diff --git a/lib/haproxy.rb b/lib/haproxy.rb
index 7a1d4b9..d691b50 100644
--- a/lib/haproxy.rb
+++ b/lib/haproxy.rb
@@ -8,13 +8,20 @@
 
 module HAProxy
 
-  def self.read_stats(from)
-    uri = URI.parse(from)
+  def self.read_stats(*from)
+    if from.length == 1
+      from = from[0]
+      uri = URI.parse(from)
 
-    if uri.is_a?(URI::Generic) and File.socket?(uri.path)
-      HAProxy::SocketReader.new(uri.path)
+      if uri.is_a?(URI::Generic) and File.socket?(uri.path)
+        HAProxy::SocketReader.new(uri.path)
+      else
+        raise NotImplementedError, "Invalid socket path provided."
+      end
+    elsif from.length == 2
+      HAProxy::SocketReader.new(from[0], from[1])
     else
-      raise NotImplementedError, "Currently only sockets are implemented"
+      raise NotImplementedError, "Only UNIX Sockets and host/port combinations are supported"
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/haproxy/socket_reader.rb b/lib/haproxy/socket_reader.rb
index 51776e7..f69d6bc 100644
--- a/lib/haproxy/socket_reader.rb
+++ b/lib/haproxy/socket_reader.rb
@@ -5,9 +5,15 @@
 module HAProxy
   class SocketReader < HAProxy::StatsReader
 
-    def initialize(path)
-      raise ArgumentError, "Socket #{path} doesn't exists or is not a UNIX socket" unless File.exists?(path) and File.socket?(path)
-      @path = path
+    def initialize(*args)
+      if args.length == 1
+        path = args[0]
+        raise ArgumentError, "Socket #{path} doesn't exists or is not a UNIX socket" unless File.exists?(path) and File.socket?(path)
+        @path = path
+      elsif args.length == 2
+        @host = args[0]
+        @port = args[1]
+      end
     end
 
     def info
@@ -92,12 +98,19 @@ def servers
     protected
 
     def send_cmd(cmd, &block)
-      socket = UNIXSocket.new(@path)
+      if @path
+        socket = UNIXSocket.new(@path)
+      else
+        socket = TCPSocket.new(@host, @port)
+      end
+
       socket.write(cmd + ';')
       socket.each do |line|
         next if line.chomp.empty?
         yield(line.strip)
       end
+
+      socket.close unless @path
     end
 
   end