diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/container/osgi/NettyBundleActivator.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/container/osgi/NettyBundleActivator.java
index 21875dd9c1..113eb67d0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/container/osgi/NettyBundleActivator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/container/osgi/NettyBundleActivator.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ClientSocketChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.DatagramChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ServerSocketChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioClientSocketChannelFactory;
+import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioDatagramChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.nio.NioServerSocketChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioClientSocketChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.oio.OioDatagramChannelFactory;
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ public class NettyBundleActivator implements BundleActivator {
         // Miscellaneous transports
         register(ctx, new OioClientSocketChannelFactory(executor));
         register(ctx, new OioServerSocketChannelFactory(executor, executor));
+        register(ctx, new NioDatagramChannelFactory(executor));
     }
 
     public void stop(BundleContext ctx) throws Exception {