diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d04737e2..5b8adf29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ A preview of the next release can be installed from
 
 - [#1507](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1507): Expose methods on java.lang.VirtualThread ([@lispyclouds](https://github.com/lispyclouds))
 - [#1510](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1510): add virtual thread interop on `Thread`
+- [#1511](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1511): support domain sockets
 
 ## 1.2.174 (2023-03-01)
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
index 388e5b49..223a4f08 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/classes.clj
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@
           java.net.HttpURLConnection
           java.net.InetAddress
           java.net.InetSocketAddress
+          java.net.StandardProtocolFamily
           java.net.ServerSocket
           java.net.Socket
           java.net.SocketException
@@ -351,6 +352,8 @@
                 java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption
                 java.nio.channels.FileChannel
                 java.nio.channels.FileChannel$MapMode
+                java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel
+                java.nio.channels.SocketChannel
                 java.nio.charset.Charset
                 java.nio.charset.CoderResult
                 java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder
@@ -659,6 +662,10 @@
                          java.nio.CharBuffer
                          (instance? java.nio.channels.FileChannel v)
                          java.nio.channels.FileChannel
+                         (instance? java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel v)
+                         java.nio.channels.ServerSocketChannel
+                         (instance? java.nio.channels.SocketChannel v)
+                         java.nio.channels.SocketChannel
                          (instance? java.net.CookieStore v)
                          java.net.CookieStore
                          ;; this makes interop on reified classes work
diff --git a/test-resources/domain_sockets.bb b/test-resources/domain_sockets.bb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d64cd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-resources/domain_sockets.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+(import java.net.UnixDomainSocketAddress
+        java.net.StandardProtocolFamily
+        [java.nio.channels ServerSocketChannel SocketChannel])
+
+(require '[clojure.java.io :as io])
+
+(def sockaddr (UnixDomainSocketAddress/of
+               (-> (doto (io/file "/tmp/sock")
+                     (.deleteOnExit))
+                   str)))
+
+;; server
+(def server
+  (future
+    (let [ch (ServerSocketChannel/open StandardProtocolFamily/UNIX)]
+      (.bind ch sockaddr)
+      (.accept ch))))
+
+(Thread/sleep 100)
+
+  ;; client
+(let [ch (SocketChannel/open StandardProtocolFamily/UNIX)
+      ch (loop [retry 0]
+           (let [v (try (.connect ch sockaddr)
+                        (catch Exception e e))]
+             (if (instance? Exception v)
+               (if (< retry 10)
+                 (do (Thread/sleep 100)
+                     (recur (inc retry)))
+                 (throw v))
+               v)))]
+  #_(prn :ch ch)
+  #_(.close ch))
+
+@server
+
+(when-not (System/getProperty "babashka.version")
+  (shutdown-agents))
+
+:success
diff --git a/test/babashka/interop_test.clj b/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
index a6ddfb12..340a9242 100644
--- a/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/interop_test.clj
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@
                             (def t (Thread. (fn [])))
                             (def vt (Thread/startVirtualThread (fn [])))
                             [(.isVirtual t) (.isVirtual vt)]))))))
+
+(deftest domain-sockets-test
+  (when-not test-utils/windows?
+    (is (= :success (bb nil (slurp "test-resources/domain_sockets.bb"))))))