diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 048a258..b0b21ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ You can configure the following settings in your StatsD config file.
   influxdb: {
     host: '127.0.0.1',   // InfluxDB host. (default 127.0.0.1)
     port: 8086,          // InfluxDB port. (default 8086)
-    version: 0.8,        // InfluxDB version. (default 0.8)
+    version: 0.8,        // InfluxDB version. (default 0.8, can be 1.0)
     ssl: false,          // InfluxDB is hosted over SSL. (default false)
     database: 'dbname',  // InfluxDB database instance. (required)
     username: 'user',    // InfluxDB database username.
diff --git a/lib/influxdb.js b/lib/influxdb.js
index f7a8913..862b0b2 100644
--- a/lib/influxdb.js
+++ b/lib/influxdb.js
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ function InfluxdbBackend(startupTime, config, events) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (self.version >= 0.9) {
+  if (self.version > 1) {
+    self.assembleEvent = self.assembleEvent_v1;
+    self.httpPOST = self.httpPOST_v1;
+  } else if (self.version >= 0.9) {
     self.assembleEvent = self.assembleEvent_v09;
     self.httpPOST = self.httpPOST_v09;
   } else {
@@ -402,6 +405,13 @@ InfluxdbBackend.prototype.assembleEvent_v09 = function (name, events) {
   return payload;
 }
 
+InfluxdbBackend.prototype.assembleEvent_v1 = function (name, events) {
+  var self = this;
+  var payload = name + " " + "value=" + events[0]['value']
+
+  return payload;
+}
+
 InfluxdbBackend.prototype.httpPOST_v08 = function (points) {
   /* Do not send if there are no points. */
   if (!points.length) { return; }
@@ -516,6 +526,61 @@ InfluxdbBackend.prototype.httpPOST_v09 = function (points) {
   req.end();
 }
 
+InfluxdbBackend.prototype.httpPOST_v1 = function (points) {
+  /* Do not send if there are no points. */
+  if (!points.length) { return; }
+
+  var self = this,
+      query = {db: self.database, u: self.user, p: self.pass},
+      protocolName = self.protocol == http ? 'HTTP' : 'HTTPS',
+      startTime;
+
+  self.logDebug(function () {
+    return 'Sending ' + points.length + ' different points via ' + protocolName;
+  });
+
+  self.influxdbStats.numStats = points.length;
+
+  var options = {
+    hostname: self.host,
+    port: self.port,
+    path: '/write?' + querystring.stringify(query),
+    method: 'POST',
+    agent: false // Is it okay to use "undefined" here? (keep-alive)
+  };
+
+  var req = self.protocol.request(options);
+
+  req.on('socket', function (res) {
+    startTime = process.hrtime();
+  });
+
+  req.on('response', function (res) {
+    var status = res.statusCode;
+
+    self.influxdbStats.httpResponseTime = millisecondsSince(startTime);
+
+    if (status >= 400) {
+      self.log(protocolName + ' Error: ' + status);
+    }
+  });
+
+  req.on('error', function (e, i) {
+    self.log(e);
+  });
+
+  var payload = points.join('\n')
+
+  self.influxdbStats.payloadSize = Buffer.byteLength(payload);
+
+  self.logDebug(function () {
+    var size = (self.influxdbStats.payloadSize / 1024).toFixed(2);
+    return 'Payload size ' + size + ' KB';
+  });
+
+  req.write(payload);
+  req.end();
+}
 InfluxdbBackend.prototype.configCheck = function () {
   var self = this,
       success = true;