diff --git a/ext/sockets/sockets.c b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
index ab0d7b81d79..93283ec4f07 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/sockets.c
+++ b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
@@ -1328,8 +1328,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(socket_connect)
 			memset(&s_un, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un));
 
 			s_un.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
-			snprintf(s_un.sun_path, 108, "%s", addr);
-			retval = connect(php_sock->bsd_socket, (struct sockaddr *) &s_un, SUN_LEN(&s_un));
+			memcpy(&s_un.sun_path, addr, addr_len);
+			retval = connect(php_sock->bsd_socket, (struct sockaddr *) &s_un, (socklen_t) XtOffsetOf(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + addr_len);
 			break;
 
 		default:
diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv4loop.phpt b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv4loop.phpt
index 7c6c0db31ee..9fdcc17dad0 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv4loop.phpt
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv4loop.phpt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IPv4 Loopback test
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
 	if (!extension_loaded('sockets')) {
-		die('skip sockets extenion not available.');
+		die('skip sockets extension not available.');
 	}
 ?>
 --FILE--
diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt
index 45d2a05fc06..6fb584045f7 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/ipv6loop.phpt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ IPv6 Loopback test
 --SKIPIF--
 <?php
 	if (!extension_loaded('sockets')) {
-		die('skip sockets extenion not available.');
+		die('skip sockets extension not available.');
 	}
 	if (!defined("AF_INET6")) {
 		die('skip no IPv6 support');
diff --git a/ext/sockets/tests/unixloop.phpt b/ext/sockets/tests/unixloop.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b547c3b3cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/sockets/tests/unixloop.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+--TEST--
+Unix domain socket Loopback test
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+	if (!extension_loaded('sockets')) {
+		die('skip sockets extension not available.');
+	}
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+	$sock_path = sprintf("/tmp/%s.sock", uniqid());
+
+	if (file_exists($sock_path))
+		die('Temporary socket already exists.');
+
+	/* Setup socket server */
+	$server = socket_create(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (!$server) {
+		die('Unable to create AF_UNIX socket [server]');
+	}
+	if (!socket_bind($server,  $sock_path)) {
+		die("Unable to bind to $sock_path");
+	}
+	if (!socket_listen($server, 2)) {
+		die('Unable to listen on socket');
+	}
+	
+	/* Connect to it */
+	$client = socket_create(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	if (!$client) {
+		die('Unable to create AF_UNIX socket [client]');
+	}
+	if (!socket_connect($client, $sock_path)) {
+		die('Unable to connect to server socket');
+	}
+
+	/* Accept that connection */
+	$socket = socket_accept($server);
+	if (!$socket) {
+		die('Unable to accept connection');
+	}
+
+	socket_write($client, "ABCdef123\n");
+
+	$data = socket_read($socket, 10, PHP_BINARY_READ);
+	var_dump($data);
+
+	socket_close($client);
+	socket_close($socket);
+	socket_close($server);
+	@unlink($sock_path);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+string(10) "ABCdef123
+"
diff --git a/main/streams/xp_socket.c b/main/streams/xp_socket.c
index 2e4763e5b8a..a7736878f4f 100644
--- a/main/streams/xp_socket.c
+++ b/main/streams/xp_socket.c
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static inline int php_tcp_sockop_connect(php_stream *stream, php_netstream_data_
 		parse_unix_address(xparam, &unix_addr TSRMLS_CC);
 
 		ret = php_network_connect_socket(sock->socket,
-				(const struct sockaddr *)&unix_addr, (socklen_t)sizeof(unix_addr),
+				(const struct sockaddr *)&unix_addr, (socklen_t) XtOffsetOf(struct sockaddr_un, sun_path) + xparam->inputs.namelen,
 				xparam->op == STREAM_XPORT_OP_CONNECT_ASYNC, xparam->inputs.timeout,
 				xparam->want_errortext ? &xparam->outputs.error_text : NULL,
 				&err);