diff --git a/raven-lua-scm-1.rockspec b/raven-lua-scm-1.rockspec
index 6a781ae..bcda39e 100644
--- a/raven-lua-scm-1.rockspec
+++ b/raven-lua-scm-1.rockspec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ to Sentry.]],
 }
 dependencies = {
   "lua >= 5.1",
-  "lua-cjson",
+  "lua-cjson"
 }
 build = {
    type = "builtin",
diff --git a/raven/senders/lua-resty-http.lua b/raven/senders/lua-resty-http.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89dd271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raven/senders/lua-resty-http.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+-- vim: st=4 sts=4 sw=4 et:
+--- Network backend using [lua-resty-http](https://github.com/ledgetech/lua-resty-http).
+--- Supports https, http, and keepalive for better performance.
+--
+-- @module raven.senders.lua-resty-http
+-- @copyright 2014-2017 CloudFlare, Inc.
+-- @license BSD 3-clause (see LICENSE file)
+
+local util = require 'raven.util'
+local http = require 'resty.http'
+
+local ngx_timer_at = ngx.timer.at
+local ngx_get_phase = ngx.get_phase
+local tostring = tostring
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local table_remove = table.remove
+local parse_dsn = util.parse_dsn
+local generate_auth_header = util.generate_auth_header
+local _VERSION = util._VERSION
+local _M = {}
+
+local mt = {}
+mt.__index = mt
+
+local function send_msg(self, msg)
+    local httpc = http.new()
+    local res, err = httpc:request_uri(self.server, msg)
+
+    if not res then
+        return nil, err
+    end
+
+    if res.status ~= 200 then
+        return nil, res.body or 'Sentry responded with status code ' .. res.status
+    end
+
+    return true
+end
+
+local function consume_queue(premature, self)
+    if premature then
+        return
+    end
+
+    local ok, err = xpcall(function()
+        local queue = self.queue
+
+        while #queue > 0 do
+            local msg = queue[1]
+
+            local ok, err = send_msg(self, msg)
+            if not ok then
+                -- Would we want to return here to preserve message in queue or remove it losing logs?
+                return util.errlog('Raven failed to send message: ', err)
+            end
+
+            table_remove(queue, 1)
+        end
+    end, debug.traceback)
+
+    if not ok then
+        util.errlog('Raven failed to run the async sender task: ', err)
+    end
+
+    self.task_running = false
+end
+
+local function process_queue(self)
+    if not self.task_running then
+        local ok, err = ngx_timer_at(0, consume_queue, self)
+        if not ok then
+            return nil, 'Failed to create timer: ' .. err
+        end
+
+        self.task_running = true
+    end
+
+    return true
+end
+
+function mt:send(json_str)
+    -- Prepare http request config
+    local msg = {
+        method = 'POST',
+        headers = {
+            ['Content-Type'] = 'applicaion/json',
+            ['User-Agent'] = 'raven-lua-http/' .. _VERSION,
+            ['X-Sentry-Auth'] = generate_auth_header(self),
+            ['Content-Length'] = tostring(#json_str),
+        },
+        body = json_str,
+        ssl_verify = self.opts.verify_ssl,
+        keepalive = self.opts.keepalive,
+        keepalive_timeout = self.opts.keepalive_timeout,
+        keepalive_pool = self.opts.keepalive_pool
+    }
+
+    -- Cosocket is only available in certain phases
+    local phase = ngx_get_phase()
+    if  (self.async) and (
+        phase == 'rewrite' or
+        phase == 'access' or
+        phase == 'content' or
+        phase == 'timer' or
+        phase == 'ssl_cert' or
+        phase == 'ssl_session_fetch')
+    then
+        return send_msg(self, msg)
+    else
+        local queue = self.queue
+        local queue_size = #queue
+
+        if queue_size <= self.queue_limit then
+            -- Add message to queue
+            queue[queue_size + 1] = msg
+
+            -- Process queue
+            local ok, err = process_queue(self)
+            if not ok then
+                return nil, err
+            end
+        else
+            -- Queue is full, process queue if not running
+            local ok, err = process_queue(self)
+            if not ok then
+                return nil, err
+            end
+
+            return nil, 'Queue is full, dropping message'
+        end
+
+        return true
+    end
+end
+
+--- Configuration table for the lua-resty-http.
+-- @field dsn DSN string
+-- @field verify_ssl Whether or not the SSL certificate is checked (boolean,
+--  defaults to false)
+-- @field keepalive Whether or not to keep connection alive (boolean,
+--  defaults to false)
+-- @field keepalive_timeout The maximum number of connections in the keepalive pool(int,
+--  defaults to 0)
+-- @field keepalive_pool Whether or not to keep connection alive (int,
+--  defaults to 0)
+-- @field queue_limit Maximum number of events in the queue (int,
+--  defaults to 10)
+-- @field async Always send message asynchronously, even when it can be sent
+--  right away. This is to prevent to slow down processing while contacting the
+--  Sentry server. (default: false)
+-- @table sender_conf
+
+--- Create a new sender object for the given DSN
+-- @param conf Configuration table, see @{sender_conf}
+-- @return A sender object
+function _M.new(conf)
+    local obj, err = parse_dsn(conf.dsn)
+    if not obj then
+        return nil, err
+    end
+
+    obj.opts = {
+        verify_ssl = conf.verify_ssl or false,
+        keepalive = conf.keepalive or false,
+        keepalive_timeout = conf.keepalive_timeout or 0,
+        keepalive_pool = conf.keepalive_pool or 0
+    }
+
+    obj.queue = {}
+    obj.queue_limit = conf.queue_limit or 10
+    obj.task_running = false
+    obj.async = conf.async or false
+
+    return setmetatable(obj, mt)
+end
+
+return _M
+