diff --git a/changelog.d/15687_syslog_udp_received_metrics.fix.md b/changelog.d/15687_syslog_udp_received_metrics.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cd4805bc0675e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/15687_syslog_udp_received_metrics.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+The `syslog` source in UDP mode now emits the standard "received" metrics, aligning behavior with TCP and the Component Specification:
+
+- `component_received_events_total`
+- `component_received_event_bytes_total`
+- `component_received_bytes_total`
+
+This makes internal telemetry consistent and restores compliance checks for UDP syslog.
+
+authors: sghall
diff --git a/src/sources/syslog.rs b/src/sources/syslog.rs
index 57ed8d90f3a28..9a3d78b8e1bad 100644
--- a/src/sources/syslog.rs
+++ b/src/sources/syslog.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,14 @@ use listenfd::ListenFd;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
 use tokio_util::udp::UdpFramed;
 use vector_lib::{
+    EstimatedJsonEncodedSizeOf,
     codecs::{
         BytesDecoder, OctetCountingDecoder, SyslogDeserializerConfig,
         decoding::{Deserializer, Framer},
     },
     config::{LegacyKey, LogNamespace},
     configurable::configurable_component,
+    internal_event::{ByteSize, BytesReceived, InternalEventHandle as _, Protocol},
     ipallowlist::IpAllowlistConfig,
     lookup::{OwnedValuePath, lookup_v2::OptionalValuePath, path},
 };
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ use crate::{
         DataType, GenerateConfig, Resource, SourceConfig, SourceContext, SourceOutput, log_schema,
     },
     event::Event,
-    internal_events::{SocketBindError, SocketMode, SocketReceiveError, StreamClosedError},
+    internal_events::{
+        SocketBindError, SocketEventsReceived, SocketMode, SocketReceiveError, StreamClosedError,
+    },
     net,
     shutdown::ShutdownSignal,
     sources::util::net::{SocketListenAddr, TcpNullAcker, TcpSource, try_bind_udp_socket},
@@ -341,6 +345,8 @@ pub fn udp(
             r#type = "udp"
         );
 
+        let bytes_received = register!(BytesReceived::from(Protocol::UDP));
+
         let mut stream = UdpFramed::new(
             socket,
             Decoder::new(
@@ -353,9 +359,17 @@ pub fn udp(
         .take_until(shutdown)
         .filter_map(|frame| {
             let host_key = host_key.clone();
+            let bytes_received = bytes_received.clone();
             async move {
                 match frame {
-                    Ok(((mut events, _byte_size), received_from)) => {
+                    Ok(((mut events, byte_size), received_from)) => {
+                        let count = events.len();
+                        bytes_received.emit(ByteSize(byte_size));
+                        emit!(SocketEventsReceived {
+                            mode: SocketMode::Udp,
+                            byte_size: events.estimated_json_encoded_size_of(),
+                            count,
+                        });
                         let received_from = received_from.ip().to_string().into();
                         handle_events(&mut events, &host_key, Some(received_from), log_namespace);
                         Some(events.remove(0))
@@ -1185,6 +1199,72 @@ mod test {
         .await;
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_udp_syslog() {
+        assert_source_compliance(&SOCKET_PUSH_SOURCE_TAGS, async {
+            let num_messages: usize = 1000;
+            let (_guard, in_addr) = next_addr();
+
+            // Create and spawn the source.
+            let config = SyslogConfig::from_mode(Mode::Udp {
+                address: in_addr.into(),
+                receive_buffer_bytes: None,
+            });
+
+            let key = ComponentKey::from("in");
+            let (tx, rx) = SourceSender::new_test();
+            let (context, shutdown) = SourceContext::new_shutdown(&key, tx);
+            let shutdown_complete = shutdown.shutdown_tripwire();
+
+            let source = config
+                .build(context)
+                .await
+                .expect("source should not fail to build");
+            tokio::spawn(source);
+
+            // Give UDP a brief moment to start listening.
+            sleep(Duration::from_millis(150)).await;
+
+            let output_events = CountReceiver::receive_events(rx);
+
+            // Craft and send syslog messages as individual UDP datagrams.
+            let input_messages: Vec<SyslogMessageRfc5424> = (0..num_messages)
+                .map(|i| SyslogMessageRfc5424::random(i, 30, 4, 3, 3))
+                .collect();
+
+            let input_lines: Vec<String> =
+                input_messages.iter().map(|msg| msg.to_string()).collect();
+
+            let socket = tokio::net::UdpSocket::bind("127.0.0.1:0").await.unwrap();
+            for line in input_lines {
+                socket.send_to(line.as_bytes(), in_addr).await.unwrap();
+            }
+
+            // Wait a short period of time to ensure the messages get sent.
+            sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+
+            // Shutdown the source, and make sure we've got all the messages we sent in.
+            shutdown
+                .shutdown_all(Some(Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(100)))
+                .await;
+            shutdown_complete.await;
+
+            let output_events = output_events.await;
+            assert_eq!(output_events.len(), num_messages);
+
+            let output_messages: Vec<SyslogMessageRfc5424> = output_events
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|mut e| {
+                    e.as_mut_log().remove("hostname"); // Vector adds this field which will cause a parse error.
+                    e.as_mut_log().remove("source_ip"); // Vector adds this field which will cause a parse error.
+                    e.into()
+                })
+                .collect();
+            assert_eq!(output_messages, input_messages);
+        })
+        .await;
+    }
+
     #[cfg(unix)]
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_unix_stream_syslog() {