diff --git a/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2.d b/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2.d
index db0f40a6f9..ded1345383 100644
--- a/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2.d
+++ b/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2.d
@@ -389,8 +389,29 @@ final class Libevent2Driver : EventDriver {
 
 	Libevent2TCPListener listenTCP(ushort port, void delegate(TCPConnection conn) @safe connection_callback, string address, TCPListenOptions options)
 	{
-		auto bind_addr = resolveHost(address, AF_UNSPEC, false);
-		bind_addr.port = port;
+		NetworkAddress bind_addr;
+		version(Posix)
+		{
+			import core.sys.posix.sys.un;
+			import core.stdc.string : strcpy;
+
+			if (address[0] == '/')
+			{
+				bind_addr.family = AF_UNIX;
+				sockaddr_un* s = bind_addr.sockAddrUnix();
+				enforce(s.sun_path.length > address.length, "Unix sockets cannot have that long a name.");
+				s.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+				() @trusted { strcpy(cast(char*)s.sun_path.ptr,address.toStringz()); } ();
+			} else
+			{
+				bind_addr = resolveHost(address, AF_UNSPEC, false);
+				bind_addr.port = port;
+			}
+		} else
+		{
+			bind_addr = resolveHost(address, AF_UNSPEC, false);
+			bind_addr.port = port;
+		}
 
 		auto listenfd_raw = () @trusted { return socket(bind_addr.family, SOCK_STREAM, 0); } ();
 		// on Win64 socket() returns a 64-bit value but libevent expects an int
diff --git a/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2_tcp.d b/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2_tcp.d
index 3589ae1afb..c92a0bf68a 100644
--- a/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2_tcp.d
+++ b/core/vibe/core/drivers/libevent2_tcp.d
@@ -477,6 +477,13 @@ final class Libevent2TCPListener : TCPListener {
 				TCPContextAlloc.free(ctx);
 			} ();
 			m_ctx = null;
+
+			version(Posix)
+			{
+				if (m_bindAddress.family == AF_UNIX) {
+					removeFile(m_bindAddress.toAddressString());
+				}
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/examples/unix_socket/dub.json b/examples/unix_socket_client/dub.json
similarity index 68%
rename from examples/unix_socket/dub.json
rename to examples/unix_socket_client/dub.json
index cf9542314c..b7f1e3d3ab 100644
--- a/examples/unix_socket/dub.json
+++ b/examples/unix_socket_client/dub.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-	"name": "unit-socket-example",
-	"description": "Example for sending http requests to unix sockets",
+	"name": "unit-socket-client-example",
+	"description": "Example for sending HTTP requests to Unix sockets",
 	"dependencies": {
 		"vibe-d:http": {"path": "../../"},
 		"vibe-d:web": {"path": "../../"},
diff --git a/examples/unix_socket/source/app.d b/examples/unix_socket_client/source/app.d
similarity index 74%
rename from examples/unix_socket/source/app.d
rename to examples/unix_socket_client/source/app.d
index d7e7fd7132..ea54ce2725 100644
--- a/examples/unix_socket/source/app.d
+++ b/examples/unix_socket_client/source/app.d
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import std.stdio;
 
 void main()
 {
-	URL url = URL("http+unix://%2Fvar%2Frun%2Fdocker.sock/containers/json");
+	URL url = URL("http+unix://%2Ftmp%2Fvibe.sock/hello");
 	writeln(url);
 	requestHTTP(url,(scope req){},(scope res){
 		writeln(res.bodyReader.readAllUTF8);
diff --git a/examples/unix_socket_server/dub.json b/examples/unix_socket_server/dub.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04066a5ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unix_socket_server/dub.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+	"name": "unit-socket-server-example",
+	"description": "A minimal HTTP server using Unix domain sockets",
+	"dependencies": {
+		"vibe-d:http": {"path": "../../"},
+		"vibe-d:web": {"path": "../../"},
+		"vibe-d:core": {"path": "../../"}
+	},
+	"versions": ["VibeNoSSL", "VibeDefaultMain"],
+	"subConfigurations": { "vibe-d:core": "libevent"}
+}
diff --git a/examples/unix_socket_server/source/app.d b/examples/unix_socket_server/source/app.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..969465a63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unix_socket_server/source/app.d
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import vibe.inet.url;
+import vibe.http.server;
+import vibe.http.router;
+import std.stdio;
+
+void handleHelloRequest(scope HTTPServerRequest req, scope HTTPServerResponse res)
+{
+    res.writeBody("Hello, World!", "text/plain");
+}
+
+shared static this()
+{
+	auto router = new URLRouter;
+	router.get("/hello", &handleHelloRequest);
+
+	auto settings = new HTTPServerSettings;
+	settings.bindAddresses = ["/tmp/vibe.sock"];
+
+	listenHTTP(settings, router);
+}
diff --git a/http/vibe/http/server.d b/http/vibe/http/server.d
index d773ad16ba..7d21855e5e 100644
--- a/http/vibe/http/server.d
+++ b/http/vibe/http/server.d
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ else version (Have_botan) {}
 else version (Have_openssl) {}
 else version = HaveNoTLS;
 
+version(Posix)
+{
+	version(VibeLibeventDriver)
+	{
+		version = UnixSocket;
+	}
+}
+
 /**************************************************************************************************/
 /* Public functions                                                                               */
 /**************************************************************************************************/
@@ -1750,7 +1758,18 @@ struct HTTPListener {
 				if (l.removeVirtualHost(vhid)) {
 					if (!l.hasVirtualHosts) {
 						l.m_listener.stopListening();
-						logInfo("Stopped to listen for HTTP%s requests on %s:%s", l.tlsContext ? "S": "", l.bindAddress, l.bindPort);
+						version(UnixSocket)
+						{
+							if (l.bindAddress[0] == '/') {
+								logInfo("Stopped to listen for HTTP%s requests on %s", l.tlsContext ? "S": "", l.bindAddress);
+							}
+							else {
+								logInfo("Stopped to listen for HTTP%s requests on %s:%s", l.tlsContext ? "S": "", l.bindAddress, l.bindPort);
+							}
+						}
+						else {
+							logInfo("Stopped to listen for HTTP%s requests on %s:%s", l.tlsContext ? "S": "", l.bindAddress, l.bindPort);
+						}
 						s_listeners = s_listeners[0 .. lidx] ~ s_listeners[lidx+1 .. $];
 					}
 				}
@@ -2005,10 +2024,27 @@ private HTTPListener listenHTTPPlain(HTTPServerSettings settings, HTTPServerRequ
 			auto proto = listen_info.tlsContext ? "https" : "http";
 			auto urladdr = listen_info.bindAddress;
 			if (urladdr.canFind(':')) urladdr = "["~urladdr~"]";
+			version(UnixSocket) if (urladdr[0] == '/') {
+				proto ~= "+unix";
+				logInfo("Listening for requests on %s://%s/", proto, urladdr);
+				return ret;
+			}
 			logInfo("Listening for requests on %s://%s:%s/", proto, urladdr, listen_info.bindPort);
 			return ret;
 		} catch( Exception e ) {
-			logWarn("Failed to listen on %s:%s", listen_info.bindAddress, listen_info.bindPort);
+			version(UnixSocket)
+			{
+				if (listen_info.bindAddress[0] == '/') {
+					logWarn("Failed to listen on %s", listen_info.bindAddress);
+				}
+				else {
+					logWarn("Failed to listen on %s:%s", listen_info.bindAddress, listen_info.bindPort);
+				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				logWarn("Failed to listen on %s:%s", listen_info.bindAddress, listen_info.bindPort);
+			}
 			return TCPListener.init;
 		}
 	}