diff --git a/test/suites/lib/tarantool_server.py b/test/suites/lib/tarantool_server.py
index d11ef623..8fcc72fc 100644
--- a/test/suites/lib/tarantool_server.py
+++ b/test/suites/lib/tarantool_server.py
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ def __new__(cls,
                 ssl_key_file=None,
                 ssl_cert_file=None,
                 ssl_ca_file=None,
-                ssl_ciphers=None):
+                ssl_ciphers=None,
+                create_unix_socket=False):
         if os.name == 'nt':
             from .remote_tarantool_server import RemoteTarantoolServer
             return RemoteTarantoolServer()
@@ -133,12 +134,23 @@ def __init__(self,
                  ssl_key_file=None,
                  ssl_cert_file=None,
                  ssl_ca_file=None,
-                 ssl_ciphers=None):
+                 ssl_ciphers=None,
+                 create_unix_socket=False):
         os.popen('ulimit -c unlimited')
-        self.host = 'localhost'
-        self.args = {}
-        self.args['primary'] = find_port()
-        self.args['admin'] = find_port(self.args['primary'] + 1)
+
+        if create_unix_socket:
+            self.host = None
+            self.args = {}
+            self._socket = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.sock', delete=False)
+            self.args['primary'] = self._socket.name
+            self.args['admin'] = find_port()
+        else:
+            self.host = 'localhost'
+            self.args = {}
+            self._socket = None
+            self.args['primary'] = find_port()
+            self.args['admin'] = find_port(self.args['primary'] + 1)
+
         self._admin = self.args['admin']
         self.vardir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='var_', dir=os.getcwd())
         self.find_exe()
@@ -244,6 +256,12 @@ def clean(self):
         if os.path.isdir(self.vardir):
             shutil.rmtree(self.vardir)
 
+        if os.path.exists(self.args['primary']):
+            os.remove(self.args['primary'])
+
+        if (self._socket is not None) and (not self._socket.file.closed):
+            self._socket.close()
+
     def __del__(self):
         self.stop()
         self.clean()
diff --git a/test/suites/test_dml.py b/test/suites/test_dml.py
index 6c7808f6..95ff1c18 100644
--- a/test/suites/test_dml.py
+++ b/test/suites/test_dml.py
@@ -298,8 +298,26 @@ def test_12_update_fields(self):
             [[2, 'help', 7]]
         )
 
+    def test_13_unix_socket_connect(self):
+        if sys.platform.startswith("win"):
+            self.skipTest("Skip UNIX socket tests on Windows since it uses remote server")
+
+        self.sock_srv = TarantoolServer(create_unix_socket=True)
+        self.sock_srv.script = 'test/suites/box.lua'
+        self.sock_srv.start()
+
+        self.sock_con = tarantool.connect(self.sock_srv.host, self.sock_srv.args['primary'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.sock_con.ping(notime=True), "Success")
+
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(self):
         self.con.close()
         self.srv.stop()
         self.srv.clean()
+
+        if hasattr(self, 'sock_srv'):
+            self.sock_srv.stop()
+            self.sock_srv.clean()
+
+        if hasattr(self, 'sock_con'):
+            self.sock_con.close()