diff --git a/mongoose.c b/mongoose.c
index cb2ce2a8..0af67edb 100644
--- a/mongoose.c
+++ b/mongoose.c
@@ -2593,6 +2593,13 @@ static void accept_conn(struct mg_mgr *mgr, struct mg_connection *lsn) {
 
 #if MG_ENABLE_SOCKETPAIR
 bool mg_socketpair(int *s1, int *s2) {
+#if MG_ARCH == MG_ARCH_UNIX
+  int sp[2], ret = 0;
+  if (socketpair(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) == 0) {
+    *s1 = sp[0], *s2 = sp[1], ret = 1;
+  }
+  return ret;
+#else
   union usa sa, sa2;
   SOCKET sp[2] = {INVALID_SOCKET, INVALID_SOCKET};
   socklen_t len = sizeof(sa.sin);
@@ -2619,6 +2626,7 @@ bool mg_socketpair(int *s1, int *s2) {
   }
 
   return ret;
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/sock.c b/src/sock.c
index bbbbf1db..b824a8dc 100644
--- a/src/sock.c
+++ b/src/sock.c
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@ static void accept_conn(struct mg_mgr *mgr, struct mg_connection *lsn) {
 
 #if MG_ENABLE_SOCKETPAIR
 bool mg_socketpair(int *s1, int *s2) {
+#if MG_ARCH == MG_ARCH_UNIX
+  int sp[2], ret = 0;
+  if (socketpair(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) == 0) {
+    *s1 = sp[0], *s2 = sp[1], ret = 1;
+  }
+  return ret;
+#else
   union usa sa, sa2;
   SOCKET sp[2] = {INVALID_SOCKET, INVALID_SOCKET};
   socklen_t len = sizeof(sa.sin);
@@ -382,6 +389,7 @@ bool mg_socketpair(int *s1, int *s2) {
   }
 
   return ret;
+#endif
 }
 #endif