diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 368be49..d2331d5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -152,6 +152,20 @@ You can use the [standard](https://www.iana.org/assignments/uri-schemes/prov/red
 $factory->createClient('rediss://redis.example.com:6340');
 ```
 
+You can use the `redis+unix://` URI scheme if your Redis instance is listening
+on a Unix domain socket (UDS) path:
+
+```php
+$factory->createClient('redis+unix:///tmp/redis.sock');
+
+// the URI MAY contain `password` and `db` query parameters as seen above
+$factory->createClient('redis+unix:///tmp/redis.sock?password=secret&db=2');
+
+// the URI MAY contain authentication details as userinfo as seen above
+// should be used with care, also note that database can not be passed as path
+$factory->createClient('redis+unix://:secret@/tmp/redis.sock');
+```
+
 ### Client
 
 The `Client` is responsible for exchanging messages with Redis
diff --git a/src/Factory.php b/src/Factory.php
index 8508f35..ac80a61 100644
--- a/src/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Factory.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public function createClient($target)
 
         $protocol = $this->protocol;
 
-        $promise = $this->connector->connect($parts['host'] . ':' . $parts['port'])->then(function (ConnectionInterface $stream) use ($protocol) {
+        $promise = $this->connector->connect($parts['authority'])->then(function (ConnectionInterface $stream) use ($protocol) {
             return new StreamingClient($stream, $protocol->createResponseParser(), $protocol->createSerializer());
         });
 
@@ -89,11 +89,18 @@ function ($error) use ($client) {
 
     /**
      * @param string $target
-     * @return array with keys host, port, auth and db
+     * @return array with keys authority, auth and db
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
      */
     private function parseUrl($target)
     {
+        $ret = array();
+        // support `redis+unix://` scheme for Unix domain socket (UDS) paths
+        if (preg_match('/^redis\+unix:\/\/([^:]*:[^@]*@)?(.+?)(\?.*)?$/', $target, $match)) {
+            $ret['authority'] = 'unix://' . $match[2];
+            $target = 'redis://' . (isset($match[1]) ? $match[1] : '') . 'localhost' . (isset($match[3]) ? $match[3] : '');
+        }
+
         if (strpos($target, '://') === false) {
             $target = 'redis://' . $target;
         }
@@ -103,21 +110,20 @@ private function parseUrl($target)
             throw new InvalidArgumentException('Given URL can not be parsed');
         }
 
-        if (!isset($parts['port'])) {
-            $parts['port'] = 6379;
-        }
-
         if (isset($parts['pass'])) {
-            $parts['auth'] = rawurldecode($parts['pass']);
+            $ret['auth'] = rawurldecode($parts['pass']);
         }
 
         if (isset($parts['path']) && $parts['path'] !== '') {
             // skip first slash
-            $parts['db'] = substr($parts['path'], 1);
+            $ret['db'] = substr($parts['path'], 1);
         }
 
-        if ($parts['scheme'] === 'rediss') {
-            $parts['host'] = 'tls://' . $parts['host'];
+        if (!isset($ret['authority'])) {
+            $ret['authority'] =
+                ($parts['scheme'] === 'rediss' ? 'tls://' : '') .
+                $parts['host'] . ':' .
+                (isset($parts['port']) ? $parts['port'] : 6379);
         }
 
         if (isset($parts['query'])) {
@@ -125,16 +131,14 @@ private function parseUrl($target)
             parse_str($parts['query'], $args);
 
             if (isset($args['password'])) {
-                $parts['auth'] = $args['password'];
+                $ret['auth'] = $args['password'];
             }
 
             if (isset($args['db'])) {
-                $parts['db'] = $args['db'];
+                $ret['db'] = $args['db'];
             }
         }
 
-        unset($parts['scheme'], $parts['user'], $parts['pass'], $parts['path']);
-
-        return $parts;
+        return $ret;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FactoryTest.php b/tests/FactoryTest.php
index 5924c3a..5d89786 100644
--- a/tests/FactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/FactoryTest.php
@@ -107,6 +107,33 @@ public function testWillWriteAuthCommandIfRedissUriContainsUserInfo()
         $this->factory->createClient('rediss://hello:world@example.com');
     }
 
+    public function testWillWriteAuthCommandIfRedisUnixUriContainsPasswordQueryParameter()
+    {
+        $stream = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\ConnectionInterface')->getMock();
+        $stream->expects($this->once())->method('write')->with("*2\r\n$4\r\nauth\r\n$5\r\nworld\r\n");
+
+        $this->connector->expects($this->once())->method('connect')->with('unix:///tmp/redis.sock')->willReturn(Promise\resolve($stream));
+        $this->factory->createClient('redis+unix:///tmp/redis.sock?password=world');
+    }
+
+    public function testWillWriteAuthCommandIfRedisUnixUriContainsUserInfo()
+    {
+        $stream = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\ConnectionInterface')->getMock();
+        $stream->expects($this->once())->method('write')->with("*2\r\n$4\r\nauth\r\n$5\r\nworld\r\n");
+
+        $this->connector->expects($this->once())->method('connect')->with('unix:///tmp/redis.sock')->willReturn(Promise\resolve($stream));
+        $this->factory->createClient('redis+unix://hello:world@/tmp/redis.sock');
+    }
+
+    public function testWillWriteSelectCommandIfRedisUnixUriContainsDbQueryParameter()
+    {
+        $stream = $this->getMockBuilder('React\Socket\ConnectionInterface')->getMock();
+        $stream->expects($this->once())->method('write')->with("*2\r\n$6\r\nselect\r\n$4\r\ndemo\r\n");
+
+        $this->connector->expects($this->once())->method('connect')->with('unix:///tmp/redis.sock')->willReturn(Promise\resolve($stream));
+        $this->factory->createClient('redis+unix:///tmp/redis.sock?db=demo');
+    }
+
     public function testWillRejectIfConnectorRejects()
     {
         $this->connector->expects($this->once())->method('connect')->with('127.0.0.1:2')->willReturn(Promise\reject(new \RuntimeException()));