diff --git a/plugins/in_statsd/statsd.c b/plugins/in_statsd/statsd.c
index 74022d9c036..74fbd1fdad5 100644
--- a/plugins/in_statsd/statsd.c
+++ b/plugins/in_statsd/statsd.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct flb_statsd {
     char *buf;                         /* buffer */
     char listen[256];                  /* listening address (RFC-2181) */
     char port[6];                      /* listening port (RFC-793) */
+    int  metrics;                      /* Import as metrics */
     flb_sockfd_t server_fd;            /* server socket */
     flb_pipefd_t coll_fd;              /* server handler */
     struct flb_input_instance *ins;    /* input instance */
@@ -209,6 +210,10 @@ static int cb_statsd_receive(struct flb_input_instance *ins,
     char *line;
     int len;
     struct flb_statsd *ctx = data;
+#ifdef FLB_HAVE_METRICS
+    struct cmt *cmt = NULL;
+    int cmt_flags = 0;
+#endif
 
     /* Receive a UDP datagram */
     len = recv(ctx->server_fd, ctx->buf, MAX_PACKET_SIZE - 1, 0);
@@ -218,33 +223,56 @@ static int cb_statsd_receive(struct flb_input_instance *ins,
     }
     ctx->buf[len] = '\0';
 
-    ret = FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS;
-    /* Process all messages in buffer */
-    line = strtok(ctx->buf, "\n");
-    while (line != NULL) {
-        flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "received a line: '%s'", line);
+#ifdef FLB_HAVE_METRICS
+    if (ctx->metrics == FLB_TRUE) {
+        cmt_flags |= CMT_DECODE_STATSD_GAUGE_OBSERVER;
+        flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "received a buf: '%s'", ctx->buf);
+        ret = cmt_decode_statsd_create(&cmt, ctx->buf, len, cmt_flags);
+        if (ret != CMT_DECODE_STATSD_SUCCESS) {
+            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "failed to process buf: '%s'", ctx->buf);
+            return -1;
+        }
 
-        ret = statsd_process_line(ctx, line);
+        /* Append the updated metrics */
+        ret = flb_input_metrics_append(ins, NULL, 0, cmt);
+        if (ret != 0) {
+            flb_plg_error(ins, "could not append metrics");
+        }
 
-        if (ret != FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS) {
-            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "failed to process line: '%s'", line);
+        cmt_destroy(cmt);
+    }
+    else {
+#endif
+        ret = FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS;
+        /* Process all messages in buffer */
+        line = strtok(ctx->buf, "\n");
+        while (line != NULL) {
+            flb_plg_trace(ctx->ins, "received a line: '%s'", line);
 
-            break;
+            ret = statsd_process_line(ctx, line);
+
+            if (ret != FLB_EVENT_ENCODER_SUCCESS) {
+                flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "failed to process line: '%s'", line);
+
+                break;
+            }
+
+            line = strtok(NULL, "\n");
         }
 
-        line = strtok(NULL, "\n");
-    }
+        if (ctx->log_encoder->output_length > 0) {
+            flb_input_log_append(ctx->ins, NULL, 0,
+                                 ctx->log_encoder->output_buffer,
+                                 ctx->log_encoder->output_length);
+        }
+        else {
+            flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "log event encoding error : %d", ret);
+        }
 
-    if (ctx->log_encoder->output_length > 0) {
-        flb_input_log_append(ctx->ins, NULL, 0,
-                             ctx->log_encoder->output_buffer,
-                             ctx->log_encoder->output_length);
+        flb_log_event_encoder_reset(ctx->log_encoder);
+#ifdef FLB_HAVE_METRICS
     }
-    else {
-        flb_plg_error(ctx->ins, "log event encoding error : %d", ret);
-    }
-
-    flb_log_event_encoder_reset(ctx->log_encoder);
+#endif
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -365,8 +393,13 @@ static int cb_statsd_exit(void *data, struct flb_config *config)
 }
 
 static struct flb_config_map config_map[] = {
+   {
+    FLB_CONFIG_MAP_BOOL, "metrics", "off",
+    0, FLB_TRUE, offsetof(struct flb_statsd, metrics),
+    "Ingest as metrics type of events."
+   },
     /* EOF */
-    {0}    
+    {0}
 };
 
 /* Plugin reference */