diff --git a/dkron/agent.go b/dkron/agent.go
index e88e3af6a..a98e6b459 100644
--- a/dkron/agent.go
+++ b/dkron/agent.go
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ Options:
   -webhook-header                 Headers to use when calling the webhook URL. Can be specified multiple times.
 
   -log-level=info                 Log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal, panic). Default to info.
+
+  -dog-statsd-addr                DataDog Agent address
+  -dog-statsd-tags                Datadog tags, specified as key:value
+  -statsd-addr                    Statsd Address
 `
 	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
 }
diff --git a/dkron/config.go b/dkron/config.go
index c494c7276..ffff71830 100644
--- a/dkron/config.go
+++ b/dkron/config.go
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	WebhookPayload string
 	WebhookHeaders []string
 
+	// DogStatsdAddr is the address of a dogstatsd instance. If provided,
+	// metrics will be sent to that instance
 	DogStatsdAddr string
+	// DogStatsdTags are the global tags that should be sent with each packet to dogstatsd
+	// It is a list of strings, where each string looks like "my_tag_name:my_tag_value"
+	DogStatsdTags []string
 	StatsdAddr    string
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +135,8 @@ func NewConfig(args []string, agent *AgentCommand) *Config {
 
 	cmdFlags.String("dog-statsd-addr", "", "DataDog Agent address")
 	viper.SetDefault("dog_statsd_addr", cmdFlags.Lookup("dog-statsd-addr").Value)
+	var dogStatsdTags []string
+	cmdFlags.Var((*AppendSliceValue)(&dogStatsdTags), "dog-statsd-tags", "Datadog tags, specified as key:value")
 	cmdFlags.String("statsd-addr", "", "Statsd Address")
 	viper.SetDefault("statsd_addr", cmdFlags.Lookup("statsd-addr").Value)
 
@@ -137,6 +144,7 @@ func NewConfig(args []string, agent *AgentCommand) *Config {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// Set array params defaults
 	ut, err := UnmarshalTags(tag)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -144,6 +152,7 @@ func NewConfig(args []string, agent *AgentCommand) *Config {
 	viper.SetDefault("tags", ut)
 	viper.SetDefault("join", startJoin)
 	viper.SetDefault("webhook_headers", webhookHeaders)
+	viper.SetDefault("dog_statsd_tags", dogStatsdTags)
 
 	return ReadConfig(agent)
 }
diff --git a/dkron/metrics.go b/dkron/metrics.go
index cff1cec72..c77665d94 100644
--- a/dkron/metrics.go
+++ b/dkron/metrics.go
@@ -27,11 +27,18 @@ func initMetrics(a *AgentCommand) int {
 
 	// Configure the DogStatsd sink
 	if a.config.DogStatsdAddr != "" {
+		var tags []string
+
+		if a.config.DogStatsdTags != nil {
+			tags = a.config.DogStatsdTags
+		}
+
 		sink, err := datadog.NewDogStatsdSink(a.config.DogStatsdAddr, a.config.NodeName)
 		if err != nil {
 			a.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to start DogStatsd sink. Got: %s", err))
 			return 1
 		}
+		sink.SetTags(tags)
 		fanout = append(fanout, sink)
 	}