diff --git a/electrumx/server/env.py b/electrumx/server/env.py
index 1a4cd9c73..fb582323e 100644
--- a/electrumx/server/env.py
+++ b/electrumx/server/env.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def __init__(self, coin=None):
         self.force_proxy = self.boolean('FORCE_PROXY', False)
         self.tor_proxy_host = self.default('TOR_PROXY_HOST', 'localhost')
         self.tor_proxy_port = self.integer('TOR_PROXY_PORT', None)
+        self.tor_proxy_path = self.default('TOR_PROXY_IPC_PATH', None)
 
         # Misc
 
diff --git a/electrumx/server/peers.py b/electrumx/server/peers.py
index dcb9ab7db..359c652ae 100644
--- a/electrumx/server/peers.py
+++ b/electrumx/server/peers.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 import aiohttp
 from aiorpcx import (Event, Notification, RPCError, RPCSession, SOCKSError,
-                     SOCKSProxy, TaskGroup, TaskTimeout, connect_rs,
-                     handler_invocation, ignore_after, sleep)
+                     SOCKSProxy, TaskGroup, TaskTimeout, UnixAddress,
+                     connect_rs, handler_invocation, ignore_after, sleep)
 from aiorpcx.jsonrpc import CodeMessageError
 
 from electrumx.lib.peer import Peer
@@ -185,15 +185,21 @@ async def _detect_proxy(self):
 
         If found self.proxy is set to a SOCKSProxy instance, otherwise None.
         '''
-        host = self.env.tor_proxy_host
-        if self.env.tor_proxy_port is None:
-            ports = [9050, 9150, 1080]
-        else:
-            ports = [self.env.tor_proxy_port]
+        path = self.env.tor_proxy_path
+        if path is None:
+            host = self.env.tor_proxy_host
+            if self.env.tor_proxy_port is None:
+                ports = [9050, 9150, 1080]
+            else:
+                ports = [self.env.tor_proxy_port]
         while True:
-            self.logger.info(f'trying to detect proxy on "{host}" '
-                             f'ports {ports}')
-            proxy = await SOCKSProxy.auto_detect_at_host(host, ports, None)
+            if path is None:
+                self.logger.info(f'trying to detect proxy on "{host}" '
+                                f'ports {ports}')
+                proxy = await SOCKSProxy.auto_detect_at_host(host, ports, None)
+            else:
+                self.logger.info(f'trying to detect proxy on "{path}"')
+                proxy = await SOCKSProxy.auto_detect_at_address(UnixAddress(path), None)
             if proxy:
                 self.proxy = proxy
                 self.logger.info(f'detected {proxy}')
diff --git a/electrumx/server/session.py b/electrumx/server/session.py
index fa2cbd676..3418b6d41 100644
--- a/electrumx/server/session.py
+++ b/electrumx/server/session.py
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@
 
 import attr
 import pylru
-from aiorpcx import (Event, JSONRPCAutoDetect, JSONRPCConnection,
+from aiorpcx import (Event, JSONRPCAutoDetect, JSONRPCConnection, NetAddress,
                      ReplyAndDisconnect, Request, RPCError, RPCSession,
-                     TaskGroup, handler_invocation, serve_rs, serve_ws, sleep)
+                     TaskGroup, UnixAddress, handler_invocation, serve_rs,
+                     serve_ws, sleep)
 
 import electrumx
 import electrumx.lib.util as util
@@ -1236,6 +1237,8 @@ def is_tor(self):
         proxy_address = self.peer_mgr.proxy_address()
         if not proxy_address:
             return False
+        if isinstance(proxy_address, UnixAddress):
+            proxy_address = NetAddress("127.0.0.1", 9150)
         return self.remote_address().host == proxy_address.host
 
     async def replaced_banner(self, banner):