diff --git a/sockets/sockets_windows.go b/sockets/sockets_windows.go
index 7acafc5a..c08613e4 100644
--- a/sockets/sockets_windows.go
+++ b/sockets/sockets_windows.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sockets
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
@@ -10,7 +11,18 @@ import (
 )
 
 func configureUnixTransport(tr *http.Transport, proto, addr string) error {
-	return ErrProtocolNotAvailable
+	if len(addr) > 260 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unix socket path %q is too long", addr)
+	}
+	// No need for compression in local communications.
+	tr.DisableCompression = true
+	dialer := &net.Dialer{
+		Timeout: defaultTimeout,
+	}
+	tr.DialContext = func(ctx context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
+		return dialer.DialContext(ctx, proto, addr)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func configureNpipeTransport(tr *http.Transport, proto, addr string) error {