diff --git a/doc/api/net.md b/doc/api/net.md
index e90a90738f1178..95c65fd9a9a304 100644
--- a/doc/api/net.md
+++ b/doc/api/net.md
@@ -1705,9 +1705,20 @@ to `listen()` or `new net.Socket()` later on. For `listen()` this enables
 synchronous port reservation, while for `new net.Socket()`, it allows control
 over the local egress port/IP, via `bind(2)` semantics.
 
+A `BoundSocket` binds either a TCP endpoint (`host` or `port`) or a
+Unix domain/named-pipe endpoint (`path`); the two are mutually exclusive. For a
+`path`, the file system entry is reserved in the constructor, so conflicts such
+as `EADDRINUSE` throw synchronously exactly as a TCP bind does. On Linux a
+leading `'\0'` in `path` selects the abstract namespace (no file system entry);
+an abstract path on any other platform throws [`ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE`][].
+
 Adoption transfers ownership of the socket; afterwards `address()` and `close()`
 throw [`ERR_SOCKET_HANDLE_ADOPTED`][]. A handle that is never adopted must be
-closed to avoid leaking the socket.
+closed to avoid leaking the socket. Closing a pipe `BoundSocket` removes its
+file system entry; abstract and TCP binds have none to remove.
+
+When a pipe `BoundSocket` bound to a source `path` is adopted as a client, that
+path is reported as the socket's `localAddress` once it connects.
 
 When an adopted `BoundSocket` connects to a numeric IP literal, `connect(2)` is
 issued synchronously, so [`socket.localAddress`][] is resolved once
@@ -1729,6 +1740,10 @@ server.listen(bound); // Adopt as a server, or pass to new net.Socket() instead.
 
 <!-- YAML
 added: v26.4.0
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64399
+    description: The `path` option is supported.
 -->
 
 * `options` {Object}
@@ -1743,19 +1758,41 @@ added: v26.4.0
   * `reusePort` {boolean} Sets `SO_REUSEPORT`, allowing multiple sockets to bind
     the same address and port for kernel-level load balancing. Support is
     platform-dependent. **Default:** `false`.
+  * `path` {string} Binds a Unix domain socket (or Windows named pipe) at the
+    given path instead of a TCP endpoint. A leading `'\0'` selects the Linux
+    abstract namespace. Mutually exclusive with `host`, `port`, `ipv6Only`, and
+    `reusePort`; combining them throws [`ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE`][].
 
 ### `boundSocket.address()`
 
 <!-- YAML
 added: v26.4.0
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/64399
+    description: The bound path is returned for a pipe bind.
 -->
 
-* Returns: {Object} An object with `address`, `family`, and `port` properties,
-  as [`server.address()`][] returns.
+* Returns: {Object|string} For a TCP bind, an object with `address`, `family`,
+  and `port` properties, as [`server.address()`][] returns. For a pipe bind, the
+  bound path string, as [`server.address()`][] returns for a pipe server.
 
 Returns the bound local address. When bound with `port: 0`, `port` is the
 OS-assigned ephemeral port.
 
+### `boundSocket.isPipe`
+
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* {boolean}
+
+`true` when the socket was bound with a `path` (a Unix domain socket or Windows
+named pipe), `false` for a TCP bind. The getter's presence on
+`net.BoundSocket.prototype` also serves as a capability probe for `path`
+support.
+
 ### `boundSocket.fd()`
 
 <!-- YAML
@@ -2262,6 +2299,7 @@ net.isIPv6('fhqwhgads'); // returns false
 [`'listening'`]: #event-listening
 [`'timeout'`]: #event-timeout
 [`BoundSocket`]: #class-netboundsocket
+[`ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE`]: errors.md#err_invalid_arg_value
 [`ERR_SOCKET_HANDLE_ADOPTED`]: errors.md#err_socket_handle_adopted
 [`EventEmitter`]: events.md#class-eventemitter
 [`child_process.fork()`]: child_process.md#child_processforkmodulepath-args-options
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 6574fb52401ca8..b12bce8cba56c6 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -380,19 +380,35 @@ const kBoundSource = Symbol('kBoundSource');
 // Server/Socket.
 const kBoundSocketConsume = Symbol('kBoundSocketConsume');
 
-// A role-neutral wrapper over a synchronously bound libuv TCP handle: bound to
-// a local address but neither listening nor connecting until adopted by exactly
-// one Server (server.listen) or Socket (new net.Socket({ handle })). Adoption
-// transfers ownership; an un-adopted handle must be closed by the caller.
-// bind(2) is non-blocking, so binding happens inline and errors throw
-// synchronously. host must be a numeric IP literal; no DNS is performed.
+// Internal: read a pipe BoundSocket's bound path before adoption (undefined for
+// a TCP BoundSocket).
+const kBoundSocketPath = Symbol('kBoundSocketPath');
+
+// The source path of an adopted, bound client pipe, surfaced as localAddress.
+const kBoundPath = Symbol('kBoundPath');
+
+const isLinux = process.platform === 'linux';
+
+// A role-neutral wrapper over a synchronously bound libuv handle: bound to a
+// local address (a numeric IP literal for TCP, or a filesystem/abstract path
+// for a unix-domain socket via { path }) but neither listening nor connecting
+// until adopted by exactly one Server (server.listen) or Socket
+// (new net.Socket({ handle })). Adoption transfers ownership; an un-adopted
+// handle must be closed by the caller. bind(2) is non-blocking, so binding
+// happens inline and errors throw synchronously. No DNS is performed.
 class BoundSocket {
   #handle;
   #address = {};
+  #path;
 
   constructor(options = kEmptyObject) {
     validateObject(options, 'options');
 
+    if (options.path !== undefined) {
+      this.#bindPipe(options);
+      return;
+    }
+
     const port = validatePort(options.port ?? 0, 'options.port');
 
     const ipv6Only = options.ipv6Only ?? false;
@@ -443,13 +459,47 @@ class BoundSocket {
     this.#handle = handle;
   }
 
-  // The kernel-assigned local address, resolved at construction; reflects the
-  // OS-assigned ephemeral port when the bind requested port 0.
+  // Bind a named unix-domain socket (or Windows named pipe). A leading '\0'
+  // selects the Linux abstract namespace. path is mutually exclusive with the
+  // TCP options; uv_pipe_bind is synchronous so conflicts throw here.
+  #bindPipe(options) {
+    const { path, host, port, ipv6Only, reusePort } = options;
+    if (host !== undefined || port !== undefined ||
+        ipv6Only !== undefined || reusePort !== undefined) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(
+        'options', options,
+        'path is mutually exclusive with host, port, ipv6Only, and reusePort');
+    }
+    validateString(path, 'options.path');
+    if (path[0] === '\0' && !isLinux) {
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE(
+        'options.path', path,
+        'abstract socket paths are only supported on Linux');
+    }
+
+    const handle = new Pipe(PipeConstants.SOCKET);
+    const err = handle.bind(path);
+    if (err) {
+      handle.close();
+      throw new ErrnoException(err, 'bind');
+    }
+
+    this.#handle = handle;
+    this.#path = path;
+  }
+
+  // The bound local endpoint: an { address, family, port } object for TCP, or
+  // the path string for a pipe (matching net.Server.address()). Resolved at
+  // construction; a TCP bind of port 0 reflects the OS-assigned port.
   address() {
     if (this.#handle === null) {
       throw new ERR_SOCKET_HANDLE_ADOPTED();
     }
-    return this.#address;
+    return this.#path ?? this.#address;
+  }
+
+  get [kBoundSocketPath]() {
+    return this.#path;
   }
 
   // The underlying OS file descriptor, or -1 where sockets have none (Windows).
@@ -488,6 +538,13 @@ class BoundSocket {
     this.#handle = null;
     return handle;
   }
+
+  // Reports whether this is a pipe (unix-domain) bind rather than TCP. Its mere
+  // presence on the prototype ('isPipe' in net.BoundSocket.prototype) is the
+  // capability signal that this build honors { path } instead of a TCP port.
+  get isPipe() {
+    return this.#path !== undefined;
+  }
 }
 
 function Socket(options) {
@@ -555,9 +612,24 @@ function Socket(options) {
   let boundNotConnected = false;
   if (options.handle) {
     if (options.handle instanceof BoundSocket) {
+      const boundPath = options.handle[kBoundSocketPath];
       this._handle = options.handle[kBoundSocketConsume]();
       this[kBoundSource] = true;
       boundNotConnected = true;
+      // A bound client pipe owns a source path; surface it as localAddress.
+      if (boundPath !== undefined) {
+        this[kBoundPath] = boundPath;
+        // uv_pipe_bind() only assigns the fd; it does not open the stream, so a
+        // later connect() would leave the handle without its readable/writable
+        // flags and unusable. Re-open the already-bound fd (idempotent, sets the
+        // flags) so the adopted client pipe connects to a working stream.
+        if (this._handle.fd >= 0) {
+          const err = this._handle.open(this._handle.fd);
+          if (err) {
+            throw new ErrnoException(err, 'open');
+          }
+        }
+      }
     } else {
       this._handle = options.handle; // private
     }
@@ -1120,6 +1192,11 @@ protoGetter('remotePort', function remotePort() {
 
 
 Socket.prototype._getsockname = function() {
+  // An adopted bound client pipe has no handle getsockname; its source path was
+  // captured at adoption and stays authoritative across the connect reset.
+  if (this[kBoundPath] !== undefined) {
+    return { address: this[kBoundPath] };
+  }
   if (!this._handle || !this._handle.getsockname) {
     return {};
   } else if (!this._sockname) {
@@ -1478,7 +1555,13 @@ Socket.prototype.connect = function(...args) {
   }
 
   const { path } = options;
-  const pipe = !!path;
+  // An adopted BoundSocket handle already fixes the transport; trust its type
+  // rather than inferring pipe-ness from a path option on the connect call.
+  // Once destroyed the adopted handle is gone (its reservation released), so
+  // fall back to the path option, as for other pre-existing handles (e.g. a
+  // TLSWrap) that are not transport handles.
+  const pipe = this[kBoundSource] && this._handle ?
+    this._handle instanceof Pipe : !!path;
   debug('pipe', pipe, path);
 
   if (!this._handle) {
@@ -2425,7 +2508,12 @@ Server.prototype.listen = function(...args) {
     boundSocket = options.handle;
   }
   if (boundSocket !== null) {
+    const boundPath = boundSocket[kBoundSocketPath];
     this._handle = boundSocket[kBoundSocketConsume]();
+    // A pipe-backed handle reports its path via Server.address().
+    if (boundPath !== undefined) {
+      this._pipeName = boundPath;
+    }
     this[async_id_symbol] = this._handle.getAsyncId();
     this._listeningId++;
     listenInCluster(this, null, -1, -1, backlogFromArgs, undefined, true);
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-boundsocket.js b/test/parallel/test-net-boundsocket.js
index 3a424e5e3f4a30..2d11d0d4ba83f0 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-net-boundsocket.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-boundsocket.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
 const net = require('net');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+const isLinux = process.platform === 'linux';
 
 // Constructing a BoundSocket binds synchronously and address() reports the
 // resolved address, including the OS-assigned ephemeral port when port is 0.
@@ -240,6 +245,185 @@ if (!common.isWindows && process.getuid() !== 0) {
   }
 }
 
+// The isPipe getter's presence on the prototype is the capability signal that
+// this build honors { path }; the value discriminates pipe from TCP binds.
+assert.ok('isPipe' in net.BoundSocket.prototype);
+{
+  const tcpBound = new net.BoundSocket({ port: 0 });
+  assert.strictEqual(tcpBound.isPipe, false);
+  tcpBound.close();
+}
+
+// The path option is mutually exclusive with the TCP options.
+for (const extra of [{ host: '127.0.0.1' }, { port: 0 }, { ipv6Only: true },
+                     { reusePort: true }]) {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => new net.BoundSocket({ path: common.PIPE, ...extra }),
+    { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE' });
+}
+
+// A non-string path is rejected.
+assert.throws(() => new net.BoundSocket({ path: 1234 }),
+              { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE' });
+
+// Pipe bind is synchronous: address() returns the bound path, and a second
+// bind to the same path throws EADDRINUSE in the constructor.
+{
+  const path = `${common.PIPE}-addr`;
+  const bound = new net.BoundSocket({ path });
+  assert.strictEqual(bound.isPipe, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(bound.address(), path);
+  assert.throws(() => new net.BoundSocket({ path }),
+                { code: 'EADDRINUSE', syscall: 'bind' });
+  bound.close();
+}
+
+// Server adoption: server.listen(boundSocket) over a path, client
+// net.connect({ path }) round-trips, and the connection is a pipe.
+{
+  const path = `${common.PIPE}-server`;
+  const bound = new net.BoundSocket({ path });
+
+  const server = net.createServer(common.mustCall((socket) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(socket.remoteFamily, undefined);
+    socket.on('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'ping');
+      socket.end('pong');
+    }));
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(bound, common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(server.address(), path);
+    assert.throws(() => bound.address(), { code: 'ERR_SOCKET_HANDLE_ADOPTED' });
+
+    const client = net.connect({ path }, () => {
+      client.end('ping');
+    });
+    client.on('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'pong');
+    }));
+    client.on('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
+  }));
+}
+
+// Client adoption of a bound source pipe: after connect(), localAddress
+// reflects the bound source path. Binding a client to a source path is a
+// POSIX unix-domain concept.
+if (!common.isWindows) {
+  const srcPath = `${common.PIPE}-src`;
+  const dstPath = `${common.PIPE}-dst`;
+
+  const server = net.createServer(common.mustCall((socket) => {
+    socket.on('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'ping');
+      socket.end('pong');
+    }));
+  }));
+
+  const dst = new net.BoundSocket({ path: dstPath });
+  server.listen(dst, common.mustCall(() => {
+    const src = new net.BoundSocket({ path: srcPath });
+    assert.strictEqual(src.address(), srcPath);
+
+    const client = new net.Socket({ handle: src });
+    client.connect({ path: dstPath });
+
+    assert.strictEqual(client.localAddress, srcPath);
+
+    client.on('connect', common.mustCall(() => {
+      assert.strictEqual(client.localAddress, srcPath);
+      client.end('ping');
+    }));
+    client.on('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'pong');
+    }));
+    client.on('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
+  }));
+}
+
+// Reconnecting an adopted pipe BoundSocket after destroy: the adopted handle is
+// gone, so pipe-ness must come from the path option rather than the (now null)
+// handle, otherwise connect() would wrongly attempt a TCP connect.
+if (!common.isWindows) {
+  const path = `${common.PIPE}-reconnect`;
+
+  const server = net.createServer(common.mustCall((socket) => {
+    socket.on('data', (data) => socket.end(data));
+  }, 2));
+
+  const bound = new net.BoundSocket({ path: `${path}-src` });
+  server.listen(path, common.mustCall(() => {
+    const client = new net.Socket({ handle: bound });
+    client.connect({ path });
+    client.once('connect', common.mustCall(() => {
+      client.end('ping');
+      client.once('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'ping');
+      }));
+      client.once('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+        // The adopted handle is gone; reconnect must still be a pipe.
+        client.connect({ path });
+        client.once('connect', common.mustCall(() => {
+          client.end('pong');
+          client.once('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+            assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'pong');
+          }));
+          client.once('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
+        }));
+      }));
+    }));
+  }));
+}
+
+// Linux abstract namespace: a leading '\0' binds without creating a filesystem
+// entry, and still listens/connects.
+if (isLinux) {
+  const abstractPath = `\0node-test-boundsocket.${process.pid}`;
+  const bound = new net.BoundSocket({ path: abstractPath });
+  assert.strictEqual(bound.address(), abstractPath);
+
+  const server = net.createServer(common.mustCall((socket) => {
+    socket.on('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'ping');
+      socket.end('pong');
+    }));
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(bound, common.mustCall(() => {
+    // No filesystem entry is created for an abstract socket.
+    assert.ok(!fs.existsSync(abstractPath.slice(1)));
+
+    const client = net.connect({ path: abstractPath }, () => {
+      client.end('ping');
+    });
+    client.on('data', common.mustCall((data) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(data.toString(), 'pong');
+    }));
+    client.on('close', common.mustCall(() => server.close()));
+  }));
+}
+
+// An abstract path on a non-Linux platform is rejected synchronously.
+if (!isLinux) {
+  assert.throws(() => new net.BoundSocket({ path: '\0abstract' }),
+                { code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE' });
+}
+
+// Filesystem bind errors surface synchronously in the constructor. A missing
+// parent directory yields EACCES (libuv maps the kernel's ENOENT to EACCES for
+// cross-platform parity), and an over-long path yields EINVAL (uv_pipe_bind is
+// called with UV_PIPE_NO_TRUNCATE). The path must exceed sun_path on every
+// platform, which is 1023 bytes on AIX.
+if (!common.isWindows) {
+  assert.throws(
+    () => new net.BoundSocket({ path: `${common.PIPE}-nope/child.sock` }),
+    { code: 'EACCES', syscall: 'bind' });
+
+  assert.throws(
+    () => new net.BoundSocket({ path: `${common.PIPE}-${'x'.repeat(2000)}` }),
+    { code: 'EINVAL', syscall: 'bind' });
+}
+
 // IPv6 binds: loopback, and ipv6Only dual-stack control.
 if (common.hasIPv6) {
   {