diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog for Hedis
 
+## 0.9.10
+
+* PR #93, Issue #92. Connection to Unix sockets is broken
+
 ## 0.9.9
 
 * PR #90. set SO_KEEPALIVE option on underlying connection socket 
diff --git a/hedis.cabal b/hedis.cabal
--- a/hedis.cabal
+++ b/hedis.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               hedis
-version:            0.9.9
+version:            0.9.10
 synopsis:
     Client library for the Redis datastore: supports full command set,
     pipelining.
diff --git a/src/Database/Redis/ProtocolPipelining.hs b/src/Database/Redis/ProtocolPipelining.hs
--- a/src/Database/Redis/ProtocolPipelining.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Redis/ProtocolPipelining.hs
@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@
           NS.connect sock $ NS.SockAddrInet port (BSD.hostAddress host)
           NS.socketToHandle sock ReadWriteMode
         mkSocket = NS.socket NS.AF_INET NS.Stream 0
+connect _hostName (UnixSocket fsplace) =
+  bracketOnError hConnect hClose $ \connHandle -> do
+    hSetBinaryMode connHandle True
+    connReplies <- newIORef []
+    connPending <- newIORef []
+    connPendingCnt <- newIORef 0
+    let conn = Conn{..}
+    rs <- connGetReplies conn
+    writeIORef connReplies rs
+    writeIORef connPending rs
+    return conn
+  where hConnect =
+          bracketOnError mkSocket NS.close $ \sock -> do
+          NS.connect sock $ NS.SockAddrUnix fsplace
+          NS.socketToHandle sock ReadWriteMode
+        mkSocket = NS.socket NS.AF_UNIX NS.Stream 0
 connect hostName portID =
   error $ "Connection to " ++ hostName ++ ":" ++ show portID ++ " not supported"