diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index 8cdf0633..33113318 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Server config can be adjusted with AFL_STATSD_HOST and AFL_STATSD_PORT env var.
 #define STATSD_DEFAULT_PORT 8125
 #define STATSD_DEFAULT_HOST "127.0.0.1"
 
+/* comment out to disable tags. */
+#define USE_DOGSTATSD_TAGS
+
 /* If you want to have the original afl internal memory corruption checks.
    Disabled by default for speed. it is better to use "make ASAN_BUILD=1". */
 
diff --git a/src/afl-fuzz-statsd.c b/src/afl-fuzz-statsd.c
index 5bd1b537..298138be 100644
--- a/src/afl-fuzz-statsd.c
+++ b/src/afl-fuzz-statsd.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ int statsd_format_metric(afl_state_t *afl, char *buff, size_t bufflen){
     /* Metric format:
     <some.namespaced.name>:<value>|<type>
     */
-    #ifdef USE_STATSD_TAGS
+    #ifdef USE_DOGSTATSD_TAGS
     /* Tags format: DogStatsD
     <some.namespaced.name>:<value>|<type>|#key:value,key:value,key
     */