diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/conf/autoload_configs/json_cdr.conf.xml b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/conf/autoload_configs/json_cdr.conf.xml
index af30c67c07..68a8104222 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/conf/autoload_configs/json_cdr.conf.xml
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/conf/autoload_configs/json_cdr.conf.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 			<param name="url" value=""/>
 			<!-- optional timeout : second -->
 			<param name="timeout" value="5"/>
+
+			<!-- optional unix-socket-path: path -->
+			<!-- <param name="unix-socket-path" value="/var/run/nginx/fs-backend.sock"/> -->
+
 			<!-- Authentication scheme for the above URL. May be one of basic|digest|NTLM|GSS-NEGOTIATE|any-->
 			<param name="auth-scheme" value="basic"/>
 			<!-- Credentials in the form  username:password  if auth-scheme is used. Leave empty for no authentication. -->
diff --git a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c
index 7f66aa425a..2d9fc36b11 100644
--- a/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c
+++ b/src/mod/event_handlers/mod_json_cdr/mod_json_cdr.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static struct {
 	char *ssl_key_password;
 	char *ssl_version;
 	char *ssl_cacert_file;
+	char *unix_socket_path;
 	uint32_t enable_ssl_verifyhost;
 	int encode;
 	int log_http_and_disk;
@@ -365,6 +366,10 @@ static void process_cdr(cdr_data_t *data)
 		// tcp timeout
 		switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, globals.timeout);
 
+		if (!zstr(globals.unix_socket_path)) {
+            switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, globals.unix_socket_path);
+        }
+
 		/* these were used for testing, optionally they may be enabled if someone desires
 		   switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1); // 302 recursion level
 		 */
@@ -674,6 +679,8 @@ SWITCH_MODULE_LOAD_FUNCTION(mod_json_cdr_load)
 				globals.ssl_version = switch_core_strdup(globals.pool, val);
 			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "ssl-cacert-file")) {
 				globals.ssl_cacert_file = switch_core_strdup(globals.pool, val);
+			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "unix-socket-path")) {
+                globals.unix_socket_path = switch_core_strdup(globals.pool, val);
 			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "enable-ssl-verifyhost") && switch_true(val)) {
 				globals.enable_ssl_verifyhost = 1;
 			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "auth-scheme")) {
diff --git a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/conf/autoload_configs/xml_curl.conf.xml b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/conf/autoload_configs/xml_curl.conf.xml
index 8efee1f9f8..b3fea5884c 100644
--- a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/conf/autoload_configs/xml_curl.conf.xml
+++ b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/conf/autoload_configs/xml_curl.conf.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
       <!--<param name="gateway-credentials" value="muser:mypass"/>-->
       <!--<param name="auth-scheme" value="basic"/>-->
 
+      <!-- optional unix-socket-path: path -->
+      <!-- <param name="unix-socket-path" value="/var/run/nginx/fs-backend.sock"/> -->
+
       <!-- optional: this will enable the CA root certificate check by libcurl to
            verify that the certificate was issued by a major Certificate Authority.
            note: default value is disabled. only enable if you want this! -->
diff --git a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/mod_xml_curl.c b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/mod_xml_curl.c
index 5a2e201a72..e264e0ecdb 100644
--- a/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/mod_xml_curl.c
+++ b/src/mod/xml_int/mod_xml_curl/mod_xml_curl.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ struct xml_binding {
 	char *ssl_key_password;
 	char *ssl_version;
 	char *ssl_cacert_file;
+	char *unix_socket_path;
 	uint32_t enable_ssl_verifyhost;
 	char *cookie_file;
 	switch_hash_t *vars_map;
@@ -281,6 +282,10 @@ static switch_xml_t xml_url_fetch(const char *section, const char *tag_name, con
 			switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 2);
 		}
 
+		if (binding->unix_socket_path) {
+            switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, binding->unix_socket_path);
+        }
+
 		if (binding->cookie_file) {
 			switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, binding->cookie_file);
 			switch_curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, binding->cookie_file);
@@ -372,6 +377,7 @@ static switch_status_t do_config(void)
 		char *ssl_key_password = NULL;
 		char *ssl_version = NULL;
 		char *ssl_cacert_file = NULL;
+		char *unix_socket_path = NULL;
 		uint32_t enable_ssl_verifyhost = 0;
 		char *cookie_file = NULL;
 		hash_node_t *hash_node;
@@ -437,6 +443,8 @@ static switch_status_t do_config(void)
 				cookie_file = val;
 			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "use-dynamic-url") && switch_true(val)) {
 				use_dynamic_url = 1;
+			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "unix-socket-path")) {
+                unix_socket_path = val;
 			} else if (!strcasecmp(var, "enable-post-var")) {
 				if (!vars_map && need_vars_map == 0) {
 					if (switch_core_hash_init(&vars_map) != SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
@@ -530,6 +538,10 @@ static switch_status_t do_config(void)
 			binding->cookie_file = switch_core_strdup(globals.pool, cookie_file);
 		}
 
+		if (unix_socket_path) {
+            binding->unix_socket_path = switch_core_strdup(globals.pool, unix_socket_path);
+        }
+
 		binding->vars_map = vars_map;
 
 		if (vars_map) {