diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a0221b..6877eb5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ exclude = [
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [features]
-default = ["epoll", "asyncexec"]
+default = ["epoll", "asyncexec", "sensor_datadog"]
 docs = ["store_rocksdb", "sink_elastic", "sink_postgres"]
 # IO systems
 iouring = ["nuclei/iouring"]
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ store_rocksdb = ["rocksdb"]
 # Sinks
 sink_elastic = ["tokio", "elasticsearch"]
 sink_postgres = ["tokio", "deadpool-postgres", "deadpool"]
+# Sensors
+sensor_datadog = [
+    "opentelemetry/rt-async-std",
+    "opentelemetry/rt-tokio",
+    "opentelemetry-datadog",
+    "tracing-opentelemetry"
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 #nuclei = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, features = ["epoll", "async-exec"] }
@@ -95,6 +102,10 @@ deadpool-postgres = { version = "0.10.2", features = [
 ], optional = true }
 deadpool = { version = "0.9.3", optional = true }
 async-global-executor = "2.0.4"
+opentelemetry = { version = "0.17", features = ["rt-tokio"], optional = true }
+opentelemetry-datadog = { version = "0.5", features = ["reqwest-client"], optional = true }
+tracing-opentelemetry = { version = "0.17.2", optional = true }
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 daemonize = "0.4.1"
 dirs = "4.0.0"
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 9d47de5..9f482a2 100755
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ use crate::kafka::enums::*;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default)]
 pub struct Config {
+    ///
+    ///
+    pub datadog_config: Option<DatadogConfig>,
+
     ///
     /// Kafka Config for the service
     pub kafka_config: KafkaConfig,
@@ -13,6 +17,26 @@ impl Config {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct DatadogConfig {
+    ///
+    /// Opentelemetry API version
+    pub api_version: u8,
+
+    ///
+    /// Datadog agent endpoint
+    pub agent_endpoint: String,
+}
+
+impl Default for DatadogConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            api_version: 5,
+            agent_endpoint: String::from("dd"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct KafkaConfig {
     ///
diff --git a/src/sensors/datadog.rs b/src/sensors/datadog.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c30d369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sensors/datadog.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use crate::config::DatadogConfig;
+use crate::sensors::sensor::CSensor;
+use opentelemetry::sdk::trace;
+use opentelemetry::sdk::trace::{Sampler, Tracer};
+use opentelemetry_datadog::{new_pipeline, ApiVersion};
+use tracing::{warn, Subscriber};
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
+use tracing_subscriber::layer::SubscriberExt;
+use tracing_subscriber::registry::LookupSpan;
+use tracing_subscriber::{EnvFilter, Layer, Registry};
+
+pub struct CDataDogSensor {
+    app_name: String,
+    config: DatadogConfig,
+}
+
+impl CDataDogSensor {
+    pub fn new(app_name: String, config: DatadogConfig) -> Self {
+        Self { app_name, config }
+    }
+
+    pub fn build_layer<S>(&self) -> Box<dyn Layer<S>>
+    where
+        S: Subscriber + for<'span> LookupSpan<'span>,
+    {
+        let api_version = match self.config.api_version {
+            3 => ApiVersion::Version03,
+            5 => ApiVersion::Version05,
+            _ => {
+                warn!("Defaulting to DataDog API Version 5.");
+                ApiVersion::Version05
+            }
+        };
+        let dpb = new_pipeline()
+            .with_service_name(self.app_name.as_str())
+            .with_version(api_version)
+            .with_agent_endpoint(self.config.agent_endpoint.as_str())
+            .with_trace_config(trace::config().with_sampler(Sampler::AlwaysOn));
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "asyncexec")]
+        let ins = dpb.install_batch(opentelemetry::runtime::AsyncStd);
+        #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+        let ins = dpb.install_batch(opentelemetry::runtime::Tokio);
+
+        let tracer: Tracer = ins.unwrap();
+        let telemetry = tracing_opentelemetry::layer().with_tracer(tracer);
+        Box::new(telemetry)
+    }
+}
+
+impl CSensor for CDataDogSensor {}
diff --git a/src/sensors/mod.rs b/src/sensors/mod.rs
index 8b13789..f5e5037 100644
--- a/src/sensors/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sensors/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "sensor_datadog")]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "docs", doc(cfg(sensor_datadog)))]
+/// DataDog sensor for Callysto
+pub mod datadog;
 
+/// Sensor interface for Callysto
+pub mod sensor;
diff --git a/src/sensors/sensor.rs b/src/sensors/sensor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a85fadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sensors/sensor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub trait CSensor {}