diff --git a/dogstatsd-http/core/pom.xml b/dogstatsd-http/core/pom.xml
index ad935353..a79f788a 100644
--- a/dogstatsd-http/core/pom.xml
+++ b/dogstatsd-http/core/pom.xml
@@ -22,4 +22,24 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <!-- Provide stable JPMS name to the artifact.
+                             Causes `mvn test` to fail on with a module error, use `mvn package` instead. -->
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <Automatic-Module-Name>com.datadoghq.dogstatsd.http</Automatic-Module-Name>
+                        </manifestEntries>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/dogstatsd-http/forwarder/src/main/java/module-info.java b/dogstatsd-http/forwarder/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1ee574a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dogstatsd-http/forwarder/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are
+ * licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
+ *
+ * This product includes software developed at Datadog
+ *  (https://www.datadoghq.com/) Copyright 2026 Datadog, Inc.
+ */
+
+/** HTTP forwarder for DogStatsD metrics. */
+module com.datadoghq.dogstatsd.http.forwarder {
+    requires transitive com.datadoghq.dogstatsd.http;
+    requires java.net.http;
+    requires java.logging;
+
+    exports com.datadoghq.dogstatsd.http.forwarder;
+}