diff --git a/bridge_test.go b/bridge_test.go
index e3a81e7..33d4716 100644
--- a/bridge_test.go
+++ b/bridge_test.go
@@ -271,24 +271,26 @@ func TestHandlePacket(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	l := StatsDListener{}
-	events := make(chan Events, 32)
-	for i, scenario := range scenarios {
-		l.handlePacket([]byte(scenario.in), events)
+	for k, l := range []statsDPacketHandler{&StatsDUDPListener{}, &mockStatsDTCPListener{}} {
+		events := make(chan Events, 32)
+		for i, scenario := range scenarios {
+			l.handlePacket([]byte(scenario.in), events)
 
-		// Flatten actual events.
-		actual := Events{}
-		for i := 0; i < len(events); i++ {
-			actual = append(actual, <-events...)
-		}
+			le := len(events)
+			// Flatten actual events.
+			actual := Events{}
+			for i := 0; i < le; i++ {
+				actual = append(actual, <-events...)
+			}
 
-		if len(actual) != len(scenario.out) {
-			t.Fatalf("%d. Expected %d events, got %d in scenario '%s'", i, len(scenario.out), len(actual), scenario.name)
-		}
+			if len(actual) != len(scenario.out) {
+				t.Fatalf("%d.%d. Expected %d events, got %d in scenario '%s'", k, i, len(scenario.out), len(actual), scenario.name)
+			}
 
-		for j, expected := range scenario.out {
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(&expected, &actual[j]) {
-				t.Fatalf("%d.%d. Expected %#v, got %#v in scenario '%s'", i, j, expected, actual[j], scenario.name)
+			for j, expected := range scenario.out {
+				if !reflect.DeepEqual(&expected, &actual[j]) {
+					t.Fatalf("%d.%d.%d. Expected %#v, got %#v in scenario '%s'", k, i, j, expected, actual[j], scenario.name)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/exporter.go b/exporter.go
index 0603dc7..6d5d917 100644
--- a/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter.go
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
 	"hash/fnv"
+	"io"
 	"net"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -304,10 +306,6 @@ func NewExporter(mapper *metricMapper, addSuffix bool) *Exporter {
 	}
 }
 
-type StatsDListener struct {
-	conn *net.UDPConn
-}
-
 func buildEvent(statType, metric string, value float64, relative bool, labels map[string]string) (Event, error) {
 	switch statType {
 	case "c":
@@ -336,17 +334,6 @@ func buildEvent(statType, metric string, value float64, relative bool, labels ma
 	}
 }
 
-func (l *StatsDListener) Listen(e chan<- Events) {
-	buf := make([]byte, 65535)
-	for {
-		n, _, err := l.conn.ReadFromUDP(buf)
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal(err)
-		}
-		l.handlePacket(buf[0:n], e)
-	}
-}
-
 func parseDogStatsDTagsToLabels(component string) map[string]string {
 	labels := map[string]string{}
 	networkStats.WithLabelValues("dogstatsd_tags").Inc()
@@ -366,105 +353,162 @@ func parseDogStatsDTagsToLabels(component string) map[string]string {
 	return labels
 }
 
-func (l *StatsDListener) handlePacket(packet []byte, e chan<- Events) {
+func lineToEvents(line string) Events {
+	events := Events{}
+	if line == "" {
+		return events
+	}
+
+	elements := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 2)
+	if len(elements) < 2 || len(elements[0]) == 0 || !utf8.ValidString(line) {
+		networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_line").Inc()
+		log.Errorln("Bad line from StatsD:", line)
+		return events
+	}
+	metric := elements[0]
+	var samples []string
+	if strings.Contains(elements[1], "|#") {
+		// using datadog extensions, disable multi-metrics
+		samples = elements[1:]
+	} else {
+		samples = strings.Split(elements[1], ":")
+	}
+samples:
+	for _, sample := range samples {
+		components := strings.Split(sample, "|")
+		samplingFactor := 1.0
+		if len(components) < 2 || len(components) > 4 {
+			networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_component").Inc()
+			log.Errorln("Bad component on line:", line)
+			continue
+		}
+		valueStr, statType := components[0], components[1]
+
+		var relative = false
+		if strings.Index(valueStr, "+") == 0 || strings.Index(valueStr, "-") == 0 {
+			relative = true
+		}
+
+		value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valueStr, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorf("Bad value %s on line: %s", valueStr, line)
+			networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_value").Inc()
+			continue
+		}
+
+		multiplyEvents := 1
+		labels := map[string]string{}
+		if len(components) >= 3 {
+			for _, component := range components[2:] {
+				if len(component) == 0 {
+					log.Errorln("Empty component on line: ", line)
+					networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_component").Inc()
+					continue samples
+				}
+			}
+
+			for _, component := range components[2:] {
+				switch component[0] {
+				case '@':
+					if statType != "c" && statType != "ms" {
+						log.Errorln("Illegal sampling factor for non-counter metric on line", line)
+						networkStats.WithLabelValues("illegal_sample_factor").Inc()
+						continue
+					}
+					samplingFactor, err = strconv.ParseFloat(component[1:], 64)
+					if err != nil {
+						log.Errorf("Invalid sampling factor %s on line %s", component[1:], line)
+						networkStats.WithLabelValues("invalid_sample_factor").Inc()
+					}
+					if samplingFactor == 0 {
+						samplingFactor = 1
+					}
+
+					if statType == "c" {
+						value /= samplingFactor
+					} else if statType == "ms" {
+						multiplyEvents = int(1 / samplingFactor)
+					}
+				case '#':
+					labels = parseDogStatsDTagsToLabels(component)
+				default:
+					log.Errorf("Invalid sampling factor or tag section %s on line %s", components[2], line)
+					networkStats.WithLabelValues("invalid_sample_factor").Inc()
+					continue
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		for i := 0; i < multiplyEvents; i++ {
+			event, err := buildEvent(statType, metric, value, relative, labels)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("Error building event on line %s: %s", line, err)
+				networkStats.WithLabelValues("illegal_event").Inc()
+				continue
+			}
+			events = append(events, event)
+		}
+		networkStats.WithLabelValues("legal").Inc()
+	}
+	return events
+}
+
+type StatsDUDPListener struct {
+	conn *net.UDPConn
+}
+
+func (l *StatsDUDPListener) Listen(e chan<- Events) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 65535)
+	for {
+		n, _, err := l.conn.ReadFromUDP(buf)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		l.handlePacket(buf[0:n], e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *StatsDUDPListener) handlePacket(packet []byte, e chan<- Events) {
 	lines := strings.Split(string(packet), "\n")
 	events := Events{}
 	for _, line := range lines {
-		if line == "" {
-			continue
-		}
-
-		elements := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 2)
-		if len(elements) < 2 || len(elements[0]) == 0 || !utf8.ValidString(line) {
-			networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_line").Inc()
-			log.Errorln("Bad line from StatsD:", line)
-			continue
-		}
-		metric := elements[0]
-		var samples []string
-		if strings.Contains(elements[1], "|#") {
-			// using datadog extensions, disable multi-metrics
-			samples = elements[1:]
-		} else {
-			samples = strings.Split(elements[1], ":")
-		}
-	samples:
-		for _, sample := range samples {
-			components := strings.Split(sample, "|")
-			samplingFactor := 1.0
-			if len(components) < 2 || len(components) > 4 {
-				networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_component").Inc()
-				log.Errorln("Bad component on line:", line)
-				continue
-			}
-			valueStr, statType := components[0], components[1]
-
-			var relative = false
-			if strings.Index(valueStr, "+") == 0 || strings.Index(valueStr, "-") == 0 {
-				relative = true
-			}
-
-			value, err := strconv.ParseFloat(valueStr, 64)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Errorf("Bad value %s on line: %s", valueStr, line)
-				networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_value").Inc()
-				continue
-			}
-
-			multiplyEvents := 1
-			labels := map[string]string{}
-			if len(components) >= 3 {
-				for _, component := range components[2:] {
-					if len(component) == 0 {
-						log.Errorln("Empty component on line: ", line)
-						networkStats.WithLabelValues("malformed_component").Inc()
-						continue samples
-					}
-				}
-
-				for _, component := range components[2:] {
-					switch component[0] {
-					case '@':
-						if statType != "c" && statType != "ms" {
-							log.Errorln("Illegal sampling factor for non-counter metric on line", line)
-							networkStats.WithLabelValues("illegal_sample_factor").Inc()
-							continue
-						}
-						samplingFactor, err = strconv.ParseFloat(component[1:], 64)
-						if err != nil {
-							log.Errorf("Invalid sampling factor %s on line %s", component[1:], line)
-							networkStats.WithLabelValues("invalid_sample_factor").Inc()
-						}
-						if samplingFactor == 0 {
-							samplingFactor = 1
-						}
-
-						if statType == "c" {
-							value /= samplingFactor
-						} else if statType == "ms" {
-							multiplyEvents = int(1 / samplingFactor)
-						}
-					case '#':
-						labels = parseDogStatsDTagsToLabels(component)
-					default:
-						log.Errorf("Invalid sampling factor or tag section %s on line %s", components[2], line)
-						networkStats.WithLabelValues("invalid_sample_factor").Inc()
-						continue
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			for i := 0; i < multiplyEvents; i++ {
-				event, err := buildEvent(statType, metric, value, relative, labels)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Errorf("Error building event on line %s: %s", line, err)
-					networkStats.WithLabelValues("illegal_event").Inc()
-					continue
-				}
-				events = append(events, event)
-			}
-			networkStats.WithLabelValues("legal").Inc()
-		}
+		events = append(events, lineToEvents(line)...)
 	}
 	e <- events
 }
+
+type StatsDTCPListener struct {
+	conn *net.TCPListener
+}
+
+func (l *StatsDTCPListener) Listen(e chan<- Events) {
+	for {
+		c, err := l.conn.AcceptTCP()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("AcceptTCP failed: %v", err)
+		}
+		go l.handleConn(c, e)
+	}
+}
+
+func (l *StatsDTCPListener) handleConn(c *net.TCPConn, e chan<- Events) {
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	r := bufio.NewReader(c)
+	for {
+		line, isPrefix, err := r.ReadLine()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err != io.EOF {
+				networkStats.WithLabelValues("tcp_error").Inc()
+				log.Errorf("Read %s failed: %v", c.RemoteAddr(), err)
+			}
+			break
+		}
+		if isPrefix {
+			networkStats.WithLabelValues("tcp_line_too_long").Inc()
+			log.Errorf("Read %s failed: line too long", c.RemoteAddr())
+			break
+		}
+		e <- lineToEvents(string(line))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/exporter_benchmark_test.go b/exporter_benchmark_test.go
index ad005da..1c3104c 100644
--- a/exporter_benchmark_test.go
+++ b/exporter_benchmark_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func benchmarkExporter(times int, b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	}
 	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
-		l := StatsDListener{}
+		l := StatsDUDPListener{}
 		// there are more events than input lines, need bigger buffer
 		events := make(chan Events, len(bytesInput)*times*2)
 
diff --git a/exporter_test.go b/exporter_test.go
index 1eb4bf5..cbfb910 100644
--- a/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -56,19 +58,55 @@ func TestNegativeCounter(t *testing.T) {
 // It sends the same tags first with a valid value, then with an invalid one.
 // The exporter should not panic, but drop the invalid event
 func TestInvalidUtf8InDatadogTagValue(t *testing.T) {
-	l := StatsDListener{}
-	events := make(chan Events, 2)
-
-	l.handlePacket([]byte("bar:200|c|#tag:value"), events)
-	l.handlePacket([]byte("bar:200|c|#tag:\xc3\x28invalid"), events)
-
 	ex := NewExporter(&metricMapper{}, true)
+	for _, l := range []statsDPacketHandler{&StatsDUDPListener{}, &mockStatsDTCPListener{}} {
+		events := make(chan Events, 2)
+
+		l.handlePacket([]byte("bar:200|c|#tag:value\nbar:200|c|#tag:\xc3\x28invalid"), events)
+
+		// Close channel to signify we are done with the listener after a short period.
+		go func() {
+			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
+			close(events)
+		}()
+
+		ex.Listen(events)
+	}
+}
+
+type statsDPacketHandler interface {
+	handlePacket(packet []byte, e chan<- Events)
+}
+
+type mockStatsDTCPListener struct {
+	StatsDTCPListener
+}
+
+func (ml *mockStatsDTCPListener) handlePacket(packet []byte, e chan<- Events) {
+	lc, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("mockStatsDTCPListener: listen failed: %v", err))
+	}
+
+	defer lc.Close()
 
-	// Close channel to signify we are done with the listener after a short period.
 	go func() {
-		time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 100)
-		close(events)
+		cc, err := net.DialTCP("tcp", nil, lc.Addr().(*net.TCPAddr))
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("mockStatsDTCPListener: dial failed: %v", err))
+		}
+
+		defer cc.Close()
+
+		n, err := cc.Write(packet)
+		if err != nil || n != len(packet) {
+			panic(fmt.Sprintf("mockStatsDTCPListener: write failed: %v,%d", err, n))
+		}
 	}()
 
-	ex.Listen(events)
+	sc, err := lc.AcceptTCP()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("mockStatsDTCPListener: accept failed: %v", err))
+	}
+	ml.handleConn(sc, e)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e923a35..d979859 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ func init() {
 var (
 	listenAddress       = flag.String("web.listen-address", ":9102", "The address on which to expose the web interface and generated Prometheus metrics.")
 	metricsEndpoint     = flag.String("web.telemetry-path", "/metrics", "Path under which to expose metrics.")
-	statsdListenAddress = flag.String("statsd.listen-address", ":9125", "The UDP address on which to receive statsd metric lines.")
+	statsdListenAddress = flag.String("statsd.listen-address", "", "The UDP address on which to receive statsd metric lines. DEPRECATED, use statsd.listen-udp instead.")
+	statsdListenUDP     = flag.String("statsd.listen-udp", ":9125", "The UDP address on which to receive statsd metric lines. \"\" disables it.")
+	statsdListenTCP     = flag.String("statsd.listen-tcp", ":9125", "The TCP address on which to receive statsd metric lines. \"\" disables it.")
 	mappingConfig       = flag.String("statsd.mapping-config", "", "Metric mapping configuration file name.")
 	readBuffer          = flag.Int("statsd.read-buffer", 0, "Size (in bytes) of the operating system's transmit read buffer associated with the UDP connection. Please make sure the kernel parameters net.core.rmem_max is set to a value greater than the value specified.")
 	addSuffix           = flag.Bool("statsd.add-suffix", true, "Add the metric type (counter/gauge/timer) as suffix to the generated Prometheus metric (NOT recommended, but set by default for backward compatibility).")
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ func serveHTTP() {
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(*listenAddress, nil))
 }
 
-func udpAddrFromString(addr string) *net.UDPAddr {
+func ipPortFromString(addr string) (*net.IPAddr, int) {
 	host, portStr, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal("Bad StatsD listening address", addr)
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ func udpAddrFromString(addr string) *net.UDPAddr {
 		log.Fatalf("Bad port %s: %s", portStr, err)
 	}
 
+	return ip, port
+}
+
+func udpAddrFromString(addr string) *net.UDPAddr {
+	ip, port := ipPortFromString(addr)
 	return &net.UDPAddr{
 		IP:   ip.IP,
 		Port: port,
@@ -81,6 +88,15 @@ func udpAddrFromString(addr string) *net.UDPAddr {
 	}
 }
 
+func tcpAddrFromString(addr string) *net.TCPAddr {
+	ip, port := ipPortFromString(addr)
+	return &net.TCPAddr{
+		IP:   ip.IP,
+		Port: port,
+		Zone: ip.Zone,
+	}
+}
+
 func watchConfig(fileName string, mapper *metricMapper) {
 	watcher, err := fsnotify.NewWatcher()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -122,12 +138,22 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(0)
 	}
 
+	if *statsdListenAddress != "" {
+		log.Warnln("Warning: statsd.listen-address is DEPRECATED, please use statsd.listen-udp instead.")
+		*statsdListenUDP = *statsdListenAddress
+	}
+
+	if *statsdListenUDP == "" && *statsdListenTCP == "" {
+		log.Fatalln("At least one of UDP/TCP listeners must be specified.")
+	}
+
 	if *addSuffix {
 		log.Warnln("Warning: Using -statsd.add-suffix is discouraged. We recommend explicitly naming metrics appropriately in the mapping configuration.")
 	}
+
 	log.Infoln("Starting StatsD -> Prometheus Exporter", version.Info())
 	log.Infoln("Build context", version.BuildContext())
-	log.Infoln("Accepting StatsD Traffic on", *statsdListenAddress)
+	log.Infof("Accepting StatsD Traffic: UDP %v, TCP %v", *statsdListenUDP, *statsdListenTCP)
 	log.Infoln("Accepting Prometheus Requests on", *listenAddress)
 
 	go serveHTTP()
@@ -135,21 +161,35 @@ func main() {
 	events := make(chan Events, 1024)
 	defer close(events)
 
-	listenAddr := udpAddrFromString(*statsdListenAddress)
-	conn, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", listenAddr)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if *readBuffer != 0 {
-		err = conn.SetReadBuffer(*readBuffer)
+	if *statsdListenUDP != "" {
+		udpListenAddr := udpAddrFromString(*statsdListenUDP)
+		uconn, err := net.ListenUDP("udp", udpListenAddr)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Fatal("Error setting UDP read buffer:", err)
+			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
+
+		if *readBuffer != 0 {
+			err = uconn.SetReadBuffer(*readBuffer)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal("Error setting UDP read buffer:", err)
+			}
+		}
+
+		ul := &StatsDUDPListener{conn: uconn}
+		go ul.Listen(events)
 	}
 
-	l := &StatsDListener{conn: conn}
-	go l.Listen(events)
+	if *statsdListenTCP != "" {
+		tcpListenAddr := tcpAddrFromString(*statsdListenTCP)
+		tconn, err := net.ListenTCP("tcp", tcpListenAddr)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer tconn.Close()
+
+		tl := &StatsDTCPListener{conn: tconn}
+		go tl.Listen(events)
+	}
 
 	mapper := &metricMapper{}
 	if *mappingConfig != "" {