diff --git a/src/libos/src/net/unix_socket.rs b/src/libos/src/net/unix_socket.rs
index 5fc2808e..bfde30b1 100644
--- a/src/libos/src/net/unix_socket.rs
+++ b/src/libos/src/net/unix_socket.rs
@@ -184,12 +184,13 @@ enum Status {
 impl UnixSocket {
     /// C/S 1: Create a new unix socket
     pub fn new(socket_type: c_int, protocol: c_int) -> Result<Self> {
-        if socket_type == libc::SOCK_STREAM && protocol == 0 {
+        if socket_type == libc::SOCK_STREAM && (protocol == 0 || protocol == libc::PF_UNIX) {
             Ok(UnixSocket {
                 obj: None,
                 status: Status::None,
             })
         } else {
+            // Return different error numbers according to input
             return_errno!(ENOSYS, "unimplemented unix socket type")
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/unix_socket/main.c b/test/unix_socket/main.c
index 06aff443..b41d0c71 100644
--- a/test/unix_socket/main.c
+++ b/test/unix_socket/main.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ int create_connected_sockets(int *sockets, char *sock_path) {
         THROW_ERROR("failed to listen");
     }
 
-    int client_fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    int client_fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, PF_UNIX);
     if (client_fd == -1) {
         close(listen_fd);
         THROW_ERROR("failed to create a unix socket");