diff --git a/src/statsd_client.cpp b/src/statsd_client.cpp
index 1fbadfa..eb7de70 100644
--- a/src/statsd_client.cpp
+++ b/src/statsd_client.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ StatsdClient::StatsdClient(const string& host, int port, const string& ns)
     config(host, port, ns);
     srandom(time(NULL));
 }
+       
+StatsdClient::StatsdClient(const StatsdClient &original)
+{
+  // Must create our own storage for ClientData object; don't share original's
+  d = new _StatsdClientData;
+  *d = *original.d;
+
+  // Don't share original's socket, either.
+  d->sock = -1;
+}
 
 StatsdClient::~StatsdClient()
 {
@@ -84,6 +94,13 @@ int StatsdClient::init()
         return -1;
     }
 
+    // Don't block on stats sends....
+    int flags = fcntl(d->sock, F_GETFL, 0);
+    if (fcntl(d->sock, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
+      snprintf(d->errmsg, sizeof(d->errmsg), "could not enabled non blocking IO, err=%m");
+      return -1;
+    }
+
     memset(&d->server, 0, sizeof(d->server));
     d->server.sin_family = AF_INET;
     d->server.sin_port = htons(d->port);
diff --git a/src/statsd_client.h b/src/statsd_client.h
index 9e97e83..9b0224d 100644
--- a/src/statsd_client.h
+++ b/src/statsd_client.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct _StatsdClientData;
 class StatsdClient {
     public:
         StatsdClient(const std::string& host="127.0.0.1", int port=8125, const std::string& ns = "");
+        StatsdClient(const StatsdClient &original);
         ~StatsdClient();
 
     public: