diff --git a/src/net/uds/listener.rs b/src/net/uds/listener.rs
index 37e8106d8..eeffe042e 100644
--- a/src/net/uds/listener.rs
+++ b/src/net/uds/listener.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,16 @@ pub struct UnixListener {
 }
 
 impl UnixListener {
-    /// Creates a new `UnixListener` bound to the specified socket.
+    /// Creates a new `UnixListener` bound to the specified socket `path`.
     pub fn bind<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> io::Result<UnixListener> {
         sys::uds::listener::bind(path.as_ref()).map(UnixListener::from_std)
     }
 
+    /// Creates a new `UnixListener` bound to the specified socket `address`.
+    pub fn bind_addr(address: &SocketAddr) -> io::Result<UnixListener> {
+        sys::uds::listener::bind_addr(address).map(UnixListener::from_std)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new `UnixListener` from a standard `net::UnixListener`.
     ///
     /// This function is intended to be used to wrap a Unix listener from the
diff --git a/src/net/uds/stream.rs b/src/net/uds/stream.rs
index b38812e5d..1c17d84a1 100644
--- a/src/net/uds/stream.rs
+++ b/src/net/uds/stream.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use crate::io_source::IoSource;
+use crate::net::SocketAddr;
 use crate::{event, sys, Interest, Registry, Token};
 
 use std::fmt;
@@ -22,6 +23,14 @@ impl UnixStream {
         sys::uds::stream::connect(path.as_ref()).map(UnixStream::from_std)
     }
 
+    /// Connects to the socket named by `address`.
+    ///
+    /// This may return a `WouldBlock` in which case the socket connection
+    /// cannot be completed immediately. Usually it means the backlog is full.
+    pub fn connect_addr(address: &SocketAddr) -> io::Result<UnixStream> {
+        sys::uds::stream::connect_addr(address).map(UnixStream::from_std)
+    }
+
     /// Creates a new `UnixStream` from a standard `net::UnixStream`.
     ///
     /// This function is intended to be used to wrap a Unix stream from the
diff --git a/src/sys/shell/uds.rs b/src/sys/shell/uds.rs
index c18aca042..bac547b03 100644
--- a/src/sys/shell/uds.rs
+++ b/src/sys/shell/uds.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ pub(crate) mod listener {
         os_required!()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn bind_addr(_: &SocketAddr) -> io::Result<net::UnixListener> {
+        os_required!()
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn accept(_: &net::UnixListener) -> io::Result<(UnixStream, SocketAddr)> {
         os_required!()
     }
@@ -61,6 +65,10 @@ pub(crate) mod stream {
         os_required!()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn connect_addr(_: &SocketAddr) -> io::Result<net::UnixStream> {
+        os_required!()
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn pair() -> io::Result<(net::UnixStream, net::UnixStream)> {
         os_required!()
     }
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/uds/datagram.rs b/src/sys/unix/uds/datagram.rs
index a5ada72ef..5853a4d50 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/uds/datagram.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/uds/datagram.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ use super::{socket_addr, SocketAddr};
 use crate::sys::unix::net::new_socket;
 
 use std::io;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
 use std::os::unix::net;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 pub(crate) fn bind(path: &Path) -> io::Result<net::UnixDatagram> {
-    let (sockaddr, socklen) = socket_addr(path)?;
+    let (sockaddr, socklen) = socket_addr(path.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
     let sockaddr = &sockaddr as *const libc::sockaddr_un as *const _;
 
     let socket = unbound()?;
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/uds/listener.rs b/src/sys/unix/uds/listener.rs
index adacf63d9..2a070773d 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/uds/listener.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/uds/listener.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 use super::socket_addr;
 use crate::net::{SocketAddr, UnixStream};
 use crate::sys::unix::net::new_socket;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
 use std::os::unix::net;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{io, mem};
 
 pub(crate) fn bind(path: &Path) -> io::Result<net::UnixListener> {
-    let (sockaddr, socklen) = socket_addr(path)?;
-    let sockaddr = &sockaddr as *const libc::sockaddr_un as *const libc::sockaddr;
+    let socket_address = {
+        let (sockaddr, socklen) = socket_addr(path.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
+        SocketAddr::from_parts(sockaddr, socklen)
+    };
+
+    bind_addr(&socket_address)
+}
 
+pub(crate) fn bind_addr(address: &SocketAddr) -> io::Result<net::UnixListener> {
     let fd = new_socket(libc::AF_UNIX, libc::SOCK_STREAM)?;
     let socket = unsafe { net::UnixListener::from_raw_fd(fd) };
-    syscall!(bind(fd, sockaddr, socklen))?;
+    let sockaddr = address.raw_sockaddr() as *const libc::sockaddr_un as *const libc::sockaddr;
+
+    syscall!(bind(fd, sockaddr, *address.raw_socklen()))?;
     syscall!(listen(fd, 1024))?;
 
     Ok(socket)
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/uds/mod.rs b/src/sys/unix/uds/mod.rs
index 7ffe498c1..2f8a898fa 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/uds/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/uds/mod.rs
@@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ pub(in crate::sys) fn path_offset(sockaddr: &libc::sockaddr_un) -> usize {
 
 cfg_os_poll! {
     use std::cmp::Ordering;
-    use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
     use std::os::unix::io::{RawFd, FromRawFd};
-    use std::path::Path;
     use std::{io, mem};
 
     pub(crate) mod datagram;
     pub(crate) mod listener;
     pub(crate) mod stream;
 
-    pub(in crate::sys) fn socket_addr(path: &Path) -> io::Result<(libc::sockaddr_un, libc::socklen_t)> {
+    pub(in crate::sys) fn socket_addr(bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<(libc::sockaddr_un, libc::socklen_t)> {
         let sockaddr = mem::MaybeUninit::<libc::sockaddr_un>::zeroed();
 
         // This is safe to assume because a `libc::sockaddr_un` filled with `0`
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ cfg_os_poll! {
 
         sockaddr.sun_family = libc::AF_UNIX as libc::sa_family_t;
 
-        let bytes = path.as_os_str().as_bytes();
         match (bytes.first(), bytes.len().cmp(&sockaddr.sun_path.len())) {
             // Abstract paths don't need a null terminator
             (Some(&0), Ordering::Greater) => {
@@ -128,6 +125,7 @@ cfg_os_poll! {
     #[cfg(test)]
     mod tests {
         use super::{path_offset, socket_addr};
+        use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
         use std::path::Path;
         use std::str;
 
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ cfg_os_poll! {
             // Pathname addresses do have a null terminator, so `socklen` is
             // expected to be `PATH_LEN` + `offset` + 1.
             let path = Path::new(PATH);
-            let (sockaddr, actual) = socket_addr(path).unwrap();
+            let (sockaddr, actual) = socket_addr(path.as_os_str().as_bytes()).unwrap();
             let offset = path_offset(&sockaddr);
             let expected = PATH_LEN + offset + 1;
             assert_eq!(expected as libc::socklen_t, actual)
@@ -152,9 +150,7 @@ cfg_os_poll! {
 
             // Abstract addresses do not have a null terminator, so `socklen` is
             // expected to be `PATH_LEN` + `offset`.
-            let abstract_path = str::from_utf8(PATH).unwrap();
-            let path = Path::new(abstract_path);
-            let (sockaddr, actual) = socket_addr(path).unwrap();
+            let (sockaddr, actual) = socket_addr(PATH).unwrap();
             let offset = path_offset(&sockaddr);
             let expected = PATH_LEN + offset;
             assert_eq!(expected as libc::socklen_t, actual)
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/uds/socketaddr.rs b/src/sys/unix/uds/socketaddr.rs
index 4c7c41161..8e0ef53a4 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/uds/socketaddr.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/uds/socketaddr.rs
@@ -73,6 +73,14 @@ cfg_os_poll! {
             SocketAddr { sockaddr, socklen }
         }
 
+        pub(crate) fn raw_sockaddr(&self) -> &libc::sockaddr_un {
+            &self.sockaddr
+        }
+
+        pub(crate) fn raw_socklen(&self) -> &libc::socklen_t {
+            &self.socklen
+        }
+
         /// Returns `true` if the address is unnamed.
         ///
         /// Documentation reflected in [`SocketAddr`]
diff --git a/src/sys/unix/uds/stream.rs b/src/sys/unix/uds/stream.rs
index 461917c12..261d27b0d 100644
--- a/src/sys/unix/uds/stream.rs
+++ b/src/sys/unix/uds/stream.rs
@@ -2,17 +2,26 @@ use super::{socket_addr, SocketAddr};
 use crate::sys::unix::net::new_socket;
 
 use std::io;
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
 use std::os::unix::net;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 pub(crate) fn connect(path: &Path) -> io::Result<net::UnixStream> {
-    let (sockaddr, socklen) = socket_addr(path)?;
-    let sockaddr = &sockaddr as *const libc::sockaddr_un as *const libc::sockaddr;
+    let socket_address = {
+        let (sockaddr, socklen) = socket_addr(path.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
+        SocketAddr::from_parts(sockaddr, socklen)
+    };
 
+    connect_addr(&socket_address)
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn connect_addr(address: &SocketAddr) -> io::Result<net::UnixStream> {
     let fd = new_socket(libc::AF_UNIX, libc::SOCK_STREAM)?;
     let socket = unsafe { net::UnixStream::from_raw_fd(fd) };
-    match syscall!(connect(fd, sockaddr, socklen)) {
+    let sockaddr = address.raw_sockaddr() as *const libc::sockaddr_un as *const libc::sockaddr;
+
+    match syscall!(connect(fd, sockaddr, *address.raw_socklen())) {
         Ok(_) => {}
         Err(ref err) if err.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::EINPROGRESS) => {}
         Err(e) => return Err(e),
diff --git a/tests/unix_stream.rs b/tests/unix_stream.rs
index babf18df9..5270bdc91 100644
--- a/tests/unix_stream.rs
+++ b/tests/unix_stream.rs
@@ -77,6 +77,55 @@ fn unix_stream_connect() {
     handle.join().unwrap();
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn unix_stream_connect_addr() {
+    let (mut poll, mut events) = init_with_poll();
+    let barrier = Arc::new(Barrier::new(2));
+    let local_addr = {
+        // Workaround through a temporary listener using the same address,
+        // as there is currently no way of directly building a `SocketAddr`.
+        let path = temp_file("unix_stream_connect_addr");
+        let listener = net::UnixListener::bind(path.clone()).unwrap();
+        let mio_listener = mio::net::UnixListener::from_std(listener);
+        let address = mio_listener.local_addr().unwrap();
+        drop(mio_listener);
+        _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
+        address
+    };
+    let path = temp_file("unix_stream_connect_addr");
+    let listener = net::UnixListener::bind(path).unwrap();
+    let mut stream = UnixStream::connect_addr(&local_addr).unwrap();
+
+    let barrier_clone = barrier.clone();
+    let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
+        let (stream, _) = listener.accept().unwrap();
+        barrier_clone.wait();
+        drop(stream);
+    });
+
+    poll.registry()
+        .register(
+            &mut stream,
+            TOKEN_1,
+            Interest::READABLE | Interest::WRITABLE,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    expect_events(
+        &mut poll,
+        &mut events,
+        vec![ExpectEvent::new(TOKEN_1, Interest::WRITABLE)],
+    );
+
+    barrier.wait();
+    expect_events(
+        &mut poll,
+        &mut events,
+        vec![ExpectEvent::new(TOKEN_1, Interest::READABLE)],
+    );
+
+    handle.join().unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn unix_stream_from_std() {
     smoke_test(