diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/ClientChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/ClientChannel.java
index 5eaa6d2..684dfc8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/ClientChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/ClientChannel.java
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 
 interface ClientChannel extends WritableByteChannel {
     String getTransportType();
+
+    int getMaxPacketSizeBytes();
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/DatagramClientChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/DatagramClientChannel.java
index 00d383d..c0890d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/DatagramClientChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/DatagramClientChannel.java
@@ -52,4 +52,9 @@ public String getTransportType() {
     public String toString() {
         return "[" + getTransportType() + "] " + address;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getMaxPacketSizeBytes() {
+        return NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NamedPipeClientChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NamedPipeClientChannel.java
index 61e2ec7..2dbcf83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NamedPipeClientChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NamedPipeClientChannel.java
@@ -48,4 +48,9 @@ public String getTransportType() {
     public String toString() {
         return pipe;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getMaxPacketSizeBytes() {
+        return NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDS_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
index e946ac2..255dc2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClient.java
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ protected static String format(ThreadLocal<NumberFormat> formatter, Number value
     protected final StatsDSender statsDSender;
     protected StatsDSender telemetryStatsDSender;
     protected final Telemetry telemetry;
-
+    private final int maxPacketSizeBytes;
     private final boolean blocking;
 
     /**
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ protected static String format(ThreadLocal<NumberFormat> formatter, Number value
         }
 
         this.blocking = blocking;
+        this.maxPacketSizeBytes = maxPacketSizeBytes;
+
         {
             List<String> costantPreTags = new ArrayList<>();
             if (constantTags != null) {
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ protected static String format(ThreadLocal<NumberFormat> formatter, Number value
 
             ThreadFactory threadFactory = customThreadFactory != null ? customThreadFactory : new StatsDThreadFactory();
 
-            statsDProcessor = createProcessor(queueSize, handler, maxPacketSizeBytes, poolSize,
+            statsDProcessor = createProcessor(queueSize, handler, getPacketSize(clientChannel), poolSize,
                     processorWorkers, blocking, aggregationFlushInterval, aggregationShards, threadFactory, containerID);
 
             Properties properties = new Properties();
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ protected static String format(ThreadLocal<NumberFormat> formatter, Number value
                 telemetryClientChannel = createByteChannel(telemetryAddressLookup, timeout, connectionTimeout, bufferSize);
 
                 // similar settings, but a single worker and non-blocking.
-                telemetryStatsDProcessor = createProcessor(queueSize, handler, maxPacketSizeBytes,
+                telemetryStatsDProcessor = createProcessor(queueSize, handler, getPacketSize(telemetryClientChannel),
                         poolSize, 1, false, 0, aggregationShards, threadFactory, containerID);
             }
 
@@ -1340,4 +1342,8 @@ private String getContainerID(String containerID, boolean originDetectionEnabled
 
         return null;
     }
+
+    private int getPacketSize(ClientChannel chan) {
+        return maxPacketSizeBytes > 0 ? maxPacketSizeBytes : chan.getMaxPacketSizeBytes();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java
index 080bcc7..2ceedcc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder.java
@@ -236,14 +236,8 @@ protected NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder resolve() {
             throw new UnsupportedOperationException("clone");
         }
 
-        int packetSize = maxPacketSizeBytes;
         Callable<SocketAddress> lookup = getAddressLookup();
 
-        if (packetSize == 0) {
-            packetSize = (port == 0) ? NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDS_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES :
-                NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES;
-        }
-
         Callable<SocketAddress> telemetryLookup = telemetryAddressLookup;
         if (telemetryLookup == null) {
             if (telemetryHostname == null) {
@@ -253,7 +247,6 @@ protected NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder resolve() {
             }
         }
 
-        resolved.maxPacketSizeBytes = packetSize;
         resolved.addressLookup = lookup;
         resolved.telemetryAddressLookup = telemetryLookup;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixDatagramClientChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixDatagramClientChannel.java
index 85bfb14..7d99696 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixDatagramClientChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixDatagramClientChannel.java
@@ -31,4 +31,9 @@ class UnixDatagramClientChannel extends DatagramClientChannel {
     public String getTransportType() {
         return "uds";
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getMaxPacketSizeBytes() {
+        return NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDS_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamClientChannel.java b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamClientChannel.java
index fa8019a..d910d78 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamClientChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamClientChannel.java
@@ -175,4 +175,9 @@ public String getTransportType() {
     public String toString() {
         return "[" + getTransportType() + "] " + address;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getMaxPacketSizeBytes() {
+        return NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDS_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java
index 45af036..7b72132 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/timgroup/statsd/UnixStreamSocketTest.java
@@ -171,4 +171,27 @@ public void resist_dsd_timeout() throws Exception {
         assertThat(server.messagesReceived(), hasItem("my.prefix.mycount:30|g"));
         server.clear();
     }
+
+    @Test(timeout = 5000L)
+    public void stream_uds_has_uds_buffer_size() throws Exception {
+        final NonBlockingStatsDClient client = new NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder()
+            .prefix("my.prefix")
+            .address("unixstream:///foo")
+            .containerID("fake-container-id")
+            .build();
+
+        assertEquals(client.statsDProcessor.bufferPool.getBufferSize(), NonBlockingStatsDClient.DEFAULT_UDS_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_BYTES);
+    }
+
+    @Test(timeout = 5000L)
+    public void max_packet_size_override() throws Exception {
+        final NonBlockingStatsDClient client = new NonBlockingStatsDClientBuilder()
+            .prefix("my.prefix")
+            .address("unixstream:///foo")
+            .containerID("fake-container-id")
+            .maxPacketSizeBytes(576)
+            .build();
+
+        assertEquals(client.statsDProcessor.bufferPool.getBufferSize(), 576);
+    }
 }