diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae5647c2..5466e5ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ rtmp_port: port to listen to incoming RTMP connection on (default 1935)
 whip_port: port to listen to incoming WHIP calls on (default 8080)
 http_relay_port: port used to relay data from the main service process to the per ingress handler process (default 9090)
 rtc_config: configuration for ICE and other RTC related settings, same settings livekit-server RTC configuration. Used for WHIP.
+enable_udp_url_pull: allow URL pull ingresses to pull from udp:// urls (default false)
+multicast_interface: network interface to join multicast groups on for UDP url pull. Empty lets the OS decide
 
 # cpu costs for various Ingress types with their default values
 cpu_cost:
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 15bba80d..2bbf2f38 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ type ServiceConfig struct {
 	Logging          logger.Config `yaml:"logging"`
 	Development      bool          `yaml:"development"`
 	PSRPCSkipClaim   bool          `yaml:"psrpc_skip_claim,omitempty"` // Lets psrpc servers skip the claim handshake on queue rpcs
+	EnableUDPURLPull bool          `yaml:"enable_udp_url_pull,omitempty"`
+	// Network interface to join multicast groups on for UDP url pull. Empty means let the OS decide.
+	MulticastInterface string `yaml:"multicast_interface,omitempty"`
 
 	// Used for WHIP transport
 	RTCConfig rtcconfig.RTCConfig `yaml:"rtc_config"`
diff --git a/pkg/media/urlpull/source.go b/pkg/media/urlpull/source.go
index 867db5de..b676ca11 100644
--- a/pkg/media/urlpull/source.go
+++ b/pkg/media/urlpull/source.go
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/frostbyte73/core"
 	"github.com/go-gst/go-gst/gst"
 
+	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
+
 	"github.com/livekit/ingress/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/livekit/ingress/pkg/params"
-	"github.com/livekit/protocol/logger"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -85,6 +86,24 @@ func NewURLSource(_ context.Context, p *params.Params) (*URLSource, error) {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+	} else if p.EnableUDPURLPull && strings.HasPrefix(p.Url, "udp://") {
+		elem, err = gst.NewElement("udpsrc")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		err = elem.SetProperty("uri", p.Url)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if p.MulticastInterface != "" {
+			err = elem.SetProperty("multicast-iface", p.MulticastInterface)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
+		// udpsrc doesn't expose a stats property, so leave printStats unset
 	} else {
 		return nil, errors.ErrUnsupportedURLFormat
 	}