diff --git a/src/classes/StatsD.class.php b/src/classes/StatsD.class.php
index f54e2200..958760e0 100644
--- a/src/classes/StatsD.class.php
+++ b/src/classes/StatsD.class.php
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ protected function send($data, $sampleRate=1) {
             {
                 $fp = fsockopen("udp://{$this->host}", $this->port);
                 if (! $fp) { return; }
+                // make this a non blocking stream
+                stream_set_blocking($fp, false);
                 foreach ($sampledData as $stat => $value)
                 {
                     if (is_array($value))