diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 63941690..9e60aac8 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
 default['datadog']['dogstatsd_port'] = 8125
 default['datadog']['dogstatsd_interval'] = 10
 default['datadog']['dogstatsd_normalize'] = 'yes'
+default['datadog']['statsd_forward_host'] = nil
+default['datadog']['statsd_forward_port'] = 8125
 
 # For service-specific configuration, use the integration recipes included
 # in this cookbook, and apply them to the appropirate node's run list.
diff --git a/templates/default/datadog.conf.erb b/templates/default/datadog.conf.erb
index 21f2c090..b92a1867 100644
--- a/templates/default/datadog.conf.erb
+++ b/templates/default/datadog.conf.erb
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ dogstatsd_interval: <%= node['datadog']['dogstatsd_interval'] %>
 ## If 'yes', counters and rates will be normalized to 1 second (that is divided
 ## by the dogstatsd_interval) before being sent to the server. Defaults to 'yes'
 dogstatsd_normalize: <%= node['datadog']['dogstatsd_normalize'] %>
+<% if node['datadog']['statsd_forward_host'] -%>
+statsd_forward_host: <%= node['datadog']['statsd_forward_host'] %>
+statsd_forward_port: <%= node['datadog']['statsd_forward_port'] %>
+<% end -%>
 <% end -%>
 
 # ========================================================================== #