diff --git a/src/api.c b/src/api.c
index 2be63205..264276b4 100644
--- a/src/api.c
+++ b/src/api.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ int api_init(uev_ctx_t *ctx)
 	};
 
 	_d("Setting up external API socket ...");
-	sd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
+	sd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0);
 	if (-1 == sd) {
 		_pe("Failed starting external API socket");
 		return 1;
diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
index bc6ccc31..d1d529f5 100644
--- a/src/client.c
+++ b/src/client.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int client_connect(void)
 		.sun_path   = INIT_SOCKET,
 	};
 
-	sd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+	sd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
 	if (-1 == sd)
 		err(1, "Failed creating UNIX domain socket");