diff --git a/src/Adapter/UdpAdapter.php b/src/Adapter/UdpAdapter.php
index e497b13b7..2f9930087 100644
--- a/src/Adapter/UdpAdapter.php
+++ b/src/Adapter/UdpAdapter.php
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ final class UdpAdapter extends AdapterAbstract
 
     public function write($message)
     {
+        // Create a handler in order to handle the 'Host is down' message
+        set_error_handler(function() {
+          // Suppress the error, this is the UDP adapter and if we can't send
+          // it then we shouldn't inturrupt their application.
+        });
+
         $socket = socket_create(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, SOL_UDP);
         socket_sendto($socket, $message, strlen($message), 0, $this->getOptions()->getHost(), $this->getOptions()->getPort());
         socket_close($socket);
+
+        // Remove our error handler.
+        restore_error_handler();
     }
 
     private function serialize(array $message)
diff --git a/tests/ClientTest.php b/tests/ClientTest.php
index ad5367b2e..34145d7ce 100644
--- a/tests/ClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/ClientTest.php
@@ -359,6 +359,30 @@ class ClientTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertEquals(712423, $body["results"][0]["series"][0]["values"][0][2]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Test that we handle socket problems correctly in the UDP
+     * adapter, and that they don't inturrupt the user's application.
+     *
+     * @group udp
+     */
+    public function testReplicateIssue27()
+    {
+        $options = new \InfluxDB\Options();
+
+        // Configure options
+        $options->setHost('172.16.1.182');
+        $options->setPort(4444);
+        $options->setDatabase('...');
+        $options->setUsername('root');
+        $options->setPassword('root');
+
+        $httpAdapter = new \InfluxDB\Adapter\UdpAdapter($options);
+
+        $client = new \InfluxDB\Client();
+        $client->setAdapter($httpAdapter);
+        $client->mark("udp.test", ["mark" => "element"]);
+    }
+
     public function testListActiveDatabses()
     {
         $databases = $this->object->getDatabases();