diff --git a/src/async_/client.rs b/src/async_/client.rs
index 0d1e530..ead9711 100644
--- a/src/async_/client.rs
+++ b/src/async_/client.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ impl Client {
             || uri.starts_with("rss://")
             || uri.starts_with("tcp://")
             || uri.starts_with("tcps://")
+            || uri.starts_with("unix://")
+            || uri.starts_with("unix+rs://")
         {
             let serializer = self.serializer.serializer();
             let joiner = RawSocketJoiner::new(self.serializer, self.authenticator);
diff --git a/src/async_/rawsocket.rs b/src/async_/rawsocket.rs
index ca70279..6257088 100644
--- a/src/async_/rawsocket.rs
+++ b/src/async_/rawsocket.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 use crate::async_::peer::Peer;
 use crate::common::types::{Error, SerializerSpec, TRANSPORT_RAW_SOCKET, TransportType};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use tokio::io::{AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt, ReadHalf, WriteHalf};
+use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt, ReadHalf, WriteHalf};
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
+use tokio::net::UnixStream;
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 
 use url::Url;
@@ -12,14 +14,23 @@ use wampproto::transports::rawsocket::{
     send_handshake, send_message_header,
 };
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-pub struct RawSocketPeer {
-    reader: Arc<Mutex<ReadHalf<TcpStream>>>,
-    writer: Arc<Mutex<WriteHalf<TcpStream>>>,
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct RawSocketPeer<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + Debug + 'static> {
+    reader: Arc<Mutex<ReadHalf<S>>>,
+    writer: Arc<Mutex<WriteHalf<S>>>,
+}
+
+impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + Debug + 'static> Clone for RawSocketPeer<S> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        RawSocketPeer {
+            reader: Arc::clone(&self.reader),
+            writer: Arc::clone(&self.writer),
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]
-impl Peer for RawSocketPeer {
+impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + Debug + 'static> Peer for RawSocketPeer<S> {
     fn kind(&self) -> TransportType {
         TRANSPORT_RAW_SOCKET
     }
@@ -65,8 +76,8 @@ impl Peer for RawSocketPeer {
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::new_ret_no_self)]
-impl RawSocketPeer {
-    pub fn new(reader: ReadHalf<TcpStream>, writer: WriteHalf<TcpStream>) -> Box<dyn Peer> {
+impl<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Send + Sync + Debug + 'static> RawSocketPeer<S> {
+    pub fn new(reader: ReadHalf<S>, writer: WriteHalf<S>) -> Box<dyn Peer> {
         Box::new(RawSocketPeer {
             reader: Arc::new(Mutex::new(reader)),
             writer: Arc::new(Mutex::new(writer)),
@@ -74,16 +85,10 @@ impl RawSocketPeer {
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn connect_rawsocket(uri: &str, serializer: Box<dyn SerializerSpec>) -> Result<Box<dyn Peer>, Error> {
-    let parsed = Url::parse(uri).map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("invalid uri: {e}")))?;
-    let host = parsed.host_str().unwrap();
-    let port = parsed.port_or_known_default().unwrap();
-
-    let addr = format!("{host}:{port}");
-    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(addr)
-        .await
-        .map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("connect error: {e}")))?;
-
+async fn perform_handshake<S: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + Unpin>(
+    stream: &mut S,
+    serializer: &dyn SerializerSpec,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
     let handshake = Handshake::new(serializer.serializer_id(), DEFAULT_MAX_MSG_SIZE);
 
     let handshake_raw =
@@ -100,7 +105,39 @@ pub async fn connect_rawsocket(uri: &str, serializer: Box<dyn SerializerSpec>) -
         .await
         .map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("failed to read handshake response: {e}")))?;
 
-    _ = receive_handshake(&buf).map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("failed to parse handshake response: {e}")))?;
+    receive_handshake(&buf).map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("failed to parse handshake response: {e}")))?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn connect_rawsocket(uri: &str, serializer: Box<dyn SerializerSpec>) -> Result<Box<dyn Peer>, Error> {
+    let parsed = Url::parse(uri).map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("invalid uri: {e}")))?;
+
+    if parsed.scheme() == "unix" || parsed.scheme() == "unix+rs" {
+        let path = parsed.path();
+        let mut stream = UnixStream::connect(path)
+            .await
+            .map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("connect error: {e}")))?;
+
+        perform_handshake(&mut stream, serializer.as_ref()).await?;
+
+        let (reader, writer) = tokio::io::split(stream);
+        return Ok(RawSocketPeer::new(reader, writer));
+    }
+
+    let host = parsed
+        .host_str()
+        .ok_or_else(|| Error::new("missing host in uri".to_string()))?;
+    let port = parsed
+        .port_or_known_default()
+        .ok_or_else(|| Error::new("missing port in uri".to_string()))?;
+
+    let addr = format!("{host}:{port}");
+    let mut stream = TcpStream::connect(addr)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| Error::new(format!("connect error: {e}")))?;
+
+    perform_handshake(&mut stream, serializer.as_ref()).await?;
 
     let (reader, writer) = tokio::io::split(stream);
     Ok(RawSocketPeer::new(reader, writer))