diff --git a/src/StatsdClient/Bufferize/BufferBuilder.cs b/src/StatsdClient/Bufferize/BufferBuilder.cs
index c43d33e..da6ebcf 100644
--- a/src/StatsdClient/Bufferize/BufferBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/StatsdClient/Bufferize/BufferBuilder.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Text;
 
 namespace StatsdClient.Bufferize
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ public void Add(SerializedMetric serializedMetric)
 
             if (length < 0)
             {
-                throw new InvalidOperationException($"The metric size exceeds the internal buffer capacity {_charsBuffers.Length}: {serializedMetric.ToString()}");
+                Debug.WriteLine($"The metric size exceeds the internal buffer capacity {_charsBuffers.Length}: {serializedMetric.ToString()}");
+                return;
             }
 
             // Heuristic to know if there is enough space without calling `GetByteCount`.
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ public void Add(SerializedMetric serializedMetric)
 
                 if (byteCount > Capacity)
                 {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException($"The metric size exceeds the buffer capacity {Capacity}: {serializedMetric.ToString()}");
+                    Debug.WriteLine($"The metric size exceeds the buffer capacity {Capacity}: {serializedMetric.ToString()}");
+                    return;
                 }
 
                 // For separator
diff --git a/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/Bufferize/BufferBuilderTests.cs b/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/Bufferize/BufferBuilderTests.cs
index fe3708e..3b9450c 100644
--- a/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/Bufferize/BufferBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/Bufferize/BufferBuilderTests.cs
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ public void HandleBufferAndReset()
         [Test]
         public void AddReturnedValue()
         {
-            Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => _bufferBuilder.Add(CreateSerializedMetric('1', _bufferBuilder.Capacity + 1)));
-            Assert.AreEqual(0, _bufferBuilder.Length);
-
             _bufferBuilder.Add(CreateSerializedMetric('1', _bufferBuilder.Capacity - 1)); // -1 for separator
             Assert.AreEqual(_bufferBuilder.Capacity, _bufferBuilder.Length);
         }
diff --git a/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/DogStatsdServiceConfigurationTest.cs b/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/DogStatsdServiceConfigurationTest.cs
index 26cc553..8030fa5 100644
--- a/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/DogStatsdServiceConfigurationTest.cs
+++ b/tests/StatsdClient.Tests/DogStatsdServiceConfigurationTest.cs
@@ -197,6 +197,32 @@ public void Setting_tag_with_env_arg(string envVar, string tag)
             }
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        [Timeout(5000)]
+        public void Test_message_too_long()
+        {
+            using (var service = new DogStatsdService())
+            {
+                var metricsConfig = new StatsdConfig
+                {
+                    StatsdServerName = "127.0.0.1",
+                    StatsdMaxUDPPacketSize = 10,
+                };
+                service.Configure(metricsConfig);
+
+                var receivedData = ReceiveData(
+                    service,
+                    metricsConfig.StatsdServerName,
+                    8125,
+                    () =>
+                {
+                    service.Increment("test");
+                    service.Increment("too_long_message_which_will_be_dropped");
+                });
+                Assert.AreEqual(new List<string> { "test:1|c\n" }, receivedData);
+            }
+        }
+
         private List<string> ReceiveData(DogStatsdService dogstasdService, string testServerName, int testPort, Action sendData)
         {
             using (var udpListener = new UdpListener(testServerName, testPort))