diff --git a/lib/statsd.rb b/lib/statsd.rb
index 5af9196..f8a53aa 100644
--- a/lib/statsd.rb
+++ b/lib/statsd.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #   statsd = Statsd.new('localhost').tap{|sd| sd.namespace = 'account'}
 #   statsd.increment 'activate'
 class Statsd
+  class ConfigError < StandardError; end;
+  
   # A namespace to prepend to all statsd calls.
   attr_accessor :namespace
 
@@ -109,4 +111,22 @@ def send_to_socket(message)
   end
 
   def socket; @socket ||= UDPSocket.new end
+
+  def self.setup(options={})
+    params = [
+              options[:host] || "localhost",
+              options[:port]
+             ].compact
+    @instance = self.new(*params)
+  end
+
+  def self.clear_setup
+    @instance = nil
+  end
+  
+  def self.method_missing(m, *args, &block)
+    raise ConfigError.new("I'm not setup()") unless @instance
+    @instance.__send__(m, *args, &block)
+  end
 end
+
diff --git a/spec/statsd_spec.rb b/spec/statsd_spec.rb
index 6c6523c..7e69c7b 100644
--- a/spec/statsd_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/statsd_spec.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ def socket; @socket ||= FakeUDPSocket.new end
   end
 
   describe "stat names" do
-
     it "should accept anything as stat" do
       @statsd.increment(Object, 1)
     end
@@ -176,7 +175,56 @@ class Statsd::SomeClass; end
       @statsd.increment('ray@hostname.blah|blah.blah:blah', 1)
       @statsd.socket.recv.must_equal ['ray_hostname.blah_blah.blah_blah:1|c']
     end
+  end
 
+  describe "should support direct calls" do
+    before do
+      Statsd.clear_setup
+      Statsd.setup(:host => "localhost", :port => 1234)
+      @instance = Statsd.instance_variable_get('@instance')
+      class << @instance
+        public :sampled # we need to test this
+        attr_reader :host, :port # we also need to test this
+        def socket; @socket ||= FakeUDPSocket.new end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    it 'should complain if setup has not been called' do
+      Statsd.clear_setup
+      assert_raises(Statsd::ConfigError) do
+        Statsd.timing("dummy", rand)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'should setup instance correctly' do
+      @instance.host.must_equal 'localhost'
+      @instance.port.must_equal 1234
+    end
+    
+    it "should support increment" do
+      Statsd.increment('foobar')
+      @instance.socket.recv.must_equal ['foobar:1|c']
+    end
+
+    it "should support decrement" do
+      Statsd.decrement('foobar')
+      @instance.socket.recv.must_equal ['foobar:-1|c']
+    end
+
+    it "should support timing" do
+      t = 100
+      Statsd.timing('foobar', t)
+      @instance.socket.recv.must_equal ["foobar:#{t}|ms"]
+    end
+
+    it "should support time" do
+      Statsd.time('foobar') { sleep(0.001); 'test' }
+      @instance.socket.recv.must_equal ['foobar:1|ms']
+    end
+
+    it "should support sampled" do
+      Statsd.sampled(1) { :yielded }.must_equal :yielded
+    end
   end
 
 end