diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c983a396..b87f2c09 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 
 [features]
 default = ["datadog"]
-datadog = ["datadog-client"]
+datadog = ["datadog-client", "tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
 loggerv = "0.7.2"
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 
 datadog-client = { version = "0.1", optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"], optional = true }
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/src/exporters/datadog.rs b/src/exporters/datadog.rs
index 3c8abb0d..8df42050 100644
--- a/src/exporters/datadog.rs
+++ b/src/exporters/datadog.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use datadog_client::metrics::{Point, Serie, Type};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 
 fn merge<A>(first: Vec<A>, second: Vec<A>) -> Vec<A> {
     second.into_iter().fold(first, |mut res, item| {
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ pub struct DatadogExporter {
 impl Exporter for DatadogExporter {
     /// Lanches runner()
     fn run(&mut self, parameters: ArgMatches) {
-        self.runner(&parameters);
+        let rt = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+        rt.block_on(async move {
+            self.runner(&parameters).await;
+        });
     }
 
     /// Returns options needed for that exporter, as a HashMap
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ impl DatadogExporter {
         Client::new(config)
     }
 
-    fn runner(&mut self, parameters: &ArgMatches) {
+    async fn runner(&mut self, parameters: &ArgMatches<'_>) {
         if let Some(timeout) = parameters.value_of("timeout") {
             let now = Instant::now();
             let timeout = timeout
@@ -110,18 +114,22 @@ impl DatadogExporter {
             info!("Measurement step is: {}s", step_duration);
 
             while now.elapsed().as_secs() <= timeout {
-                self.iterate(parameters);
+                self.iterate(parameters).await;
                 thread::sleep(Duration::new(step_duration, step_duration_nano));
             }
         } else {
-            self.iterate(parameters);
+            self.iterate(parameters).await;
         }
     }
 
-    fn iterate(&mut self, parameters: &ArgMatches) {
+    async fn iterate(&mut self, parameters: &ArgMatches<'_>) {
         self.topology.refresh();
-        let _series = self.collect_series();
-        let _client = Self::build_client(parameters);
+        let series = self.collect_series();
+        let client = Self::build_client(parameters);
+        match client.post_metrics(&series).await {
+            Ok(_) => log::debug!("metrics sent"),
+            Err(_) => log::warn!("unable to send metrics"),
+        };
     }
 
     fn create_consumption_serie(&self) -> Serie {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6d56df82..9f1e9431 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ pub mod exporters;
 pub mod sensors;
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use exporters::{
-    json::JSONExporter, prometheus::PrometheusExporter, qemu::QemuExporter,
-    riemann::RiemannExporter, stdout::StdoutExporter, Exporter, ExporterOption,
+    datadog::DatadogExporter, json::JSONExporter, prometheus::PrometheusExporter,
+    qemu::QemuExporter, riemann::RiemannExporter, stdout::StdoutExporter, Exporter, ExporterOption,
 };
 use sensors::{powercap_rapl::PowercapRAPLSensor, Sensor};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
@@ -52,32 +52,44 @@ fn get_sensor(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Box<dyn Sensor> {
 pub fn run(matches: ArgMatches) {
     loggerv::init_with_verbosity(matches.occurrences_of("v")).unwrap();
 
-    let sensor_boxed = get_sensor(&matches);
-    let exporter_parameters;
-
     if let Some(stdout_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("stdout") {
-        exporter_parameters = stdout_exporter_parameters.clone();
-        let mut exporter = StdoutExporter::new(sensor_boxed);
+        let exporter_parameters = stdout_exporter_parameters.clone();
+        let mut exporter = StdoutExporter::new(get_sensor(&matches));
         exporter.run(exporter_parameters);
-    } else if let Some(json_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("json") {
-        exporter_parameters = json_exporter_parameters.clone();
-        let mut exporter = JSONExporter::new(sensor_boxed);
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Some(json_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("json") {
+        let exporter_parameters = json_exporter_parameters.clone();
+        let mut exporter = JSONExporter::new(get_sensor(&matches));
         exporter.run(exporter_parameters);
-    } else if let Some(riemann_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("riemann") {
-        exporter_parameters = riemann_exporter_parameters.clone();
-        let mut exporter = RiemannExporter::new(sensor_boxed);
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Some(riemann_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("riemann") {
+        let exporter_parameters = riemann_exporter_parameters.clone();
+        let mut exporter = RiemannExporter::new(get_sensor(&matches));
         exporter.run(exporter_parameters);
-    } else if let Some(prometheus_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("prometheus") {
-        exporter_parameters = prometheus_exporter_parameters.clone();
-        let mut exporter = PrometheusExporter::new(sensor_boxed);
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Some(prometheus_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("prometheus") {
+        let exporter_parameters = prometheus_exporter_parameters.clone();
+        let mut exporter = PrometheusExporter::new(get_sensor(&matches));
         exporter.run(exporter_parameters);
-    } else if let Some(qemu_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("qemu") {
-        exporter_parameters = qemu_exporter_parameters.clone();
-        let mut exporter = QemuExporter::new(sensor_boxed);
+        return;
+    }
+    if let Some(qemu_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("qemu") {
+        let exporter_parameters = qemu_exporter_parameters.clone();
+        let mut exporter = QemuExporter::new(get_sensor(&matches));
         exporter.run(exporter_parameters);
-    } else {
-        error!("Couldn't determine which exporter has been chosen.");
+        return;
     }
+    #[cfg(feature = "datadog")]
+    if let Some(datadog_exporter_parameters) = matches.subcommand_matches("datadog") {
+        let exporter_parameters = datadog_exporter_parameters.clone();
+        let mut exporter = DatadogExporter::new(get_sensor(&matches));
+        exporter.run(exporter_parameters);
+        return;
+    }
+    error!("Couldn't determine which exporter has been chosen.");
 }
 
 /// Returns options needed for each exporter as a HashMap.
@@ -104,6 +116,11 @@ pub fn get_exporters_options() -> HashMap<String, HashMap<String, ExporterOption
         String::from("qemu"),
         exporters::qemu::QemuExporter::get_options(),
     );
+    #[cfg(feature = "datadog")]
+    options.insert(
+        String::from("datadog"),
+        exporters::datadog::DatadogExporter::get_options(),
+    );
     options
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 52d12460..dfc89521 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ fn main() {
                 "prometheus" => "Prometheus exporter exposes power consumption metrics on an http endpoint (/metrics is default) in prometheus accepted format",
                 "riemann" => "Riemann exporter sends power consumption metrics to a Riemann server",
                 "qemu" => "Qemu exporter watches all Qemu/KVM virtual machines running on the host and exposes metrics of each of them in a dedicated folder",
+                #[cfg(feature = "datadog")]
+                "datadog" => "Datadog exporter sends power consumption metrics to Datadog",
                 _ => "Unknown exporter",
             }
         );