diff --git a/include/Makefile.am b/include/Makefile.am
index af189c3..2073580 100644
--- a/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/include/Makefile.am
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
                        osmocom/core/linuxrbtree.h \
                        osmocom/core/logging.h \
                        osmocom/core/loggingrb.h \
+                       osmocom/core/stats.h \
                        osmocom/core/macaddr.h \
                        osmocom/core/msgb.h \
                        osmocom/core/panic.h \
diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/stats.h b/include/osmocom/core/stats.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4fb727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/stats.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* (C) 2015 by Sysmocom s.f.m.c. GmbH
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
+
+enum stats_reporter_type {
+	STATS_REPORTER_STATSD,
+};
+
+struct stats_reporter {
+	enum stats_reporter_type type;
+	char *name;
+
+	/* config */
+	int enabled;
+	int interval;
+	char *name_prefix;
+	char *dest_addr_str;
+	char *bind_addr_str;
+	int dest_port;
+	int mtu;
+
+	/* state */
+	int running;
+	struct sockaddr dest_addr;
+	int dest_addr_len;
+	struct sockaddr bind_addr;
+	int bind_addr_len;
+	int fd;
+
+	struct llist_head list;
+};
+
+void stats_init(void *ctx);
+int stats_report();
+
+struct stats_reporter *stats_reporter_alloc(enum stats_reporter_type type,
+	const char *name);
+void stats_reporter_free(struct stats_reporter *srep);
+struct stats_reporter *stats_reporter_create_statsd(const char *name);
+
+struct stats_reporter *stats_reporter_find(enum stats_reporter_type type,
+	const char *name);
+
+int stats_reporter_set_remote_addr(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *addr);
+int stats_reporter_set_remote_port(struct stats_reporter *srep, int port);
+int stats_reporter_set_local_addr(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *addr);
+int stats_reporter_set_interval(struct stats_reporter *srep, int interval);
+int stats_reporter_set_name_prefix(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *prefix);
+int stats_reporter_enable(struct stats_reporter *srep);
+int stats_reporter_disable(struct stats_reporter *srep);
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 93fc383..7aa6a78 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			 gsmtap_util.c crc16.c panic.c backtrace.c \
 			 conv.c application.c rbtree.c strrb.c \
 			 loggingrb.c crc8gen.c crc16gen.c crc32gen.c crc64gen.c \
-			 macaddr.c stat_item.c
+			 macaddr.c stat_item.c stats.c
 
 BUILT_SOURCES = crc8gen.c crc16gen.c crc32gen.c crc64gen.c
 
diff --git a/src/stats.c b/src/stats.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..180452e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stats.c
@@ -0,0 +1,387 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2015 by Sysmocom s.f.m.c. GmbH
+ *
+ * Author: Jacob Erlbeck <jerlbeck@sysmocom.de>
+ *
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <osmocom/core/stats.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/logging.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/rate_ctr.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/stat_item.h>
+
+/* TODO: register properly */
+#define DSTATS DLGLOBAL
+
+
+static LLIST_HEAD(stats_reporter_list);
+static void *stats_ctx = NULL;
+
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_open(struct stats_reporter *srep);
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_close(struct stats_reporter *srep);
+static int stats_reporter_send(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *data,
+	int data_len);
+
+static int update_srep_config(struct stats_reporter *srep)
+{
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (srep->type != STATS_REPORTER_STATSD) {
+		srep->enabled = 0;
+		return -ENOTSUP;
+	}
+
+	if (srep->running) {
+		rc = stats_reporter_statsd_close(srep);
+		srep->running = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!srep->enabled)
+		return rc;
+
+	rc = stats_reporter_statsd_open(srep);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		srep->enabled = 0;
+	else
+		srep->running = 1;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+struct stats_reporter *stats_reporter_alloc(enum stats_reporter_type type,
+	const char *name)
+{
+	struct stats_reporter *srep;
+	srep = talloc_zero(stats_ctx, struct stats_reporter);
+	OSMO_ASSERT(srep);
+	srep->type = type;
+	if (name)
+		srep->name = talloc_strdup(srep, name);
+	srep->fd = -1;
+
+	llist_add(&srep->list, &stats_reporter_list);
+
+	return srep;
+}
+
+void stats_reporter_free(struct stats_reporter *srep)
+{
+	stats_reporter_disable(srep);
+	llist_del(&srep->list);
+	talloc_free(srep);
+}
+
+void stats_init(void *ctx)
+{
+	stats_ctx = ctx;
+}
+
+struct stats_reporter *stats_reporter_find(enum stats_reporter_type type,
+	const char *name)
+{
+	struct stats_reporter *srep;
+	llist_for_each_entry(srep, &stats_reporter_list, list) {
+		if (srep->type != type)
+			continue;
+		if (srep->name != name) {
+			if (name == NULL || srep->name == NULL ||
+				strcmp(name, srep->name) != 0)
+				continue;
+		}
+		return srep;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_set_remote_addr(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *addr)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct sockaddr_in *sock_addr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&srep->dest_addr;
+	struct in_addr inaddr;
+
+	OSMO_ASSERT(addr != NULL);
+
+	rc = inet_pton(AF_INET, addr, &inaddr);
+	if (rc <= 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	sock_addr->sin_addr = inaddr;
+	sock_addr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	srep->dest_addr_len = sizeof(*sock_addr);
+
+	talloc_free(srep->dest_addr_str);
+	srep->dest_addr_str = talloc_strdup(srep, addr);
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_set_remote_port(struct stats_reporter *srep, int port)
+{
+	struct sockaddr_in *sock_addr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&srep->dest_addr;
+
+	srep->dest_port = port;
+	sock_addr->sin_port = htons(port);
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_set_local_addr(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *addr)
+{
+	int rc;
+	struct sockaddr_in *sock_addr = (struct sockaddr_in *)&srep->bind_addr;
+	struct in_addr inaddr;
+
+	if (addr) {
+		rc = inet_pton(AF_INET, addr, &inaddr);
+		if (rc <= 0)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		addr = INADDR_ANY;
+	}
+
+	sock_addr->sin_addr = inaddr;
+	sock_addr->sin_family = AF_INET;
+	srep->bind_addr_len = addr ? sizeof(*sock_addr) : 0;
+
+	talloc_free(srep->bind_addr_str);
+	srep->bind_addr_str = addr ? talloc_strdup(srep, addr) : NULL;
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_set_interval(struct stats_reporter *srep, int interval)
+{
+	srep->interval = interval;
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_set_name_prefix(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *prefix)
+{
+	talloc_free(srep->name_prefix);
+	srep->name_prefix = prefix ? talloc_strdup(srep, prefix) : NULL;
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_enable(struct stats_reporter *srep)
+{
+	srep->enabled = 1;
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+int stats_reporter_disable(struct stats_reporter *srep)
+{
+	srep->enabled = 0;
+
+	return update_srep_config(srep);
+}
+
+static int stats_reporter_send(struct stats_reporter *srep, const char *data,
+	int data_len)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = sendto(srep->fd, data, data_len, MSG_NOSIGNAL | MSG_DONTWAIT,
+		&srep->dest_addr, srep->dest_addr_len);
+
+	if (rc == -1)
+		rc = -errno;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/*** statsd reporter ***/
+
+struct stats_reporter *stats_reporter_create_statsd(const char *name)
+{
+	struct stats_reporter *srep;
+	srep = stats_reporter_alloc(STATS_REPORTER_STATSD, name);
+
+	return srep;
+}
+
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_open(struct stats_reporter *srep)
+{
+	int sock;
+	int rc;
+
+	if (srep->fd != -1)
+		stats_reporter_statsd_close(srep);
+
+	sock = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+	if (sock == -1)
+		return -errno;
+
+	if (srep->bind_addr_len > 0) {
+		rc = bind(sock, &srep->bind_addr, srep->bind_addr_len);
+		if (rc == -1)
+			goto failed;
+	}
+
+	srep->fd = sock;
+
+	return 0;
+
+failed:
+	rc = -errno;
+	close(sock);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_close(struct stats_reporter *srep)
+{
+	int rc;
+	if (srep->fd == -1)
+		return -EBADF;
+
+	rc = close(srep->fd);
+	srep->fd = -1;
+	return rc == -1 ? -errno : 0;
+}
+
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_send(struct stats_reporter *srep,
+	const char *name1, int index1, const char *name2, int value,
+	const char *unit)
+{
+	char buf[256];
+	int nchars, rc;
+	char *fmt = NULL;
+
+	if (name1) {
+		if (index1 > 0)
+			fmt = "%1$s.%2$s.%3$d.%4$s:%5$d|%6$s";
+		else
+			fmt = "%1$s.%2$s.%4$s:%5$d|%6$s";
+	} else {
+		fmt = "%1$s.%4$s:%5$d|%6$s";
+	}
+	if (!srep->name_prefix)
+		fmt += 5; /* skip prefix part */
+
+	nchars = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt,
+		srep->name_prefix, name1, index1, name2,
+		value, unit);
+
+	if (nchars >= sizeof(buf))
+		/* Truncated */
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	rc = stats_reporter_send(srep, buf, nchars);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_send_counter(struct stats_reporter *srep,
+	const struct rate_ctr_group *ctrg,
+	const struct rate_ctr_desc *desc,
+	int64_t value, int64_t delta)
+{
+	if (ctrg)
+		return stats_reporter_statsd_send(srep,
+			ctrg->desc->group_name_prefix,
+			ctrg->idx,
+			desc->name, delta, "c");
+	else
+		return stats_reporter_statsd_send(srep,
+			NULL, -1,
+			desc->name, delta, "c");
+}
+
+static int stats_reporter_statsd_send_item(struct stats_reporter *srep,
+	const struct stat_item_group *statg,
+	const struct stat_item_desc *desc, int value)
+{
+	return stats_reporter_statsd_send(srep,
+		statg->desc->group_name_prefix, statg->idx,
+		desc->name, value, desc->unit);
+}
+
+/*** generic rate counter support ***/
+
+static int stats_reporter_send_counter(struct stats_reporter *srep,
+	const struct rate_ctr_group *ctrg,
+	const struct rate_ctr_desc *desc,
+	int64_t value, int64_t delta)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	switch (srep->type) {
+	case STATS_REPORTER_STATSD:
+		rc = stats_reporter_statsd_send_counter(srep, ctrg, desc,
+			value, delta);
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static int rate_ctr_handler(
+	struct rate_ctr_group *ctrg, struct rate_ctr *ctr,
+	const struct rate_ctr_desc *desc, void *sctx_)
+{
+	struct stats_reporter *srep;
+	int rc;
+	int64_t delta = rate_ctr_difference(ctr);
+
+	if (delta == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(srep, &stats_reporter_list, list) {
+		if (!srep->running)
+			continue;
+
+		rc = stats_reporter_send_counter(srep, ctrg, desc,
+			ctr->current, delta);
+
+		/* TODO: handle rc (log?, inc counter(!)?) or remove it */
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int rate_ctr_group_handler(struct rate_ctr_group *ctrg, void *sctx_)
+{
+	rate_ctr_for_each_counter(ctrg, rate_ctr_handler, sctx_);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/*** main reporting function ***/
+
+int stats_report()
+{
+	rate_ctr_for_each_group(rate_ctr_group_handler, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}