diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index c98d2b1..d2944a1 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -150,8 +150,12 @@ func (srv *Server) Listen() (net.Listener, error) {
 		}
 		ln = listener[0]
 	} else {
+		network, name := "tcp", srv.Addr
+		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "unix:") {
+			network, name = "unix", name[5:]
+		}
 		var err error
-		ln, err = net.Listen("tcp", srv.Addr)
+		ln, err = net.Listen(network, name)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/server_test.go b/server_test.go
index d36446a..e0d5f10 100644
--- a/server_test.go
+++ b/server_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ package httpx_test
 
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/bojanz/httpx"
@@ -97,4 +99,21 @@ func TestServer_Listen(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error %v", err)
 	}
+
+	// Name of a non existing file
+	fh, err := ioutil.TempFile("", "server-*.unix")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Skip(err)
+	}
+	fh.Close()
+	// Race condition: if the file is created between Remove and Listen, we fail.
+	os.Remove(fh.Name())
+	server = httpx.NewServer("unix:"+fh.Name(), http.DefaultServeMux)
+	ln, err = server.Listen()
+	if _, ok := ln.(*net.UnixListener); !ok {
+		t.Errorf("got %T, want *net.UnixListener", ln)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected error %+v", err)
+	}
 }