diff --git a/pkg/transport/listener.go b/pkg/transport/listener.go
index 4e38bf95f..d94757b2c 100644
--- a/pkg/transport/listener.go
+++ b/pkg/transport/listener.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math/big"
 	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
@@ -35,19 +34,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/tlsutil"
 )
 
-func NewListener(addr string, scheme string, tlscfg *tls.Config) (net.Listener, error) {
-	nettype := "tcp"
-	if scheme == "unix" {
+func NewListener(addr string, scheme string, tlscfg *tls.Config) (l net.Listener, err error) {
+	if scheme == "unix" || scheme == "unixs" {
 		// unix sockets via unix://laddr
-		nettype = scheme
+		l, err = NewUnixListener(addr)
+	} else {
+		l, err = net.Listen("tcp", addr)
 	}
 
-	l, err := net.Listen(nettype, addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if scheme == "https" {
+	if scheme == "https" || scheme == "unixs" {
 		if tlscfg == nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot listen on TLS for %s: KeyFile and CertFile are not presented", scheme+"://"+addr)
 		}
@@ -58,27 +57,6 @@ func NewListener(addr string, scheme string, tlscfg *tls.Config) (net.Listener,
 	return l, nil
 }
 
-func NewTransport(info TLSInfo, dialtimeoutd time.Duration) (*http.Transport, error) {
-	cfg, err := info.ClientConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	t := &http.Transport{
-		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
-		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
-			Timeout: dialtimeoutd,
-			// value taken from http.DefaultTransport
-			KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
-		}).Dial,
-		// value taken from http.DefaultTransport
-		TLSHandshakeTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
-		TLSClientConfig:     cfg,
-	}
-
-	return t, nil
-}
-
 type TLSInfo struct {
 	CertFile       string
 	KeyFile        string
diff --git a/pkg/transport/transport.go b/pkg/transport/transport.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca9ccfd80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/transport/transport.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type unixTransport struct{ *http.Transport }
+
+func NewTransport(info TLSInfo, dialtimeoutd time.Duration) (*http.Transport, error) {
+	cfg, err := info.ClientConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	t := &http.Transport{
+		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+		Dial: (&net.Dialer{
+			Timeout: dialtimeoutd,
+			// value taken from http.DefaultTransport
+			KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
+		}).Dial,
+		// value taken from http.DefaultTransport
+		TLSHandshakeTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		TLSClientConfig:     cfg,
+	}
+
+	dialer := (&net.Dialer{
+		Timeout:   dialtimeoutd,
+		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
+	})
+	dial := func(net, addr string) (net.Conn, error) {
+		return dialer.Dial("unix", addr)
+	}
+
+	tu := &http.Transport{
+		Proxy:               http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+		Dial:                dial,
+		TLSHandshakeTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+		TLSClientConfig:     cfg,
+	}
+	ut := &unixTransport{tu}
+
+	t.RegisterProtocol("unix", ut)
+	t.RegisterProtocol("unixs", ut)
+
+	return t, nil
+}
+
+func (urt *unixTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	req2 := *req
+	req2.URL.Scheme = strings.Replace(req.URL.Scheme, "unix", "http", 1)
+	return urt.Transport.RoundTrip(req)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/transport/unix_listener.go b/pkg/transport/unix_listener.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c126b6f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/transport/unix_listener.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package transport
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"os"
+)
+
+type unixListener struct{ net.Listener }
+
+func NewUnixListener(addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(addr); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	l, err := net.Listen("unix", addr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &unixListener{l}, nil
+}
+
+func (ul *unixListener) Close() error {
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(ul.Addr().String()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return ul.Listener.Close()
+}