diff --git a/demo/test_client.cpp b/demo/test_client.cpp
index 9320305..e3c6c33 100644
--- a/demo/test_client.cpp
+++ b/demo/test_client.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ int main(void)
     statsd::StatsdClient client;
     statsd::StatsdClient client2("127.0.0.1", 8125, "myproject.abx.");
 
+    client.event({"An error occurred", "Error message", statsd::Event::Type::error, {"env:dev"}});
+
     client.count("count1", 123, 1.0);
     client.count("count2", 125, 1.0);
     client.gauge("speed", 10);
diff --git a/src/statsd_client.cpp b/src/statsd_client.cpp
index 9f04e32..4063502 100644
--- a/src/statsd_client.cpp
+++ b/src/statsd_client.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,69 @@
 using namespace std;
 namespace statsd {
 
+Event::Event(std::string title, std::string text, Event::Type type, tags_t tags)
+    : title_{title}
+    , text_{text}
+    , type_{type}
+    , tags_{tags}
+{}
+
+std::string Event::serialize() const
+{
+    std::string message;
+
+    const auto e_text = [&]{
+        std::string str;
+        for (const char c : text_)
+        {
+            if (c == '\n')
+                str.append("\\n");
+            else
+                str.push_back(c);
+        }
+        return str;
+    }();
+
+    message += "_e{" + std::to_string(title_.size()) + "," + std::to_string(e_text.size()) + "}:" + title_ + "|" + e_text;
+
+	if (timestamp_ != 0)
+        message += "|d:" + std::to_string(timestamp_);
+
+    if (hostname_ != "")
+        message += "|h:" + hostname_;
+
+    if (aggregation_Key_ != "")
+        message += "|k:" + aggregation_Key_;
+
+    switch (priority_)
+    {
+        case Priority::low:    message += "|p:low";    break;
+        case Priority::normal: message += "|p:normal"; break;
+    }
+
+    if (source_type_name_ != "")
+        message += "|s:" + source_type_name_;
+
+    switch (type_)
+    {
+        case Type::info:    message += "|t:info";    break;
+        case Type::success: message += "|t:success"; break;
+        case Type::warning: message += "|t:warning"; break;
+        case Type::error:   message += "|t:error";   break;
+    }
+
+    if (!tags_.empty()) {
+        message += "|#";
+        for(std::size_t i = 0, size = tags_.size(); i < size; ++i) {
+            message += tags_[i];
+            if (i < size - 1)
+                message += ",";
+        }
+    }
+
+    return message;
+}
+
 inline bool fequal(float a, float b)
 {
     const float epsilon = 0.0001;
@@ -164,6 +227,11 @@ int StatsdClient::timing(const string& key, size_t ms, float sample_rate, tags_t
     return send(key, ms, "ms", sample_rate, tags);
 }
 
+int StatsdClient::event(const Event& event)
+{
+    return send(event.serialize());
+}
+
 int StatsdClient::send(string key, size_t value, const string &type, float sample_rate, tags_t tags)
 {
     if (!should_send(this->d, sample_rate)) {
diff --git a/src/statsd_client.h b/src/statsd_client.h
index d57d78f..7fe7d02 100644
--- a/src/statsd_client.h
+++ b/src/statsd_client.h
@@ -9,6 +9,45 @@
 
 namespace statsd {
 
+class Event{
+    public:
+        enum class Type{
+            info,
+            success,
+            warning,
+            error
+        };
+
+        enum class Priority{
+            normal,
+            low
+        };
+
+        using tags_t = std::vector<std::string>;
+
+    private:
+        std::string title_;
+        std::string text_;
+        unsigned int timestamp_{0};
+        std::string hostname_;
+        std::string aggregation_Key_;
+        Priority priority_ {Priority::normal};
+        std::string source_type_name_;
+        Type type_ {Type::info};
+        tags_t tags_;
+
+    public:
+        Event(std::string title, std::string text, Type type = Type::info, tags_t tags = tags_t{});
+
+        void set_timestamp(unsigned int timestamp){ timestamp_ = timestamp; }
+        void set_hostname(std::string hostname){ hostname_ = hostname; }
+        void set_aggregation_Key(std::string aggregation_Key){ aggregation_Key_ = aggregation_Key; }
+        void set_priority(Priority priority){ priority_ = priority; }
+        void set_source_type_name(std::string source_type_name){ source_type_name_ = source_type_name; }
+
+        std::string serialize() const;
+};
+
 struct _StatsdClientData;
 
 class StatsdClient {
@@ -29,6 +68,7 @@ class StatsdClient {
         int count(const std::string& key, size_t value, float sample_rate = 1.0, tags_t = tags_t(0));
         int gauge(const std::string& key, size_t value, float sample_rate = 1.0, tags_t = tags_t(0));
         int timing(const std::string& key, size_t ms, float sample_rate = 1.0, tags_t = tags_t(0));
+        int event(const Event& event);
 
     public:
         /**