diff --git a/service/config/sample.yml b/service/config/sample.yml
index bcf76bb8c..da2a2c2f0 100644
--- a/service/config/sample.yml
+++ b/service/config/sample.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ metrics:
         - "service:chat"
       transport:
         apiKey: secret://datadog.apiKey
+      udpTransport:
+        statsdHost: localhost
+        port: 8125
       excludesAttributes:
         - m1_rate
         - m5_rate
diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/SignalDatadogReporterFactory.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/SignalDatadogReporterFactory.java
index a00247396..ed6d01440 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/SignalDatadogReporterFactory.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/metrics/SignalDatadogReporterFactory.java
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import io.dropwizard.util.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.Min;
 import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.DatadogReporter;
 import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.DatadogReporter.Expansion;
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.DefaultMetricNameFormatterFactory;
 import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.DynamicTagsCallbackFactory;
 import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.MetricNameFormatterFactory;
 import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.transport.HttpTransport;
+import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.transport.Transport;
+import org.coursera.metrics.datadog.transport.UdpTransport;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.WhisperServerVersion;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.configuration.secrets.SecretString;
 import org.whispersystems.textsecuregcm.util.HostnameUtil;
@@ -54,6 +58,11 @@ public class SignalDatadogReporterFactory extends BaseReporterFactory {
   @JsonProperty("transport")
   private HttpTransportConfig httpTransportConfig;
 
+  @Valid
+  @NotNull
+  @JsonProperty("udpTransport")
+  private UdpTransportConfig udpTransportConfig;
+
   private static final EnumSet<Expansion> EXPANSIONS = EnumSet.of(
       Expansion.COUNT,
       Expansion.MIN,
@@ -80,8 +89,12 @@ public class SignalDatadogReporterFactory extends BaseReporterFactory {
       }
     }
 
+    final boolean useUdpTransport = Optional.ofNullable(System.getenv("SIGNAL_USE_DATADOG_UDP_TRANSPORT")).isPresent();
+    final Transport transport =
+        useUdpTransport ? udpTransportConfig.udpTransport() : httpTransportConfig.httpTransport();
+
     return DatadogReporter.forRegistry(registry)
-        .withTransport(httpTransportConfig.httpTransport())
+        .withTransport(transport)
         .withHost(HostnameUtil.getLocalHostname())
         .withTags(tagsWithVersion)
         .withPrefix(prefix)
@@ -115,4 +128,14 @@ public class SignalDatadogReporterFactory extends BaseReporterFactory {
           .build();
     }
   }
+
+  public record UdpTransportConfig(@NotNull String statsdHost, @Min(1) int port) {
+
+    public UdpTransport udpTransport() {
+      return new UdpTransport.Builder()
+          .withStatsdHost(statsdHost)
+          .withPort(port)
+          .build();
+    }
+  }
 }