diff --git a/redis/client.go b/redis/client.go
index 71abd98a2a39b274171d42e7f265a3d6f14dea90..2d8ad8de142a99580220dcbb5847fc5cc4d6b418 100644
--- a/redis/client.go
+++ b/redis/client.go
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ 		}
 	}
 
 	if len(urls) == 1 {
-		if urls[0].Scheme == "redis" || urls[0].Scheme == "rediss" {
+		if urls[0].Scheme == "redis" ||
+			urls[0].Scheme == "rediss" ||
+			urls[0].Scheme == "unix" {
 			opts, err := redis.ParseURL(raw)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err