diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ExposedPort.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ExposedPort.java
index e5d4c02dc..875a571a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ExposedPort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ExposedPort.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public static ExposedPort tcp(int port) {
 		return new ExposedPort("tcp", port);
 	}
 
+	public static ExposedPort udp(int port) {
+		return new ExposedPort("udp", port);
+	}
+
 	public static ExposedPort parse(String serialized) {
 		try {
 			String[] parts = serialized.split("/");