbeatCfg is a callback registered with central management to perform any needed config transformations
+// before agent configs are sent to a beat
+func auditbeatCfg(rawIn *proto.UnitExpectedConfig, agentInfo *client.AgentInfo) ([]*reload.ConfigWithMeta, error) {
+	modules, err := management.CreateInputsFromStreams(rawIn, "metrics", agentInfo)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating input list from raw expected config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// Extract the type field that has "audit/auditd", treat this
+	// as the module config key
+	module := strings.Split(rawIn.Type, "/")[1]
+
+	for iter := range modules {
+		modules[iter]["module"] = module
+	}
+
+	// Format for the reloadable list needed bythe cm.Reload() method.
+	configList, err := management.CreateReloadConfigFromInputs(modules)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating reloader config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return configList, nil
+}
+
 func init() {
+	management.ConfigTransform.SetTransform(auditbeatCfg)
 	settings := auditbeatcmd.AuditbeatSettings()
 	settings.ElasticLicensed = true
 	RootCmd = auditbeatcmd.Initialize(settings)