diff --git a/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py b/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py
index 1a2fa7772..25d509c49 100644
--- a/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py
+++ b/datadog/dogstatsd/base.py
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ def __enter__(self):
             if not self.metric:
                 raise TypeError("Cannot used timed without a metric!")
             self.start = time()
+            return self
 
         def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
             # Report the elapsed time of the context manager.
diff --git a/tests/unit/dogstatsd/test_statsd.py b/tests/unit/dogstatsd/test_statsd.py
index fdba1d838..13992ca65 100644
--- a/tests/unit/dogstatsd/test_statsd.py
+++ b/tests/unit/dogstatsd/test_statsd.py
@@ -313,7 +313,8 @@ def test_timed_context(self):
         Measure the distribution of a context's run time.
         """
         # In seconds
-        with self.statsd.timed('timed_context.test'):
+        with self.statsd.timed('timed_context.test') as timer:
+            t.assert_is_instance(timer, DogStatsd._TimedContextManagerDecorator)
             time.sleep(0.5)
 
         packet = self.recv()