diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9ff1179..8ccdb6d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // vim: set ft=javascript tabstop=4 softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 autoindent:
-var dgram = require('dgram')
 var debug = require('debug')('syslogd')
 
 module.exports = exports = Syslogd
@@ -13,18 +12,23 @@ function Syslogd(fn, opt) {
     this.opt = opt || {}
     this.handler = fn
 
-    this.server = dgram.createSocket('udp4')
+    this.server = this.opt.server || require('dgram').createSocket('udp4')
 }
 
 var proto = Syslogd.prototype
 
 proto.listen = function(port, cb) {
-    var server = this.server
     if (this.port) {
-        debug('server has binded to %s', port)
+        debug('server has already bound to %s', port)
         return
     }
-    debug('try bind to %s', port)
+
+    if(this.opt.unlinkSocket) {
+       try { require('fs').unlinkSync(port); } catch(ex) {}
+    }
+
+    var server = this.server
+    debug('try binding to %s', port)
     cb = cb || noop
     this.port = port || 514 // default is 514
     var me = this
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0cd13b6..d552d62 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ Syslogd(function(info) {
 })
 ```
 
+Or using unix domain sockets:
+
+```js
+const unix = require("unix-dgram");
+var Syslogd = require('syslogd')
+Syslogd(function(info) {
+   console.log("line received", info);
+}, {server: unix.createSocket('unix_dgram'), unlinkSocket: true}).listen("/var/log/nginx.sock", function(err) {
+    console.log('start', err)
+})
+```
+
 Check parser performance by `npm run performance`, which will run 500000 times
 
 [npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/syslogd.svg?style=flat-square