diff --git a/homeassistant/components/statsd.py b/homeassistant/components/statsd.py
index 452faf8933b..3613f53c098 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/statsd.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/statsd.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 CONF_ATTR = 'log_attributes'
 CONF_RATE = 'rate'
+CONF_VALUE_MAP = 'value_mapping'
 
 DEFAULT_HOST = 'localhost'
 DEFAULT_PORT = 8125
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ CONFIG_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
         vol.Optional(CONF_PREFIX, default=DEFAULT_PREFIX): cv.string,
         vol.Optional(CONF_RATE, default=DEFAULT_RATE):
             vol.All(vol.Coerce(int), vol.Range(min=1)),
+        vol.Optional(CONF_VALUE_MAP, default=None): dict,
     }),
 }, extra=vol.ALLOW_EXTRA)
 
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ def setup(hass, config):
     port = conf.get(CONF_PORT)
     sample_rate = conf.get(CONF_RATE)
     prefix = conf.get(CONF_PREFIX)
+    value_mapping = conf.get(CONF_VALUE_MAP)
     show_attribute_flag = conf.get(CONF_ATTR)
 
     statsd_client = statsd.StatsClient(host=host, port=port, prefix=prefix)
@@ -59,7 +62,10 @@ def setup(hass, config):
             return
 
         try:
-            _state = state_helper.state_as_number(state)
+            if value_mapping and state.state in value_mapping:
+                _state = float(value_mapping[state.state])
+            else:
+                _state = state_helper.state_as_number(state)
         except ValueError:
             # Set the state to none and continue for any numeric attributes.
             _state = None
diff --git a/tests/components/test_statsd.py b/tests/components/test_statsd.py
index eb8933b77be..5fd907fe0b1 100644
--- a/tests/components/test_statsd.py
+++ b/tests/components/test_statsd.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class TestStatsd(unittest.TestCase):
         config = {
             'statsd': {
                 'host': 'host',
+                'value_mapping': {'custom': 3}
             }
         }
 
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ class TestStatsd(unittest.TestCase):
 
         valid = {'1': 1,
                  '1.0': 1.0,
+                 'custom': 3,
                  STATE_ON: 1,
                  STATE_OFF: 0}
         for in_, out in valid.items():