diff --git a/docker-internal/Dockerfile b/docker-internal/Dockerfile
index da9c1cc33..17703fbee 100644
--- a/docker-internal/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-internal/Dockerfile
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ RUN set -eux; \
         gosu nobody true
 # build KeyDB
 ARG KEYDB_DIR
+ARG MODSTATSD_DIR
 ARG MAKE_JOBS=""
 COPY $KEYDB_DIR /tmp/keydb-internal/
+COPY $MODSTATSD_DIR /tmp/modstatsd/
 RUN set -eux; \
         \
         savedAptMark="$(apt-mark showmanual)"; \
@@ -49,6 +51,10 @@ RUN set -eux; \
                 libsnappy-dev \
                 libssl-dev \
                 git; \
+	cd /tmp/modstatsd/; \
+	make clean; \
+	make; \
+	mv modstatsd.so /usr/local/lib/; \
         cd /tmp/keydb-internal; \
         # disable protected mode as it relates to docker
         grep -E '^ *createBoolConfig[(]"protected-mode",.*, *1 *,.*[)],$' ./src/config.cpp; \
@@ -85,6 +91,7 @@ RUN \
         sed -i 's/^\(logfile .*\)$/# \1/' /etc/keydb/keydb.conf; \
         sed -i 's/protected-mode yes/protected-mode no/g' /etc/keydb/keydb.conf; \
         sed -i 's/^\(bind .*\)$/# \1/' /etc/keydb/keydb.conf; \
+	echo "loadmodule /usr/local/lib/modstatsd.so" >> /etc/keydb/keydb.conf; \
         ln -s keydb-cli redis-cli; \
         cd /etc/keydb; \
         ln -s keydb.conf redis.conf; \
diff --git a/docker-internal/build-and-publish.sh b/docker-internal/build-and-publish.sh
index 11eb05650..9904f0a33 100755
--- a/docker-internal/build-and-publish.sh
+++ b/docker-internal/build-and-publish.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ timestamp() {
 
 print_usage() {
     echo "Usage:"
-    echo "  ./{script} [flags]"
+    echo "  ./{script} {modstatsd-path} [flags]"
     echo ""
     echo "Flags:"
     echo "  -p, --provider: name of the cloud provider, can be 'gcp', 'aws' or 'both' (default)"
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ push_image () { # 1 - image, 2 - repo
    echo "`timestamp` image ${IMAGE_WITH_REPO} is pushed"
 }
 
+#Process Module Path Flag
+MOD_STATSD_PATH="$1"
+if [[ -z ${MOD_STATSD_PATH} ]]
+then
+    echo "Missing path to statsd module"
+    # exit 1
+fi
+shift
+
 # Processing flags
 while [ ! $# -eq 0 ]
 do
@@ -73,9 +82,12 @@ do
     shift
 done
 
+echo "MOD_STATSD_PATH: ${MOD_STATSD_PATH}"
 echo "`timestamp` building image for ${FLAGS_tag}"
 export IMAGE_SUFFIX="keydb:${FLAGS_tag}"
-docker build --squash --build-arg KEYDB_DIR=. --build-arg MAKE_JOBS=${FLAGS_jobs} -t keydb:latest -f ${DIR}/Dockerfile ${DIR}/..
+cp -r ${MOD_STATSD_PATH} ./modstatsd
+docker build --squash --build-arg MODSTATSD_DIR=docker-internal/modstatsd --build-arg KEYDB_DIR=. --build-arg MAKE_JOBS=${FLAGS_jobs} -t keydb:latest -f ${DIR}/Dockerfile ${DIR}/..
+rm -rf ./modstatsd
 
 # Build and publish
 if [[ ${FLAGS_provider} == "aws" ]] || [[ ${FLAGS_provider} == "both" ]]