diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 0.2.4.0 (2018-08-01)
+
+* Don't rethrow `ThreadKilled` exceptions to the thread that invoked
+  `forkStatsd`, so that the statsd thread can be safely killed
+  ([#20](https://github.com/tibbe/ekg-statsd/pull/20)).
+
 ## 0.2.3.0 (2018-04-10)
 
  * API addition: 'statsdFlush', allows to flush the sample to statsd
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
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     ) where
 
 import Control.Concurrent (ThreadId, myThreadId, threadDelay, throwTo)
-import Control.Exception (IOException, catch)
+import Control.Exception (IOException, AsyncException(ThreadKilled), catch, fromException)
 import Control.Monad (forM_, when)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B8
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as M
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@
     tid <- forkFinally (loop opts flush) $ \ r -> do
         closeSocket
         case r of
-            Left e  -> throwTo me e
+            Left e  -> case fromException e of
+              Just ThreadKilled  -> return ()
+              _                  -> throwTo me e
             Right _ -> return ()
 
     return $ Statsd tid flush
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:             0.2.3.0
+version:             0.2.4.0
 synopsis:            Push metrics to statsd
 description:
   This library lets you push system metrics to a statsd server.
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 build-type:          Simple
 extra-source-files:  CHANGES.md
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
-tested-with:         GHC == 8.4.1,  GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.0.2,
+tested-with:         GHC == 8.4.3,  GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.0.2,
                      GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.6.3
 
 library
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     base >= 4.5 && < 4.12,
     bytestring < 1.0,
     ekg-core >= 0.1 && < 1.0,
-    network < 2.7,
+    network < 2.8,
     text < 1.3,
     time < 1.9,
     unordered-containers < 0.3