diff --git a/lib/puma/plugin/statsd.rb b/lib/puma/plugin/statsd.rb
index 876c8e6..e1b65ae 100644
--- a/lib/puma/plugin/statsd.rb
+++ b/lib/puma/plugin/statsd.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def send(metric_name:, value:, type:, tags: nil)
       socket.connect(Socket.pack_sockaddr_un(@socket_path))
       socket.sendmsg_nonblock(data)
     else
-      socket = UDPSocket.new
+      address_family, _, _ = Socket.getaddrinfo(host, port)[0]
+      socket = UDPSocket.new(Socket.const_get(address_family))
       socket.send(data, 0, host, port)
     end
   ensure