diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index dea76f2f..7d7f9bf9 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ void user_defined_example();
 void err_handler_example();
 void syslog_example();
 void custom_flags_example();
+void udp_example();
 
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 #include "spdlog/cfg/env.h"  // support for loading levels from the environment variable
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ int main(int, char *[])
         trace_example();
         stopwatch_example();
         custom_flags_example();
+        udp_example();
 
         // Flush all *registered* loggers using a worker thread every 3 seconds.
         // note: registered loggers *must* be thread safe for this to work correctly!
@@ -198,6 +200,7 @@ void trace_example()
 // stopwatch example
 #include "spdlog/stopwatch.h"
 #include <thread>
+#include "spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h"
 void stopwatch_example()
 {
     spdlog::stopwatch sw;
@@ -205,6 +208,17 @@ void stopwatch_example()
     spdlog::info("Stopwatch: {} seconds", sw);
 }
 
+void udp_example()
+{
+    // using spdlog::details::make_unique;
+    //auto daily_logger = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_logger", "logs/daily.txt", 2, 30);
+    spdlog::sinks::udp_sink_config cfg("127.0.0.1", 11091);
+    auto my_logger = spdlog::udp_logger_mt("udplog", cfg);
+    my_logger->set_level(spdlog::level::debug);
+    my_logger->info("hello world");
+    my_logger->info("are you ok");
+}
+
 // A logger with multiple sinks (stdout and file) - each with a different format and log level.
 void multi_sink_example()
 {
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/udp_client.h b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13b608c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client.h
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#error include udp_client-windows.h instead
+#endif
+
+// udp client helper
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
+#include <spdlog/details/os.h>
+
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <netinet/udp.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace spdlog {
+namespace details {
+class udp_client
+{
+    int socket_ = -1;
+    struct sockaddr_in sockAddr_;
+public:
+
+    bool init(const std::string &host, uint16_t port)
+    {
+        socket_ = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+        if (socket_ < 0)
+        {
+            throw_spdlog_ex("error: Create Socket Failed!");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        sockAddr_.sin_family = AF_INET;
+        sockAddr_.sin_port = htons(port);
+        inet_aton(host.c_str(), &sockAddr_.sin_addr);
+
+        memset(sockAddr_.sin_zero, 0x00, sizeof(sockAddr_.sin_zero));
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    bool is_init() const
+    {
+        return socket_ != -1;
+    }
+
+    void close()
+    {
+        if (is_init())
+        {
+            ::close(socket_);
+            socket_ = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    int fd() const
+    {
+        return socket_;
+    }
+
+    ~udp_client()
+    {
+        close();
+    }
+
+    // Send exactly n_bytes of the given data.
+    // On error close the connection and throw.
+    void send(const char *data, size_t n_bytes)
+    {
+        ssize_t toslen = 0;
+        socklen_t tolen = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
+        if (( toslen = sendto(socket_, data, n_bytes, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&sockAddr_, tolen)) == -1)
+        {
+            throw_spdlog_ex("sendto(2) failed", errno);
+            close();
+        }
+    }
+};
+} // namespace details
+} // namespace spdlog
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diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/udp_client_windows.h b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client_windows.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82d800a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client_windows.h
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+// tcp client helper
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
+#include <spdlog/details/os.h>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <winsock2.h>
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <ws2tcpip.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string>
+
+#pragma comment(lib, "Ws2_32.lib")
+#pragma comment(lib, "Mswsock.lib")
+#pragma comment(lib, "AdvApi32.lib")
+
+namespace spdlog {
+namespace details {
+class udp_client
+{
+    SOCKET socket_ = INVALID_SOCKET;
+    sockaddr_in addr_ = { 0 };
+
+    static bool winsock_initialized_()
+    {
+        SOCKET s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
+        if (s == INVALID_SOCKET)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            closesocket(s);
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void init_winsock_()
+    {
+        WSADATA wsaData;
+        auto rv = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData);
+        if (rv != 0)
+        {
+            throw_winsock_error_("WSAStartup failed", ::WSAGetLastError());
+        }
+    }
+
+    static void throw_winsock_error_(const std::string &msg, int last_error)
+    {
+        char buf[512];
+        ::FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS, NULL, last_error,
+            MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), buf, (sizeof(buf) / sizeof(char)), NULL);
+
+        throw_spdlog_ex(fmt::format("udp_sink - {}: {}", msg, buf));
+    }
+
+public:
+    bool is_init() const
+    {
+        return socket_ != INVALID_SOCKET;
+    }
+
+    bool init(const std::string &host, uint16_t port)
+    {
+        // initialize winsock if needed
+        if (!winsock_initialized_())
+        {
+            init_winsock_();
+        }
+
+        if (is_init())
+        {
+            close();
+        }
+
+        addr_.sin_family = AF_INET;
+        addr_.sin_port = htons(port);
+        InetPton(AF_INET, TEXT(host.c_str()), &addr_.sin_addr.s_addr);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    void close()
+    {
+        ::closesocket(socket_);
+        socket_ = INVALID_SOCKET;
+        WSACleanup();
+    }
+
+    SOCKET fd() const
+    {
+        return socket_;
+    }
+
+    ~udp_client()
+    {
+        close();
+    }
+
+    void send(const char *data, size_t n_bytes)
+    {
+        if ((sendto(socket_, data, n_bytes, 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr_, sizeof(struct sockaddr))) == -1)
+        {
+            throw_spdlog_ex("sendto(2) failed", errno);
+            close();
+        }
+    }
+};
+} // namespace details
+} // namespace spdlog
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..961d754d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
+#include <spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h>
+#include <spdlog/details/null_mutex.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#    include <spdlog/details/udp_client-windows.h>
+#else
+#    include <spdlog/details/udp_client.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <mutex>
+#include <string>
+#include <chrono>
+#include <functional>
+
+#pragma once
+
+// Simple udp client sink
+// Connects to remote address and send the formatted log.
+// Will attempt to reconnect if connection drops.
+// If more complicated behaviour is needed (i.e get responses), you can inherit it and override the sink_it_ method.
+
+namespace spdlog {
+namespace sinks {
+
+struct udp_sink_config
+{
+    std::string server_host;
+    uint16_t server_port;
+
+    udp_sink_config(std::string host, uint16_t port)
+        : server_host{std::move(host)}
+        , server_port{port}
+    {}
+};
+
+template<typename Mutex>
+class udp_sink : public spdlog::sinks::base_sink<Mutex>
+{
+public:
+    // connect to tcp host/port or throw if failed
+    // host can be hostname or ip address
+
+    explicit udp_sink(udp_sink_config sink_config)
+        : config_{std::move(sink_config)}
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    ~udp_sink() override = default;
+
+protected:
+    void sink_it_(const spdlog::details::log_msg &msg) override
+    {
+        spdlog::memory_buf_t formatted;
+        spdlog::sinks::base_sink<Mutex>::formatter_->format(msg, formatted);
+        if (!client_.is_init())
+        {
+            client_.init(config_.server_host, config_.server_port);
+        }
+        client_.send(formatted.data(), formatted.size());
+    }
+
+    void flush_() override {}
+    udp_sink_config config_;
+    details::udp_client client_;
+};
+
+using udp_sink_mt = udp_sink<std::mutex>;
+using udp_sink_st = udp_sink<spdlog::details::null_mutex>;
+
+} // namespace sinks
+
+//
+// factory functions
+//
+template<typename Factory = spdlog::synchronous_factory>
+inline std::shared_ptr<logger> udp_logger_mt(const std::string &logger_name, sinks::udp_sink_config skin_config)
+{
+    return Factory::template create<sinks::udp_sink_mt>(logger_name, skin_config);
+}
+
+} // namespace spdlog
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