diff --git a/src/Liuggio/StatsdClient/Sender/SocketSender.php b/src/Liuggio/StatsdClient/Sender/SocketSender.php
index c319f07..355d83f 100644
--- a/src/Liuggio/StatsdClient/Sender/SocketSender.php
+++ b/src/Liuggio/StatsdClient/Sender/SocketSender.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public function __construct($hostname = 'localhost', $port = 8126, $protocol = '
     public function open()
     {
         $fp = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, $this->getProtocol());
-
+        socket_set_nonblock($fp);
         return $fp;
     }