diff --git a/docs/changes.xml b/docs/changes.xml
index f4f5dbf0..27fffc4c 100644
--- a/docs/changes.xml
+++ b/docs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ increased the applications' startup timeout.
 </para>
 </change>
 
+<change type="feature">
+<para>
+supporting abstract UNIX sockets.
+</para>
+</change>
+
 <change type="feature">
 <para>
 supporting UNIX sockets in address matching.
diff --git a/src/nxt_main_process.c b/src/nxt_main_process.c
index 03761a10..39a8e112 100644
--- a/src/nxt_main_process.c
+++ b/src/nxt_main_process.c
@@ -1187,7 +1187,9 @@ nxt_main_listening_socket(nxt_sockaddr_t *sa, nxt_listening_socket_t *ls)
 
 #if (NXT_HAVE_UNIX_DOMAIN)
 
-    if (sa->u.sockaddr.sa_family == AF_UNIX) {
+    if (sa->u.sockaddr.sa_family == AF_UNIX
+        && sa->u.sockaddr_un.sun_path[0] != '\0')
+    {
         char     *filename;
         mode_t   access;