diff --git a/examples/datadog/go.mod b/examples/datadog/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..772da79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/datadog/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module github.com/felixge/go-profiler-notes/examples/datadog
+
+go 1.15
+
+require (
+	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.2.0+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.4 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.28.0
+)
diff --git a/examples/datadog/go.sum b/examples/datadog/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5cd6bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/datadog/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.2.0+incompatible h1:Q73jzyKHwyA04Gf4SSukRF+KR4wJEimU6tAuU0B8Y4Y=
+github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.1.4 h1:0ecGp3skIrHWPNGPJDaBIghfA6Sp7Ruo2Io8eLKzWm0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.1.4/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/tinylib/msgp v1.1.2/go.mod h1:+d+yLhGm8mzTaHzB+wgMYrodPfmZrzkirds8fDWklFE=
+gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.28.0 h1:EmglUJuykRsTwsQDcKaAo3CmOunWU6Dqk7U2lo7Pjss=
+gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.28.0/go.mod h1:Sp1lku8WJMvNV0kjDI4Ni/T7J/U3BO5ct5kEaoVU8+I=
diff --git a/examples/datadog/main.go b/examples/datadog/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4e4f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/datadog/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	_ "net/http/pprof"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+
+	"gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1/profiler"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	if err := run(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func run() error {
+	if err := startProfiler(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer profiler.Stop()
+
+	for {
+		time.Sleep(10 * time.Millisecond)
+	}
+}
+
+func startProfiler() error {
+	return profiler.Start(
+		profiler.WithService("datadog-example"),
+		profiler.WithEnv("localhost"),
+		profiler.WithVersion("1.0"),
+		profiler.WithProfileTypes(
+			profiler.CPUProfile,
+			profiler.HeapProfile,
+			profiler.MutexProfile,
+			profiler.GoroutineProfile,
+			profiler.BlockProfile,
+		),
+	)
+}