diff --git a/docs/source/ruletypes.rst b/docs/source/ruletypes.rst
index 253a9dbc7..62e5a4c6b 100644
--- a/docs/source/ruletypes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/ruletypes.rst
@@ -1489,6 +1489,18 @@ Example usage using new-style format::
     command: ["/bin/send_alert", "--username", "{match[username]}"]
 
 
+Datadog
+~~~~~~~
+
+This alert will create a [Datadog Event](https://docs.datadoghq.com/events/). Events are limited to 4000 characters. If an event is sent that contains 
+a message that is longer than 4000 characters, only his first 4000 characters will be displayed.
+
+This alert requires two additional options:
+
+``datadog_api_key``: [Datadog API key](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/api-app-keys/#api-keys)
+
+``datadog_app_key``: [Datadog application key](https://docs.datadoghq.com/account_management/api-app-keys/#application-keys)
+
 Email
 ~~~~~
 
diff --git a/elastalert/alerts.py b/elastalert/alerts.py
index c70128c44..db3988442 100644
--- a/elastalert/alerts.py
+++ b/elastalert/alerts.py
@@ -2231,3 +2231,34 @@ def get_info(self):
             "type": "chatwork",
             "chatwork_room_id": self.chatwork_room_id
         }
+
+
+class DatadogAlerter(Alerter):
+    ''' Creates a Datadog Event for each alert '''
+    required_options = frozenset(['datadog_api_key', 'datadog_app_key'])
+
+    def __init__(self, rule):
+        super(DatadogAlerter, self).__init__(rule)
+        self.dd_api_key = self.rule.get('datadog_api_key', None)
+        self.dd_app_key = self.rule.get('datadog_app_key', None)
+
+    def alert(self, matches):
+        url = 'https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/events'
+        headers = {
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'DD-API-KEY': self.dd_api_key,
+            'DD-APPLICATION-KEY': self.dd_app_key
+        }
+        payload = {
+            'title': self.create_title(matches),
+            'text': self.create_alert_body(matches)
+        }
+        try:
+            response = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(payload, cls=DateTimeEncoder), headers=headers)
+            response.raise_for_status()
+        except RequestException as e:
+            raise EAException('Error posting event to Datadog: %s' % e)
+    elastalert_logger.info('Alert sent to Datadog')
+
+    def get_info(self):
+        return {'type': 'datadog'}
diff --git a/elastalert/loaders.py b/elastalert/loaders.py
index cecdd8adb..132c67b47 100644
--- a/elastalert/loaders.py
+++ b/elastalert/loaders.py
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ class RulesLoader(object):
         'zabbix': ZabbixAlerter,
         'discord': alerts.DiscordAlerter,
         'dingtalk': alerts.DingTalkAlerter,
-        'chatwork': alerts.ChatworkAlerter
+        'chatwork': alerts.ChatworkAlerter,
+        'datadog': alerts.DatadogAlerter
     }
 
     # A partial ordering of alert types. Relative order will be preserved in the resulting alerts list
diff --git a/tests/alerts_test.py b/tests/alerts_test.py
index c0221ed1b..4f56ad1a7 100644
--- a/tests/alerts_test.py
+++ b/tests/alerts_test.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from elastalert.alerts import Alerter
 from elastalert.alerts import BasicMatchString
 from elastalert.alerts import CommandAlerter
+from elastalert.alerts import DatadogAlerter
 from elastalert.alerts import EmailAlerter
 from elastalert.alerts import HTTPPostAlerter
 from elastalert.alerts import JiraAlerter
@@ -2296,3 +2297,39 @@ def test_alert_subject_size_limit_with_args(ea):
     alert = Alerter(rule)
     alertSubject = alert.create_custom_title([{'test_term': 'test_value', '@timestamp': '2014-10-31T00:00:00'}])
     assert 6 == len(alertSubject)
+
+
+def test_datadog_alerter():
+    rule = {
+        'name': 'Test Datadog Event Alerter',
+        'type': 'any',
+        'datadog_api_key': 'test-api-key',
+        'datadog_app_key': 'test-app-key',
+        'alert': [],
+        'alert_subject': 'Test Datadog Event Alert'
+    }
+    rules_loader = FileRulesLoader({})
+    rules_loader.load_modules(rule)
+    alert = DatadogAlerter(rule)
+    match = {
+        '@timestamp': '2021-01-01T00:00:00',
+        'name': 'datadog-test-name'
+    }
+    with mock.patch('requests.post') as mock_post_request:
+        alert.alert([match])
+
+    expected_data = {
+        'title': rule['alert_subject'],
+        'text': "Test Datadog Event Alerter\n\n@timestamp: 2021-01-01T00:00:00\nname: datadog-test-name\n"
+    }
+    mock_post_request.assert_called_once_with(
+        "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/events",
+        data=mock.ANY,
+        headers={
+            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            'DD-API-KEY': rule['datadog_api_key'],
+            'DD-APPLICATION-KEY': rule['datadog_app_key']
+        }
+    )
+    actual_data = json.loads(mock_post_request.call_args_list[0][1]['data'])
+    assert expected_data == actual_data