diff --git a/internal/socket/rawconn.go b/internal/socket/rawconn.go
index 87e81071c..f0b426632 100644
--- a/internal/socket/rawconn.go
+++ b/internal/socket/rawconn.go
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ type ipConn interface {
 
 var _ ipConn = (*net.IPConn)(nil)
 
+// unixConn is an interface implemented by net.UnixConn.
+// It can be used for interface assertions to check if a net.Conn is a Unix connection.
+type unixConn interface {
+	SyscallConn() (syscall.RawConn, error)
+	ReadMsgUnix(b, oob []byte) (n, oobn, flags int, addr *net.UnixAddr, err error)
+}
+
+var _ unixConn = (*net.UnixConn)(nil)
+
 // NewConn returns a new raw connection.
 func NewConn(c net.Conn) (*Conn, error) {
 	var err error
@@ -58,6 +67,9 @@ func NewConn(c net.Conn) (*Conn, error) {
 	case ipConn:
 		cc.network = "ip"
 		cc.c, err = c.SyscallConn()
+	case unixConn:
+		cc.network = "unix"
+		cc.c, err = c.SyscallConn()
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.New("unknown connection type")
 	}