diff --git a/scripts/statsd-datadog.sh b/scripts/statsd-datadog.sh
index 30d9b68a90..ad801c72e7 100755
--- a/scripts/statsd-datadog.sh
+++ b/scripts/statsd-datadog.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-datadog-agent start
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+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "Supply a datadog API key as an argument to this script"
+fi
+
+docker run --name dd-agent \
+    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:ro \
+    -v /proc/:/host/proc/:ro \
+    -v /sys/fs/cgroup/:/host/sys/fs/cgroup:ro \
+    -e DD_API_KEY=$1 \
+    -e DD_DOGSTATSD_NON_LOCAL_TRAFFIC=true \
+    -p 8125:8125/udp \
+    datadog/agent:latest
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