diff --git a/lib/fluxter.ex b/lib/fluxter.ex
index af785c3..44a9949 100644
--- a/lib/fluxter.ex
+++ b/lib/fluxter.ex
@@ -305,9 +305,14 @@ defmodule Fluxter do
       def start_link(options \\ []) do
         import Supervisor.Spec
 
-        {host, port, prefix} = Fluxter.load_config(__MODULE__, options)
-        conn = Fluxter.Conn.new(host, port)
-        conn = %{conn | header: [conn.header | prefix]}
+        conn =
+          case Fluxter.load_config(__MODULE__, options) do
+            {:inet, {host, port, prefix}} ->
+              conn = Fluxter.Conn.new(host, port)
+              conn = %{conn | header: [conn.header | prefix]}
+            {:local, socket_path} ->
+              Fluxter.Conn.new(:local, socket_path)
+          end
 
         Enum.map(@worker_names, &worker(Fluxter.Conn, [conn, &1], id: &1))
         |> Supervisor.start_link(strategy: :one_for_one)
@@ -362,11 +367,18 @@ defmodule Fluxter do
       Application.get_all_env(:fluxter)
       |> Keyword.pop(module, [])
 
-    host = options[:host] || loc_env[:host] || glob_env[:host]
-    port = options[:port] || loc_env[:port] || glob_env[:port]
-    prefix = build_prefix(glob_env[:prefix], loc_env[:prefix], options[:prefix])
+    local? = options[:local] || loc_env[:local] || glob_env[:local]
 
-    {host, port, prefix}
+    if local? do
+      socket_path = options[:socket_path] || loc_env[:socket_path] || glob_env[:socket_path]
+      {:local, socket_path}
+    else
+      host = options[:host] || loc_env[:host] || glob_env[:host]
+      port = options[:port] || loc_env[:port] || glob_env[:port]
+      prefix = build_prefix(glob_env[:prefix], loc_env[:prefix], options[:prefix])
+
+      {:inet, {host, port, prefix}}
+    end
   end
 
   defp build_prefix(part1, part2, part3) do
diff --git a/lib/fluxter/conn.ex b/lib/fluxter/conn.ex
index 3e5ee7f..336a67f 100644
--- a/lib/fluxter/conn.ex
+++ b/lib/fluxter/conn.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defmodule Fluxter.Conn do
 
   require Logger
 
-  defstruct [:sock, :header]
+  defstruct [:sock, :header, :type]
 
   def new(host, port) when is_binary(host) do
     new(string_to_charlist(host), port)
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ defmodule Fluxter.Conn do
 
   def new(host, port) when is_list(host) or is_tuple(host) do
     {:ok, addr} = :inet.getaddr(host, :inet)
-    header = Packet.header(addr, port)
-    %__MODULE__{header: header}
+    header = Packet.header(:inet, addr, port)
+    %__MODULE__{header: header, type: :inet}
+  end
+
+  def new(:local, socket_path) do
+    header = Packet.header(:local, socket_path)
+    %__MODULE__{header: header, type: :local}
   end
 
   def start_link(%__MODULE__{} = conn, worker) do
@@ -33,11 +38,16 @@ defmodule Fluxter.Conn do
     end
   end
 
-  def init(conn) do
+  def init(%__MODULE__{type: :inet} = conn) do
     {:ok, sock} = :gen_udp.open(0, [active: false])
     {:ok, %{conn | sock: sock}}
   end
 
+  def init(%__MODULE__{type: :local} = conn) do
+    {:ok, sock} = :gen_udp.open(0, [:local, active: false])
+    {:ok, %{conn | sock: sock}}
+  end
+
   def handle_cast({:write, name, tags, fields}, conn) do
     packet = Packet.build(conn.header, name, tags, fields, nil)
     send(conn.sock, {self(), {:command, packet}})
diff --git a/lib/fluxter/packet.ex b/lib/fluxter/packet.ex
index b746040..240ec03 100644
--- a/lib/fluxter/packet.ex
+++ b/lib/fluxter/packet.ex
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ defmodule Fluxter.Packet do
   otp_release = :erlang.system_info(:otp_release)
   @addr_family if(otp_release >= '19', do: [1], else: [])
 
-  def header({n1, n2, n3, n4}, port) do
+  @inet_local [5]
+
+  def header(:inet, {n1, n2, n3, n4}, port) do
     @addr_family ++ [
       band(bsr(port, 8), 0xFF),
       band(port, 0xFF),
@@ -17,6 +19,13 @@ defmodule Fluxter.Packet do
     ]
   end
 
+  def header(:local, socket_path) do
+    @inet_local ++ [
+      byte_size(socket_path),
+      socket_path,
+    ]
+  end
+
   def build(header, name, tags, fields, nil) do
     tags   = encode_tags(tags)
     fields = encode_fields(fields)