diff --git a/src/vnet/udp/udp.h b/src/vnet/udp/udp.h
index 89539e5..f157711 100644
--- a/src/vnet/udp/udp.h
+++ b/src/vnet/udp/udp.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 typedef enum
 {
-#define udp_error(n,s) UDP_ERROR_##n,
+#define udp_error(f, n, s, d) UDP_ERROR_##f,
 #include <vnet/udp/udp_error.def>
 #undef udp_error
   UDP_N_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/vnet/udp/udp_error.def b/src/vnet/udp/udp_error.def
index 776d94a..178d5c9 100644
--- a/src/vnet/udp/udp_error.def
+++ b/src/vnet/udp/udp_error.def
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-udp_error (NONE, "No error")
-udp_error (NO_LISTENER, "No listener for dst port")
-udp_error (LENGTH_ERROR, "Packets with length errors")
-udp_error (PUNT, "No listener punt")
-udp_error (ENQUEUED, "Packets enqueued")
-udp_error (FIFO_FULL, "Fifo full")
-udp_error (NOT_READY, "Connection not ready")
-udp_error (ACCEPT, "Accepted session")
-udp_error (CREATE_SESSION, "Failed to create session")
-udp_error (MQ_FULL, "Application msg queue full")
+udp_error (NONE, none, INFO, "No error")
+udp_error (NO_LISTENER, no_listener, ERROR, "No listener for dst port")
+udp_error (LENGTH_ERROR, length_error, ERROR, "Packets with length errors")
+udp_error (PUNT, punt, ERROR, "No listener punt")
+udp_error (ENQUEUED, enqueued, INFO, "Packets enqueued")
+udp_error (FIFO_FULL, fifo_full, ERROR, "Fifo full")
+udp_error (NOT_READY, not_ready, ERROR, "Connection not ready")
+udp_error (ACCEPT, accept, INFO, "Accepted session")
+udp_error (CREATE_SESSION, create_session, ERROR, "Failed to create session")
+udp_error (MQ_FULL, mq_full, ERROR, "Application msg queue full")
diff --git a/src/vnet/udp/udp_input.c b/src/vnet/udp/udp_input.c
index c76c1b7..d14bdb8 100644
--- a/src/vnet/udp/udp_input.c
+++ b/src/vnet/udp/udp_input.c
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 #include <vnet/udp/udp_packet.h>
 #include <vnet/session/session.h>
 
-static char *udp_error_strings[] = {
-#define udp_error(n,s) s,
+static vlib_error_desc_t udp_error_counters[] = {
+#define udp_error(f, n, s, d) { #n, d, VL_COUNTER_SEVERITY_##s },
 #include "udp_error.def"
 #undef udp_error
 };
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
   .format_trace = format_udp_input_trace,
   .type = VLIB_NODE_TYPE_INTERNAL,
-  .n_errors = ARRAY_LEN (udp_error_strings),
-  .error_strings = udp_error_strings,
+  .n_errors = UDP_N_ERROR,
+  .error_counters = udp_error_counters,
   .n_next_nodes = UDP_INPUT_N_NEXT,
   .next_nodes = {
 #define _(s, n) [UDP_INPUT_NEXT_##s] = n,
@@ -376,8 +376,8 @@
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
   .format_trace = format_udp_input_trace,
   .type = VLIB_NODE_TYPE_INTERNAL,
-  .n_errors = ARRAY_LEN (udp_error_strings),
-  .error_strings = udp_error_strings,
+  .n_errors = UDP_N_ERROR,
+  .error_counters = udp_error_counters,
   .n_next_nodes = UDP_INPUT_N_NEXT,
   .next_nodes = {
 #define _(s, n) [UDP_INPUT_NEXT_##s] = n,
diff --git a/src/vnet/udp/udp_local.c b/src/vnet/udp/udp_local.c
index edfec33..06bafbb 100644
--- a/src/vnet/udp/udp_local.c
+++ b/src/vnet/udp/udp_local.c
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@
   u8 bound;
 } udp_local_rx_trace_t;
 
+static vlib_error_desc_t udp_error_counters[] = {
+#define udp_error(f, n, s, d) { #n, d, VL_COUNTER_SEVERITY_##s },
+#include "udp_error.def"
+#undef udp_error
+};
+
 #define UDP_NO_NODE_SET ((u16) ~0)
 
 #ifndef CLIB_MARCH_VARIANT
@@ -342,12 +348,6 @@
   return from_frame->n_vectors;
 }
 
-static char *udp_error_strings[] = {
-#define udp_error(n,s) s,
-#include "udp_error.def"
-#undef udp_error
-};
-
 VLIB_NODE_FN (udp4_local_node) (vlib_main_t * vm,
 				vlib_node_runtime_t * node,
 				vlib_frame_t * from_frame)
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
 
   .n_errors = UDP_N_ERROR,
-  .error_strings = udp_error_strings,
+  .error_counters = udp_error_counters,
 
   .n_next_nodes = UDP_LOCAL_N_NEXT,
   .next_nodes = {
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
   .vector_size = sizeof (u32),
 
   .n_errors = UDP_N_ERROR,
-  .error_strings = udp_error_strings,
+  .error_counters = udp_error_counters,
 
   .n_next_nodes = UDP_LOCAL_N_NEXT,
   .next_nodes = {