diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 483b8a2e7..b40f3af89 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1585,8 +1585,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "datadog-trace-mini-agent",
  "datadog-trace-protobuf",
  "datadog-trace-utils",
+ "dogstatsd",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util 0.7.11",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3106,7 +3109,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0c2a198fb6b0eada2a8df47933734e6d35d350665a33a3593d7164fa52c75c19"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/serverless/Cargo.toml b/serverless/Cargo.toml
index d984f4d73..3256b7479 100644
--- a/serverless/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serverless/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ env_logger = "0.10.0"
 datadog-trace-mini-agent = { path = "../trace-mini-agent" }
 datadog-trace-protobuf = { path = "../trace-protobuf" }
 datadog-trace-utils = { path = "../trace-utils" }
+dogstatsd = { path = "../dogstatsd" }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"]}
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "datadog-serverless-trace-mini-agent"
diff --git a/serverless/src/main.rs b/serverless/src/main.rs
index b0b5acfe8..1c1a96e09 100644
--- a/serverless/src/main.rs
+++ b/serverless/src/main.rs
@@ -2,19 +2,44 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use env_logger::{Builder, Env, Target};
-use log::{error, info};
-use std::{env, sync::Arc};
+use log::{debug, error, info};
+use std::{env, sync::Arc, sync::Mutex};
+use tokio::time::{interval, Duration};
 
 use datadog_trace_mini_agent::{
     config, env_verifier, mini_agent, stats_flusher, stats_processor, trace_flusher,
     trace_processor,
 };
 
-pub fn main() {
+use dogstatsd::{
+    aggregator::Aggregator as MetricsAggregator,
+    constants::CONTEXTS,
+    dogstatsd::{DogStatsD, DogStatsDConfig},
+    flusher::{build_fqdn_metrics, Flusher},
+};
+
+use tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken;
+
+const DOGSTATSD_FLUSH_INTERVAL: u64 = 10;
+const DEFAULT_DOGSTATSD_PORT: u16 = 8125;
+const AGENT_HOST: &str = "0.0.0.0";
+
+#[tokio::main]
+pub async fn main() {
     let env = Env::new().filter_or("DD_LOG_LEVEL", "info");
     Builder::from_env(env).target(Target::Stdout).init();
 
-    info!("Starting serverless trace mini agent");
+    let dd_api_key: Option<String> = env::var("DD_API_KEY").ok();
+    let dd_dogstatsd_port: u16 = env::var("DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT")
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|port| port.parse::<u16>().ok())
+        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_DOGSTATSD_PORT);
+    let dd_site = env::var("DD_SITE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "datadoghq.com".to_string());
+    let dd_use_dogstatsd = env::var("DD_USE_DOGSTATSD")
+        .map(|val| val.to_lowercase() != "false")
+        .unwrap_or(true);
+
+    debug!("Starting serverless trace mini agent");
 
     let mini_agent_version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string();
     env::set_var("DD_MINI_AGENT_VERSION", mini_agent_version);
@@ -44,7 +69,75 @@ pub fn main() {
         stats_flusher,
     });
 
-    if let Err(e) = mini_agent.start_mini_agent() {
-        error!("Error when starting serverless trace mini agent: {e}");
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        let res = mini_agent.start_mini_agent().await;
+        if let Err(e) = res {
+            error!("Error when starting serverless trace mini agent: {e:?}");
+        }
+    });
+
+    let mut metrics_flusher = if dd_use_dogstatsd {
+        debug!("Starting dogstatsd");
+        let (_, metrics_flusher) = start_dogstatsd(dd_dogstatsd_port, dd_api_key, dd_site).await;
+        info!("dogstatsd-udp: starting to listen on port {dd_dogstatsd_port}");
+        metrics_flusher
+    } else {
+        info!("dogstatsd disabled");
+        None
+    };
+
+    let mut flush_interval = interval(Duration::from_secs(DOGSTATSD_FLUSH_INTERVAL));
+    flush_interval.tick().await; // discard first tick, which is instantaneous
+
+    loop {
+        flush_interval.tick().await;
+
+        if let Some(metrics_flusher) = metrics_flusher.as_mut() {
+            debug!("Flushing dogstatsd metrics");
+            metrics_flusher.flush().await;
+        }
     }
 }
+
+async fn start_dogstatsd(
+    port: u16,
+    dd_api_key: Option<String>,
+    dd_site: String,
+) -> (CancellationToken, Option<Flusher>) {
+    let metrics_aggr = Arc::new(Mutex::new(
+        MetricsAggregator::new(Vec::new(), CONTEXTS).expect("Failed to create metrics aggregator"),
+    ));
+
+    let dogstatsd_config = DogStatsDConfig {
+        host: AGENT_HOST.to_string(),
+        port,
+    };
+    let dogstatsd_cancel_token = tokio_util::sync::CancellationToken::new();
+    let dogstatsd_client = DogStatsD::new(
+        &dogstatsd_config,
+        Arc::clone(&metrics_aggr),
+        dogstatsd_cancel_token.clone(),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    tokio::spawn(async move {
+        dogstatsd_client.spin().await;
+    });
+
+    let metrics_flusher = match dd_api_key {
+        Some(dd_api_key) => {
+            let metrics_flusher = Flusher::new(
+                dd_api_key,
+                Arc::clone(&metrics_aggr),
+                build_fqdn_metrics(dd_site),
+            );
+            Some(metrics_flusher)
+        }
+        None => {
+            error!("DD_API_KEY not set, won't flush metrics");
+            None
+        }
+    };
+
+    (dogstatsd_cancel_token, metrics_flusher)
+}
diff --git a/trace-mini-agent/src/config.rs b/trace-mini-agent/src/config.rs
index 418c6495a..101e2af50 100644
--- a/trace-mini-agent/src/config.rs
+++ b/trace-mini-agent/src/config.rs
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@ use datadog_trace_utils::config_utils::{
 };
 use datadog_trace_utils::trace_utils;
 
+const DEFAULT_DOGSTATSD_PORT: u16 = 8125;
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     pub dd_site: String,
+    pub dd_dogstatsd_port: u16,
     pub env_type: trace_utils::EnvironmentType,
     pub function_name: Option<String>,
     pub max_request_content_length: usize,
@@ -41,6 +44,10 @@ impl Config {
             anyhow::anyhow!("Unable to identify environment. Shutting down Mini Agent.")
         })?;
 
+        let dd_dogstatsd_port: u16 = env::var("DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT")
+            .ok()
+            .and_then(|port| port.parse::<u16>().ok())
+            .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_DOGSTATSD_PORT);
         let dd_site = env::var("DD_SITE").unwrap_or_else(|_| "datadoghq.com".to_string());
 
         // construct the trace & trace stats intake urls based on DD_SITE env var (to flush traces &
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ impl Config {
             trace_flush_interval: 3,
             stats_flush_interval: 3,
             verify_env_timeout: 100,
+            dd_dogstatsd_port,
             dd_site,
             trace_intake: Endpoint {
                 url: hyper::Uri::from_str(&trace_intake_url).unwrap(),
@@ -207,4 +215,33 @@ mod tests {
         env::remove_var("DD_APM_DD_URL");
         env::remove_var("K_SERVICE");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[serial]
+    fn test_default_dogstatsd_port() {
+        env::set_var("DD_API_KEY", "_not_a_real_key_");
+        env::set_var("ASCSVCRT_SPRING__APPLICATION__NAME", "test-spring-app");
+        let config_res = config::Config::new();
+        assert!(config_res.is_ok());
+        let config = config_res.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.dd_dogstatsd_port, 8125);
+        env::remove_var("DD_API_KEY");
+        env::remove_var("ASCSVCRT_SPRING__APPLICATION__NAME");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[serial]
+    fn test_custom_dogstatsd_port() {
+        env::set_var("DD_API_KEY", "_not_a_real_key_");
+        env::set_var("ASCSVCRT_SPRING__APPLICATION__NAME", "test-spring-app");
+        env::set_var("DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT", "18125");
+        let config_res = config::Config::new();
+        println!("{:?}", config_res);
+        assert!(config_res.is_ok());
+        let config = config_res.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.dd_dogstatsd_port, 18125);
+        env::remove_var("DD_API_KEY");
+        env::remove_var("ASCSVCRT_SPRING__APPLICATION__NAME");
+        env::remove_var("DD_DOGSTATSD_PORT");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/trace-mini-agent/src/mini_agent.rs b/trace-mini-agent/src/mini_agent.rs
index e62b53c30..e6e24b5bf 100644
--- a/trace-mini-agent/src/mini_agent.rs
+++ b/trace-mini-agent/src/mini_agent.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ pub struct MiniAgent {
 }
 
 impl MiniAgent {
-    #[tokio::main]
     pub async fn start_mini_agent(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         let now = Instant::now();
 
@@ -168,7 +167,7 @@ impl MiniAgent {
                     ),
                 }
             }
-            (_, INFO_ENDPOINT_PATH) => match Self::info_handler() {
+            (_, INFO_ENDPOINT_PATH) => match Self::info_handler(config.dd_dogstatsd_port) {
                 Ok(res) => Ok(res),
                 Err(err) => log_and_create_http_response(
                     &format!("Info endpoint error: {err}"),
@@ -183,7 +182,7 @@ impl MiniAgent {
         }
     }
 
-    fn info_handler() -> http::Result<Response<Body>> {
+    fn info_handler(dd_dogstatsd_port: u16) -> http::Result<Response<Body>> {
         let response_json = json!(
             {
                 "endpoints": [
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ impl MiniAgent {
                 ],
                 "client_drop_p0s": true,
                 "config": {
-                    "statsd_port": MINI_AGENT_PORT
+                    "statsd_port": dd_dogstatsd_port
                 }
             }
         );
diff --git a/trace-mini-agent/src/trace_processor.rs b/trace-mini-agent/src/trace_processor.rs
index be1fafb2b..59baca694 100644
--- a/trace-mini-agent/src/trace_processor.rs
+++ b/trace-mini-agent/src/trace_processor.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ..Default::default()
             },
             dd_site: "datadoghq.com".to_string(),
+            dd_dogstatsd_port: 8125,
             env_type: trace_utils::EnvironmentType::CloudFunction,
             os: "linux".to_string(),
             obfuscation_config: ObfuscationConfig::new().unwrap(),