diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff5d27ea..31ee0528 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ thermal | Exposes thermal statistics like `pmset -g therm`. | Darwin
 thermal\_zone | Exposes thermal zone & cooling device statistics from `/sys/class/thermal`. | Linux
 time | Exposes the current system time. | _any_
 timex | Exposes selected adjtimex(2) system call stats. | Linux
-udp_queues | Exposes UDP total lengths of the rx_queue and tx_queue from `/proc/net/udp` and `/proc/net/udp6`. | Linux
+udp | Exposes UDP statistics from `/proc/net/udp` and `/proc/net/udp6`. | Linux
 uname | Exposes system information as provided by the uname system call. | Darwin, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD
 vmstat | Exposes statistics from `/proc/vmstat`. | Linux
 watchdog | Exposes statistics from `/sys/class/watchdog` | Linux
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-64k-page-output.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-64k-page-output.txt
index 7f4b17d2..d0a57cf3 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-64k-page-output.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-64k-page-output.txt
@@ -2991,7 +2991,7 @@ node_scrape_collector_success{collector="tapestats"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="textfile"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="thermal_zone"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="time"} 1
-node_scrape_collector_success{collector="udp_queues"} 1
+node_scrape_collector_success{collector="udp"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="vmstat"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="watchdog"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="wifi"} 1
@@ -3242,9 +3242,11 @@ node_time_clocksource_current_info{clocksource="tsc",device="0"} 1
 # TYPE node_time_seconds gauge
 # HELP node_time_zone_offset_seconds System time zone offset in seconds.
 # TYPE node_time_zone_offset_seconds gauge
+# HELP node_udp_drops_total Total number of datagrams dropped.
+# TYPE node_udp_drops_total counter
+node_udp_drops_total{ip="v4"} 100
 # HELP node_udp_queues Number of allocated memory in the kernel for UDP datagrams in bytes.
-# TYPE node_udp_queues counter
-node_udp_queues{ip="v4",queue="drops"} 100
+# TYPE node_udp_queues gauge
 node_udp_queues{ip="v4",queue="rx"} 0
 node_udp_queues{ip="v4",queue="tx"} 21
 # HELP node_vmstat_oom_kill /proc/vmstat information field oom_kill.
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt
index 6dc8e7a8..bcec4f26 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ node_scrape_collector_success{collector="tapestats"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="textfile"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="thermal_zone"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="time"} 1
-node_scrape_collector_success{collector="udp_queues"} 1
+node_scrape_collector_success{collector="udp"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="vmstat"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="watchdog"} 1
 node_scrape_collector_success{collector="wifi"} 1
@@ -3264,9 +3264,11 @@ node_time_clocksource_current_info{clocksource="tsc",device="0"} 1
 # TYPE node_time_seconds gauge
 # HELP node_time_zone_offset_seconds System time zone offset in seconds.
 # TYPE node_time_zone_offset_seconds gauge
+# HELP node_udp_drops_total Total number of datagrams dropped.
+# TYPE node_udp_drops_total counter
+node_udp_drops_total{ip="v4"} 100
 # HELP node_udp_queues Number of allocated memory in the kernel for UDP datagrams in bytes.
-# TYPE node_udp_queues counter
-node_udp_queues{ip="v4",queue="drops"} 100
+# TYPE node_udp_queues gauge
 node_udp_queues{ip="v4",queue="rx"} 0
 node_udp_queues{ip="v4",queue="tx"} 21
 # HELP node_vmstat_oom_kill /proc/vmstat information field oom_kill.
diff --git a/collector/udp_queues_linux.go b/collector/udp_queues_linux.go
index 8d7cd690..c9f4eb9b 100644
--- a/collector/udp_queues_linux.go
+++ b/collector/udp_queues_linux.go
@@ -27,42 +27,48 @@ import (
 )
 
 type (
-	udpQueuesCollector struct {
+	udpCollector struct {
 		fs     procfs.FS
-		desc   *prometheus.Desc
+		queues *prometheus.Desc
+		drops  *prometheus.Desc
 		logger *slog.Logger
 	}
 )
 
 func init() {
-	registerCollector("udp_queues", defaultEnabled, NewUDPqueuesCollector)
+	registerCollector("udp", defaultEnabled, NewUDPCollector)
 }
 
 // NewUDPqueuesCollector returns a new Collector exposing network udp queued bytes.
-func NewUDPqueuesCollector(logger *slog.Logger) (Collector, error) {
+func NewUDPCollector(logger *slog.Logger) (Collector, error) {
 	fs, err := procfs.NewFS(*procPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open procfs: %w", err)
 	}
-	return &udpQueuesCollector{
+	return &udpCollector{
 		fs: fs,
-		desc: prometheus.NewDesc(
+		queues: prometheus.NewDesc(
 			prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, "udp", "queues"),
 			"Number of allocated memory in the kernel for UDP datagrams in bytes.",
 			[]string{"queue", "ip"}, nil,
 		),
+		drops: prometheus.NewDesc(
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(namespace, "udp", "drops_total"),
+			"Total number of datagrams dropped.",
+			[]string{"ip"}, nil,
+		),
 		logger: logger,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *udpQueuesCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
+func (c *udpCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 
 	s4, errIPv4 := c.fs.NetUDPSummary()
 	if errIPv4 == nil {
-		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s4.TxQueueLength), "tx", "v4")
-		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s4.RxQueueLength), "rx", "v4")
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.queues, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s4.TxQueueLength), "tx", "v4")
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.queues, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s4.RxQueueLength), "rx", "v4")
 		if s4.Drops != nil {
-			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.desc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(*s4.Drops), "drops", "v4")
+			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.drops, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(*s4.Drops), "v4")
 		}
 	} else {
 		if errors.Is(errIPv4, os.ErrNotExist) {
@@ -74,10 +80,10 @@ func (c *udpQueuesCollector) Update(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) error {
 
 	s6, errIPv6 := c.fs.NetUDP6Summary()
 	if errIPv6 == nil {
-		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s6.TxQueueLength), "tx", "v6")
-		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s6.RxQueueLength), "rx", "v6")
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.queues, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s6.TxQueueLength), "tx", "v6")
+		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.queues, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(s6.RxQueueLength), "rx", "v6")
 		if s6.Drops != nil {
-			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.desc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(*s6.Drops), "drops", "v6")
+			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(c.drops, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(*s6.Drops), "v6")
 		}
 	} else {
 		if errors.Is(errIPv6, os.ErrNotExist) {
diff --git a/end-to-end-test.sh b/end-to-end-test.sh
index 35e4534e..0816951d 100755
--- a/end-to-end-test.sh
+++ b/end-to-end-test.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ enabled_collectors=$(cat << COLLECTORS
   sysctl
   textfile
   thermal_zone
-  udp_queues
+  udp
   vmstat
   watchdog
   wifi