diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 84c4473..3e0fdc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ all: default
 SOURCES = \
 	src/backend.c \
 	src/backends/carbon.c \
+	src/backends/opentsdb.c \
 	src/bloom.c \
 	src/city.c \
 	src/histogram.c \
diff --git a/config.default.json.example b/config.default.json.example
index 4a6035c..594195f 100644
--- a/config.default.json.example
+++ b/config.default.json.example
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "server_name" : "brubeck_debug",
   "dumpfile" : "./brubeck.dump",
   "capacity" : 15,
-  "expire" : 5,
+  "expire" : 20,
   "http" : ":8080",
 
   "backends" : [
diff --git a/src/backend.h b/src/backend.h
index e9a7f5b..1d31356 100644
--- a/src/backend.h
+++ b/src/backend.h
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 #define __BRUBECK_BACKEND_H__
 
 enum brubeck_backend_t {
-	BRUBECK_BACKEND_CARBON
+	BRUBECK_BACKEND_CARBON,
+        BRUBECK_BACKEND_OPENTSDB
 };
 
 struct brubeck_backend {
@@ -28,10 +29,12 @@ static inline const char *brubeck_backend_name(struct brubeck_backend *backend)
 {
 	switch (backend->type) {
 		case BRUBECK_BACKEND_CARBON: return "carbon";
+                case BRUBECK_BACKEND_OPENTSDB: return "opentsdb";
 		default: return NULL;
 	}
 }
 
 #include "backends/carbon.h"
+#include "backends/opentsdb.h"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/backends/opentsdb.c b/src/backends/opentsdb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a954e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/opentsdb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "brubeck.h"
+
+static inline int is_connected(struct brubeck_opentsdb *self)
+{
+        return (self->out_sock >= 0);
+}
+
+static int opentsdb_connect(void *backend)
+{
+        struct brubeck_opentsdb *self = (struct brubeck_opentsdb *)backend;
+
+        if (is_connected(self))
+                return 0;
+
+        self->out_sock = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_TCP);
+
+        if (self->out_sock >= 0) {
+                int rc = connect(self->out_sock,
+                                 (struct sockaddr *)&self->out_sockaddr,
+                                 sizeof(self->out_sockaddr));
+
+                if (rc == 0) {
+                        log_splunk("backend=opentsdb event=connected");
+                        sock_enlarge_out(self->out_sock);
+                        return 0;
+                }
+
+                close(self->out_sock);
+                self->out_sock = -1;
+        }
+
+        log_splunk_errno("backend=opentsdb event=failed_to_connect");
+        return -1;
+}
+
+static void opentsdb_disconnect(struct brubeck_opentsdb *self)
+{
+        log_splunk_errno("backend=opentsdb event=disconnected");
+
+        close(self->out_sock);
+        self->out_sock = -1;
+}
+
+static void opentsdb_write(
+        const char *key,
+        value_t value,
+        void *backend)
+{
+        struct brubeck_opentsdb *opentsdb = (struct brubeck_opentsdb *)backend;
+        char buffer[1024];
+        char *ptr = buffer;
+        size_t key_len = strlen(key);
+        ssize_t wr;
+
+        if (!is_connected(opentsdb))
+                return;
+
+        strcpy(ptr, "put");
+        ptr += strlen("put");
+        *ptr++ = ' ';
+        
+        memcpy(ptr, key, key_len);
+        ptr += key_len;
+        *ptr++ = ' ';
+
+        ptr += brubeck_itoa(ptr, opentsdb->backend.tick_time);
+        *ptr++ = ' ';
+
+        ptr += brubeck_ftoa(ptr, value);
+        *ptr++ = ' ';
+
+        strcpy(ptr, opentsdb->tags);
+        ptr += strlen(opentsdb->tags);
+        *ptr++ = '\n';
+
+        wr = write_in_full(opentsdb->out_sock, buffer, ptr - buffer);
+        if (wr < 0) {
+                opentsdb_disconnect(opentsdb);
+                return;
+        }
+
+        opentsdb->sent += wr;
+}
+
+struct brubeck_backend *
+brubeck_opentsdb_new(struct brubeck_server *server, json_t *settings, int shard_n)
+{
+        struct brubeck_opentsdb *opentsdb = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct brubeck_opentsdb));
+        char *address;
+        int port, frequency = 0;
+
+        json_unpack_or_die(settings,
+                "{s:s, s:i, s:i, s:s}",
+                "address", &address,
+                "port", &port,
+                "frequency", &frequency,
+                "tags", &(opentsdb->tags));
+
+        opentsdb->backend.type = BRUBECK_BACKEND_OPENTSDB;
+        opentsdb->backend.shard_n = shard_n;
+        opentsdb->backend.connect = &opentsdb_connect;
+
+        opentsdb->backend.sample = &opentsdb_write;
+        opentsdb->backend.flush = NULL;
+
+        opentsdb->backend.sample_freq = frequency;
+        opentsdb->backend.server = server;
+        opentsdb->out_sock = -1;
+        url_to_inaddr2(&opentsdb->out_sockaddr, address, port);
+
+        brubeck_backend_run_threaded((struct brubeck_backend *)opentsdb);
+        log_splunk("backend=opentsdb event=started");
+
+        return (struct brubeck_backend *)opentsdb;
+}
diff --git a/src/backends/opentsdb.h b/src/backends/opentsdb.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60d3478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backends/opentsdb.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef __BRUBECK_OPENTSDB_H__
+#define __BRUBECK_OPENTSDB_H__
+
+struct brubeck_opentsdb {
+        struct brubeck_backend backend;
+
+        int out_sock;
+        struct sockaddr_in out_sockaddr;
+
+        const char* tags;
+        size_t sent;
+};
+
+struct brubeck_backend *brubeck_opentsdb_new(
+        struct brubeck_server *server, json_t *settings, int shard_n);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index adf8935..48cd5d6 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -83,7 +83,21 @@ send_stats(struct brubeck_server *brubeck)
 						"port", (int)ntohs(address->sin_port),
 						"sent", (json_int_t)carbon->sent
 				));
-		}
+		} else if (backend->type == BRUBECK_BACKEND_OPENTSDB) {
+                        struct brubeck_opentsdb *opentsdb = (struct brubeck_opentsdb *)backend;
+                        struct sockaddr_in *address = &opentsdb->out_sockaddr;
+                        char addr[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+
+                        json_array_append_new(backends,
+                                json_pack("{s:s, s:i, s:b, s:s, s:i, s:I}",
+                                        "type", "opentsdb",
+                                        "sample_freq", (int)opentsdb->backend.sample_freq,
+                                        "connected", (opentsdb->out_sock >= 0),
+                                        "address", inet_ntop(AF_INET, &address->sin_addr.s_addr, addr, INET_ADDRSTRLEN),
+                                        "port", (int)ntohs(address->sin_port),
+                                        "sent", (json_int_t)opentsdb->sent
+                                ));
+                }
 	}
 
 	samplers = json_array();
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 0584697..5b7df22 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -46,7 +46,18 @@ update_proctitle(struct brubeck_server *server)
 				(i > 0) ? "," : "",
 				i + 1, sent, size_suffix[j],
 				(carbon->out_sock >= 0) ? "" : " (dc)");
-		}
+		} else if (backend->type == BRUBECK_BACKEND_OPENTSDB) {
+                        struct brubeck_opentsdb *opentsdb = (struct brubeck_opentsdb *)backend;
+                        double sent = opentsdb->sent;
+
+                        for (j = 0; j < 7 && sent >= 1024.0; ++j)
+                                sent /= 1024.0;
+
+                        PUTS("%s #%d %.1f%s%s",
+                                (i > 0) ? "," : "",
+                                i + 1, sent, size_suffix[j],
+                                (opentsdb->out_sock >= 0) ? "": " (dc)");
+                }
 	}
 
 	PUTS(" ] [ " UTF8_DOWNARROW);
@@ -111,7 +122,10 @@ static void load_backends(struct brubeck_server *server, json_t *backends)
 		if (type && !strcmp(type, "carbon")) {
 			backend = brubeck_carbon_new(server, b, server->active_backends);
 			server->backends[server->active_backends++] = backend; 
-		} else {
+		} else if (type && !strcmp(type, "opentsdb")) {
+                        backend = brubeck_opentsdb_new(server, b, server->active_backends);
+                        server->backends[server->active_backends++] = backend;
+                } else {
 			log_splunk("backend=%s event=invalid_backend", type);
 		}
 	}