diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/tcp.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/tcp.rb
index bbdf387..5952918 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/tcp.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/tcp.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 class LogStash::Outputs::Tcp < LogStash::Outputs::Base
 
   config_name "tcp"
+  concurrency :shared
 
   default :codec, "json"
 
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ def register
     end # @ssl_enable
 
     if server?
-      workers_not_supported
+      @server_mutex = Mutex.new
 
       @logger.info("Starting tcp output listener", :address => "#{@host}:#{@port}")
       begin
@@ -144,35 +145,6 @@ def register
           end
         end
       end
-
-      @codec.on_event do |event, payload|
-        @client_threads.each do |client_thread|
-          client_thread[:client].write(payload)
-        end
-        @client_threads.reject! {|t| !t.alive? }
-      end
-    else
-      client_socket = nil
-      @codec.on_event do |event, payload|
-        begin
-          client_socket = connect unless client_socket
-          r,w,e = IO.select([client_socket], [client_socket], [client_socket], nil)
-          # don't expect any reads, but a readable socket might
-          # mean the remote end closed, so read it and throw it away.
-          # we'll get an EOFError if it happens.
-          client_socket.sysread(16384) if r.any?
-
-          # Now send the payload
-          client_socket.syswrite(payload) if w.any?
-        rescue => e
-          @logger.warn("tcp output exception", :host => @host, :port => @port,
-                       :exception => e, :backtrace => e.backtrace)
-          client_socket.close rescue nil
-          client_socket = nil
-          sleep @reconnect_interval
-          retry
-        end
-      end
     end
   end # def register
 
@@ -204,7 +176,38 @@ def server?
   end # def server?
 
   public
-  def receive(event)
-    @codec.encode(event)
-  end # def receive
+  def multi_receive_encoded(encoded)
+    if server?
+      @server_mutex.synchronize do
+        @client_threads.each do |client_thread|
+           encoded.each do |event,data|
+             client_thread[:client].write(data)
+           end
+        end
+        @client_threads.reject! {|t| !t.alive? }
+      end
+    else
+      client_socket = nil
+      begin
+        client_socket = connect unless client_socket
+        r,w,e = IO.select([client_socket], [client_socket], [client_socket], nil)
+        # don't expect any reads, but a readable socket might
+        # mean the remote end closed, so read it and throw it away.
+        # we'll get an EOFError if it happens.
+        client_socket.sysread(16384) if r.any?
+
+        # Now send the payload
+        encoded.each do |event,data|
+          client_socket.syswrite(data) if w.any?
+        end
+      rescue => e
+        @logger.warn("tcp output exception", :host => @host, :port => @port,
+                     :exception => e, :backtrace => e.backtrace)
+        client_socket.close rescue nil
+        client_socket = nil
+        sleep @reconnect_interval
+        retry
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end # class LogStash::Outputs::Tcp