diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a88822ff..f88ddb20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -248,6 +248,12 @@ Installs and configures [Consul][1] client, server and UI.
     </td>
     <td><tt>/etc/consul.d/cert.pem</tt></td>
   </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td><tt>['consul']['statsd_addr']</tt></td>
+    <td>String</td>
+    <td>This provides the address of a statsd instance (UDP).</td>
+    <td><tt>nil</tt></td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 ### Databag Attributes (optional)
diff --git a/recipes/_service.rb b/recipes/_service.rb
index ce27353e..b41b5242 100644
--- a/recipes/_service.rb
+++ b/recipes/_service.rb
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 end
 
 copy_params = [
-  :bind_addr, :datacenter, :domain, :log_level, :node_name, :advertise_addr, :ports, :enable_syslog
+  :bind_addr, :datacenter, :domain, :log_level, :node_name, :advertise_addr, :ports, :enable_syslog, :statsd_addr
 ]
 copy_params.each do |key|
   if node['consul'][key]