diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 570b9cce..d1e3dc8d 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 - [`websocket`](../examples/websocket.rs) - How to build an app that handles WebSocket connections.
 - [`error_handling_and_dependency_injection`](../examples/error_handling_and_dependency_injection.rs) - How to handle errors and dependency injection using trait objects.
 - [`tokio_postgres`](../examples/tokio_postgres.rs) - How to use a tokio-postgres and bb8 to query a database.
+- [`unix_domain_socket`](../examples/unix_domain_socket.rs) - How to run an Axum server over unix domain sockets.
diff --git a/examples/unix_domain_socket.rs b/examples/unix_domain_socket.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc5259a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/unix_domain_socket.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+use axum::prelude::*;
+use futures::ready;
+use http::{Method, StatusCode, Uri};
+use hyper::{
+    client::connect::{Connected, Connection},
+    server::accept::Accept,
+};
+use std::{
+    io,
+    path::PathBuf,
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+use tokio::net::UnixListener;
+use tokio::{
+    io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite},
+    net::UnixStream,
+};
+use tower::BoxError;
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+fn main() {
+    println!("This example requires unix")
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    let path = PathBuf::from("/tmp/axum/helloworld");
+
+    let _ = tokio::fs::remove_file(&path).await;
+    tokio::fs::create_dir_all(path.parent().unwrap())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let uds = UnixListener::bind(path.clone()).unwrap();
+    tokio::spawn(async {
+        let app = route("/", get(|| async { "Hello, World!" }));
+
+        hyper::Server::builder(ServerAccept { uds })
+            .serve(app.into_make_service())
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
+    });
+
+    let connector = tower::service_fn(move |_: Uri| {
+        let path = path.clone();
+        Box::pin(async move {
+            let stream = UnixStream::connect(path).await?;
+            Ok::<_, io::Error>(ClientConnection { stream })
+        })
+    });
+    let client = hyper::Client::builder().build(connector);
+
+    let request = Request::builder()
+        .method(Method::GET)
+        .uri("http://uri-doesnt-matter.com")
+        .body(Body::empty())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let response = client.request(request).await.unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(response.status(), StatusCode::OK);
+
+    let body = hyper::body::to_bytes(response.into_body()).await.unwrap();
+    let body = String::from_utf8(body.to_vec()).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(body, "Hello, World!");
+}
+
+struct ServerAccept {
+    uds: UnixListener,
+}
+
+impl Accept for ServerAccept {
+    type Conn = UnixStream;
+    type Error = BoxError;
+
+    fn poll_accept(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Self::Conn, Self::Error>>> {
+        let (stream, _addr) = ready!(self.uds.poll_accept(cx))?;
+        Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(stream)))
+    }
+}
+
+struct ClientConnection {
+    stream: UnixStream,
+}
+
+impl AsyncWrite for ClientConnection {
+    fn poll_write(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &[u8],
+    ) -> Poll<Result<usize, io::Error>> {
+        Pin::new(&mut self.stream).poll_write(cx, buf)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_flush(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
+        Pin::new(&mut self.stream).poll_flush(cx)
+    }
+
+    fn poll_shutdown(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<Result<(), io::Error>> {
+        Pin::new(&mut self.stream).poll_shutdown(cx)
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsyncRead for ClientConnection {
+    fn poll_read(
+        mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        buf: &mut tokio::io::ReadBuf<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<io::Result<()>> {
+        Pin::new(&mut self.stream).poll_read(cx, buf)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Connection for ClientConnection {
+    fn connected(&self) -> Connected {
+        Connected::new()
+    }
+}