diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fb32937..9c9a05c 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ gem 'rbvmomi', '>= 1.8'
 gem 'redis', '>= 3.2'
 gem 'sinatra', '>= 1.4'
 gem 'net-ldap', '<= 0.12.1' # keep compatibility w/ jruby & mri-1.9.3
-gem 'statsd-ruby', '>= 1.3.0'
+gem 'statsd-ruby', '>= 1.3.0', :require => 'statsd'
 
 # Test deps
 group :test do
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb b/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
index 60d8b21..ac2ccc2 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/statsd.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'rubygems' unless defined?(Gem)
-require 'statsd-ruby'
+require 'statsd'
 
 module Vmpooler
   class Statsd