diff --git a/bridge_test.go b/bridge_test.go
index f45cefa..f008d1d 100644
--- a/bridge_test.go
+++ b/bridge_test.go
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ func TestHandlePacket(t *testing.T) {
 					CLabels:     map[string]string{"tag1": "bar", "tag2": "baz"},
 				},
 			},
+		}, {
+			name: "SignalFx tag extension",
+			in:   "foo.[tag1=bar,tag2=baz]test:100|c",
+			out: event.Events{
+				&event.CounterEvent{
+					CMetricName: "foo.test",
+					CValue:      100,
+					CLabels:     map[string]string{"tag1": "bar", "tag2": "baz"},
+				},
+			},
 		}, {
 			name: "influxdb tag extension with tag keys unsupported by prometheus",
 			in:   "foo,09digits=0,tag.with.dots=1:100|c",
diff --git a/pkg/line/line.go b/pkg/line/line.go
index 730dbcf..b1bd478 100644
--- a/pkg/line/line.go
+++ b/pkg/line/line.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/kit/log/level"
-
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+
 	"github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pkg/event"
 	"github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/pkg/mapper"
 )
@@ -126,6 +126,18 @@ func ParseDogStatsDTags(component string, labels map[string]string, tagErrors pr
 }
 
 func parseNameAndTags(name string, labels map[string]string, tagErrors prometheus.Counter, logger log.Logger) string {
+	// check for SignalFx tags first
+	// `[` delimits start of tags by SignalFx
+	// `]` delimits end of tags by SignalFx
+	// https://docs.signalfx.com/en/latest/integrations/agent/monitors/collectd-statsd.html
+	startIdx := strings.IndexRune(name, '[')
+	endIdx := strings.IndexRune(name, ']')
+
+	if startIdx != -1 && endIdx != -1 {
+		parseNameTags(name[startIdx+1:endIdx], labels, tagErrors, logger)
+		return name[:startIdx] + name[endIdx+1:]
+	}
+
 	for i, c := range name {
 		// `#` delimits start of tags by Librato
 		// https://www.librato.com/docs/kb/collect/collection_agents/stastd/#stat-level-tags