diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-## 0.1.0.0 (2013-05-01)
+## 0.2.0.0 (2014-05-27)
+
+ * Add configurable metric name prefix and suffix.
+ * Add support for GHC 7.4.
+
+## 0.1.0.0 (2014-05-01)
 
  * Initial release.
 
diff --git a/System/Remote/Monitoring/Statsd.hs b/System/Remote/Monitoring/Statsd.hs
--- a/System/Remote/Monitoring/Statsd.hs
+++ b/System/Remote/Monitoring/Statsd.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE BangPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
@@ -22,8 +23,7 @@
     , defaultStatsdOptions
     ) where
 
-import Control.Concurrent (ThreadId, forkFinally, myThreadId, threadDelay,
-                           throwTo)
+import Control.Concurrent (ThreadId, myThreadId, threadDelay, throwTo)
 import Control.Exception (IOException, catch)
 import Control.Monad (forM_, when)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B8
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@
 import qualified System.Metrics as Metrics
 import System.IO (stderr)
 
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 706
+import Control.Concurrent (forkFinally)
+#else
+import Control.Concurrent (forkIO)
+import Control.Exception (SomeException, mask, try)
+import Prelude hiding (catch)
+#endif
+
 -- | A handle that can be used to control the statsd sync thread.
 -- Created by 'forkStatsd'.
 data Statsd = Statsd
@@ -56,10 +64,26 @@
 -- the flush interval statsd itself uses to flush data to its
 -- backends.
 data StatsdOptions = StatsdOptions
-    { host          :: !T.Text  -- ^ Server hostname or IP address
-    , port          :: !Int     -- ^ Server port
-    , flushInterval :: !Int     -- ^ Data push interval, in ms.
-    , debug         :: !Bool    -- ^ Print debug output to stderr.
+    { -- | Server hostname or IP address
+      host :: !T.Text
+
+      -- | Server port
+    , port :: !Int
+
+      -- | Data push interval, in ms.
+    , flushInterval :: !Int
+
+      -- | Print debug output to stderr.
+    , debug :: !Bool
+
+      -- | Prefix to add to all metric names.
+    , prefix :: !T.Text
+
+      -- | Suffix to add to all metric names. This is particularly
+      -- useful for sending per host stats by settings this value to:
+      -- @takeWhile (/= \'.\') \<$\> getHostName@, using @getHostName@
+      -- from the @Network.BSD@ module in the network package.
+    , suffix :: !T.Text
     }
 
 -- | Defaults:
@@ -77,6 +101,8 @@
     , port          = 8125
     , flushInterval = 1000
     , debug         = False
+    , prefix        = ""
+    , suffix        = ""
     }
 
 -- | Create a thread that periodically flushes the metrics in the
@@ -150,13 +176,16 @@
 flushSample :: Metrics.Sample -> Socket.Socket -> StatsdOptions -> IO ()
 flushSample sample socket opts = do
     forM_ (M.toList $ sample) $ \ (name, val) ->
-        flushMetric name val
+        let fullName = dottedPrefix <> name <> dottedSuffix
+        in  flushMetric fullName val
   where
     flushMetric name (Metrics.Counter n) = send "|c" name (show n)
     flushMetric name (Metrics.Gauge n)   = send "|g" name (show n)
     flushMetric _ _                      = return ()
 
     isDebug = debug opts
+    dottedPrefix = if T.null (prefix opts) then "" else prefix opts <> "."
+    dottedSuffix = if T.null (suffix opts) then "" else "." <> suffix opts
     send ty name val = do
         let !msg = B8.concat [T.encodeUtf8 name, ":", B8.pack val, ty]
         when isDebug $ B8.hPutStrLn stderr $ B8.concat [ "DEBUG: ", msg]
@@ -164,3 +193,13 @@
             T.hPutStrLn stderr $ "ERROR: Couldn't send message: " <>
                 T.pack (show e)
             return ()
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Backwards compatibility shims
+
+#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 706
+forkFinally :: IO a -> (Either SomeException a -> IO ()) -> IO ThreadId
+forkFinally action and_then =
+  mask $ \restore ->
+    forkIO $ try (restore action) >>= and_then
+#endif
diff --git a/ekg-statsd.cabal b/ekg-statsd.cabal
--- a/ekg-statsd.cabal
+++ b/ekg-statsd.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                ekg-statsd
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.2.0.0
 synopsis:            Push metrics to statsd
 description:
   This library lets you push system metrics to a statsd server.