diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfc26cae86..8be6188260 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   - `--otlp-endpoint host:port`: Set the OTLP gRPC endpoint for captured traces (default: `http://LISTEN_INTERFACE:4317`
     where `LISTEN_INTERFACE` is the value from the `--listen-interface` option if specified, or `127.0.0.1` otherwise)
 - (Splunk) Add the loadbalancing exporter to the distribution ([#3825](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/3825))
+- (Splunk) Add UDP log receiver ([#3826](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/3826))
 
 ## v0.86.0
 
diff --git a/docs/components.md b/docs/components.md
index 11ccd2babe..b754e3d274 100644
--- a/docs/components.md
+++ b/docs/components.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ The distribution offers support for the following components.
 | [statsd](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/statsdreceiver)                           | [beta]           |
 | [syslog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/syslogreceiver)                           | [alpha]          |
 | [tcplog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/tcplogreceiver)                           | [alpha]          |
+| [udplog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/udplogreceiver)                           | [alpha]          |
 | [wavefront](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/wavefrontreceiver)                     | [beta]           |
 | [windowseventlog](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver)         | [alpha]          |
 | [windowsperfcounters](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/tree/main/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver) | [beta]           |
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b9b523dc1d..6a78d8731c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/statsdreceiver v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver v0.87.0
+	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/udplogreceiver v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/wavefrontreceiver v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver v0.87.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver v0.87.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bbdcdf8809..567b2f1ad1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1288,6 +1288,8 @@ github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceive
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver v0.87.0/go.mod h1:bqbSRWfqF4MeiC0bnra9YjH7UW8v60FJh9IdmSm1vSE=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver v0.87.0 h1:Uh/apfRa2vMSxN3AEYbBTcsTVJF07x24U7bL/M067GI=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver v0.87.0/go.mod h1:NDw094XyxT5U+RK5mdUKdySOZldf3CkgW9h2CMeW3h8=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/udplogreceiver v0.87.0 h1:ntksrnj1gr8jFDS/QOe0k9kWC2z55N14/gptx8KIxR4=
+github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/udplogreceiver v0.87.0/go.mod h1:7rtr8vHU5zQ9DHc2k3FQ2m5nYyaMpXMyynmi+D5AsVE=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/wavefrontreceiver v0.87.0 h1:YGlQNpV72+KLHq1OBP+fH9dvpi3Q2Q4qGw2e9cPodUs=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/wavefrontreceiver v0.87.0/go.mod h1:Ythe6IiQlNOhcpVgX2wZ/AvwL7LVy4pFko0PExzmX0Y=
 github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver v0.87.0 h1:ieyr3uxUf/k+MThGIXdd4+T2dLeexljF1ep+oZ05q88=
diff --git a/internal/components/components.go b/internal/components/components.go
index 940b9a27d6..cace2b4595 100644
--- a/internal/components/components.go
+++ b/internal/components/components.go
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/statsdreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/syslogreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/tcplogreceiver"
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/udplogreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/wavefrontreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/windowseventlogreceiver"
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/windowsperfcountersreceiver"
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func Get() (otelcol.Factories, error) {
 		statsdreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		syslogreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		tcplogreceiver.NewFactory(),
+		udplogreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		wavefrontreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		windowsperfcountersreceiver.NewFactory(),
 		windowseventlogreceiver.NewFactory(),
diff --git a/internal/components/components_test.go b/internal/components/components_test.go
index 8645536283..604859e03b 100644
--- a/internal/components/components_test.go
+++ b/internal/components/components_test.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func TestDefaultComponents(t *testing.T) {
 		"statsd",
 		"syslog",
 		"tcplog",
+		"udplog",
 		"wavefront",
 		"windowseventlog",
 		"windowsperfcounters",